There have been plenty of things made of plastic recently: plastic bottles, plastic bags, plastic cups, etc. They are all meant for one-time use, yet, there can be numerous alternative ways to take advantage of used plastic stuff. This post shows how you can give your used (or new) plastic cups a new amazing life.

Plastic Cups Chandelier

The light effects created by numerous plastic cups are really amazing. It’s due to them that there are so many lightening devices made of plastic cups – most of those creations listed in the post (The only thing to keep in mind is to make sure the heat the light produces does not burn out the plastic cups).

Source

Source

This “hanging ball of light” is made of plastic cups held together by plastic straws.

Source

Plastic Cups Sparkle Ball

It looks very similar to the chandelier but the effect created is even more impressive: you’ll need 50 plastic cups and 100 mini-lights, a few hours of work and you are pretty much done!

Source

Source

Plastic Cups Table and Floor Lamps

Source

Plastic Cups Wall Lamp

Source

Plastic Cups Outdoor Light Fixture

This modular structured system is made of used disposable plastic cups and paper clips. In day time it functions as natural light source lighting and at night time it functions as light fixture with 220 volt light bulb situated inside the system.

Source

Plastic Cups Multi-Color Lamp

This system changes colors of the lights which looks even more amazing:

Source

Source

Source

Plastic Cups Dress

It looks like there cups were cut at the top to create that nice fur effect:

Source

Plastic Cups Snowman

This one looks less impressive but it was included in the post due to its timeliness: good way to arrange an eco-friendly Christmas this year:

Source

Cuprocking

Cuprocking is a new art: it is about creating nice pictures made of plastic cups stuck into the wire fence:

Source

Source

Source

Source

Popularity: unranked [?]

You Might Also Like

• Dozens of Ways to Reuse an Old Computer Keyboard
• 22 Ways to Make Old CDs Awesome Again
• Amazing Bottle Art: How to Recycle Glass Bottles