Spill your creativity by making these cool crafts using bi-products of coconut!
If you look at a coconut tree, no part of it goes waste. Take the trunk, it serves as the most substantial timber, strong enough to be the foundation pillars of a home. The leaves can be made into mats, brooms, basket, and so much more. Don't even ask about the coconut shell, coconut water and the health benefits of coconut. The wondrous tree can be utilized to the best of anyone's creativity. Here are the coolest crafts to help you enhance your artistic brain while producing incredible skills to decorate your interiors!
Coconut Husk- Density Boards
The healthy coconut fibre husk packs the lignin content making it ideal wooden boards that are difficult to cut through without blades and saws. Shedding coconut husk and pressing it with glue in a mould is all you need to do to obtain the board for yourself. You can also create moulds and let the mixture through it to create an unbreakable sculpture to relish in your home.
Decorative Cups-
Once you core the coconut pulp, use sandpaper to cleanse the shell both inside and outside. Sundry it to make sure there is no moisture to cause it to rot later. Seal the seed holes with resin and use a varnish to polish your cups ready to be the centrepiece to your home.
The Biodegradable Rope-
The shreds of coconut fibre act as the most robust rope material ever, collecting them and binding them into a rope can be the perfect alternative to nylon ropes that stay unmixed with the soil for thousands of years.
Coconut Leaf Basket And Mats-
The most creative way to go about the leaves is to weave it into baskets and mats. There are plenty of videos online that will guide you through the process. All you need to do is sun dry the leaves and collect them into bundles for easy binding.
Coconut Husk Dolls-
If you have the knack for making craftworks, you can master the thread art of using coconut husk threads to weave dolls out of them. Some of the most common ones are elephants, human dolls and dogs. They make ideal toys for toddlers to play with.
Coconut Husk Scrubber Brush-
Ever had trouble brushing the carpet with a nylon brush? That is because nylon produces a static charge that makes the trash and dust accumulate on the meeting itself. Having a husk brush will cleanse away all the dirt without keeping itself dirty and difficult to clean.
