When it comes to crafting with just near any cloth, we've e'er been fans of choosing ones that are a piddling bit unconventional. Past that, we mean that welove making swell DIY projects out of things that yous wouldn't necessarily normally look at and think of equally a "arts and crafts supply". We'reparticularly huge fans of that thought when the material we're working with is actually a household item that tin be creatively upcycled! For example, we recently establish a majority pack of unused kitchen sponges in our pantry while we were cleaning that nosotros'd forgotten about and never used. We didn't needthat many sponges for our dishes, so we found ourselves browsing the Internet looking for inspiration for things to turn the spongesinto and we were actually pleasantly surprised by how many awesome concepts we came across!

Just in case yous're as intrigued as nosotros were about the thought of making things with sponges, here are 15 of the most creative and unique designs and tutorials we uncovered in our search.

1. Grass cottage made from sponges

Grass cottage made from sponges

Have you been doing some summer gardening in the backyard and caught the attention of your kids, who are now intent on plating their ain garden too? Well, youcould accept them out and start a beginner's plot in the backyard if they're a little older, simply if they're still quite piddling then we think perchance you might go along with this fantastic sponge house idea a niggling better! Bank check out how Patterson Greenhouses fabricated a cute little cottage from kitchen sponges and grew grass seed right from the surface of the sponge until the piddling cottage looked similar the kind of thing you'd find a woods fairy living in.

2. DIY sponge holder for the kitchen sink

Diy sponge holder for the kitchen sink

Are you actually looking at that pack of sponges y'all found and thinking about how youcould really used them for your kitchen merely you'd still like to get artistic with you how shop or use them? In that case, perchance this simple merely stylish sponge storage solution featured on The 36th Avenue will appeal to you most! They show y'all how to make a piffling hanger that loops right around your tap and keeps your sponge in its own spot, out of the way but still accessible.

3. Sponge boat bath toy

Sponge boat bath toy

Are you lot feeling very interested indeed in the idea of cutting your sponges to pieces and using the pieces to build something new for your kids but yous're merely not sure they're quite old enough to be interested in the grass seed thought we showed y'all earlier on our list? In that case, we'ddefinitely propose taking a look at how Handmade Charlotte created an adorable bathroom toy past transforming their sponges into a cute boat shaped bath toy that really floats.

4. Sponge cut cement soaked letters

Sponge cut cement soaked letters

Rather than making something for your kids, are you sort of intrigued in the thought of using sponges to make something for yourself, but you've taken bully care to cultivate a rustic chic or industrial inspired aesthetic and you're just not sure how sponges volition fit into that? Then we'd like to direct your attention to Bob Vila because they have the answers! Cheque out how they made these DIY concrete soaked sponge sculptures that let you make your own custom letters and shapes from scratch.

5. Sponge water bombs

Sponge water bombs

Did nosotrosactually catch your attention when we started talking about DIY sponge based water toys but you're convinced that your kids would actually prefer to play with something they can utilize outside in the sprinkler rather than in the bathtub, since it's withal so hot out where you lot live? And so we'dabsolutely advise taking a look at how Muslin & Merlot used sponge strips to brand these super fun soakers that are perfect for water fights in the backyard on hot afternoons.

6. Sprinkle sponge letter gift toppers

Sprinkle sponge letter gift toppers

Were you lot absolutely enamoured by the thought of making customizable letters out of sponge pieces but you lot're just not certain that the size and industrial advent of the DIY physical idea nosotros showed you earlier are quite what you lot're looking for? And so maybe these smaller, more colourful letters featured on Creme de la Craft will be a footling more upward your aisle! We love the way they covered theirs in sprinkles for a cute, kitschy dessert inspired aesthetic.

7. Sponge painted Minecraft wall

Sponge painted minecraft wall

Whether you're a full Minecraft fanatic similar The Rustic Willow and want to recreate this verbal landscape or whether y'all simply savor the pixelated outcome of the design but yous think y'all'd rather create a different movie, nosotros call up y'all're going to go a kick out of the awesome sponge stamping technique their tutorial outlines! We love how they pare their sponges down to not only get the size of square "stamp" they demand for their painting, just likewise to give themselves a decent handle to hang onto while they work.

eight. Color contrasting sponge painted picture frames

Colour contrasting sponge painted picture frames

We know nosotros talked a lot about ways to repurpose the actual sponges themselves but, if you enquire use, sponge painting projects admittedly count as upcycle because you're using them equally tools to create lovely art rather than cleaning supplies! That's why we couldn't help putting these super beautiful sponge painted photo frames onto our list. Check out Flourish and Knot to come across how they customized the raised parts of a rather plainly fix of photograph frames past doing some like sponge painting.

9. Funny sponge fish with fins

Funny sponge fish with fins

Are you stillvery interested indeed by the idea of making beautiful bathroom toys from your old sponges but you're just not sure the boat idea will piece of work considering the sponges you've got bachelor are the bigger, squishier kind rather than the very dense, harder ones that they recommended in that previous tutorial? Then nosotros think mayhap this ambrosial sponge fish project outlined step by step on Box Yourself will be a picayune more than up your alley!

10. Sponge dabbing paintings

Sponge dabbing paintings

Are y'all actually completely in dearest with the idea of painting a lovely landscape using sponging techniques but you lot're just non certain you're ready to tackle a project as big equally the wall mural we showed you earlier on? Then perhaps a miniature version that's simply the size of a framed painting or a canvas will be a better selection for you lot. Nosotros'd encourage you to have a look at how The Teacher Training used a sponge dabbing method to create a lovely outdoor scene.

xi. Colourful sail art using tape and sponges

Colourful canvas art using tape and sponges

Tin can you lot tell we're completely in beloved with the idea of using your spare sponges to create painting based projects? And then we're sure y'all'll understand just how much problem we had in choosing between the techniques that are out at that place… too as why we ended up bookmarking and trying all dissimilar kinds rather than settling for just one. One of our very favourite ways to paint with sponges is to create negative space stripes with record and utilize sponges to blend covers right over it, peeling the tape up once everything has dried. Get the full details for trying it out for yourself on BHG.

12. DIY Beauty Blender sponges

Diy beauty blender sponges

Accept you been mildly intrigued by a few of the ideas on our list so far, only you're still convinced that there's a way to reuse your sponges for yourself rather than your kids without just making decorative messages? Well, beauty enthusiasts rejoice, cause nosotros've finally constitute the perfect tutorial for y'all! Cheque out how Redeem Cliché made a bootleg version of the popular Dazzler Blender makeup sponge by repurposing a specially absorbent sponge into a blender of your own.

13. Sponged and stencilled lip sweater

Sponged and stencilled lip sweater

Are you still feeling quite intrigued by the idea of doing some sponge painting but rather than creating freehand images on canvases or walls, you'd rather try your hand at upcycling some fashionwhile you're repurposing your former sponges? And then we think this adorable stencilled shirt craft featured on All Twenty-four hour period Chichi might be in your wheelhouse. When we tried a project similar to this, we used upcycled sponges from the closet under our kitchen sink rather than the shop bought painting sponges featured hither.

14. DIY sponge lather dish

Diy sponge soap dish

Just in case you're the kind of thrifty person who would rather repurpose your old things into something very practical and that you might really use, rather than something you'd merely place on the mantel like decor, here's an awesomely crafty tutorial featured on Nifty! They bear witness you how to hollow out the heart of a sponge to create a sort of case that you can slide your sponge correct into in order to make a "dish" that will stop it from sliding off the edge of the tub but that you can really use to scrub yourself without removing the soap from inside equally well.

15. DIY sponge aquarium filter

Diy sponge aquarium filter

Pet lovers rejoice, we've finally found the upcycled sponge tutorial for you! Aquapros not just guides yous step by step through the process of making your ain more than affordable aquarium filter from upcycled sponges just also teaches yous how to insert your homemade version safely and finer into your tank as well! We're pleased to report that this tutorial will probably actually be fifty-fifty easier to make than yous call up.

Have you created crafts fabricated of sponges before as well and you really enjoyed the crafting process, but you don't see annihilation quite similar to what you created on our list? Tell us all almost how yous did it or link u.s.a. to photos of your finished product in the comments section!