Recycling hangers and other plastic packaging has been one of the main features of our environmental policy since we started, and we’ve now collected, and re-used, thousands from our customers.
However, if you don’t want to re-use them for their original purpose there are some amazingly innovative ways to make them into fantastic craft designs. Here are some of the best ones I’ve found:
Paper towel hanger: what about turning your wire hanger into a practical paper towel hanger like the one our friends from Instructables created?
![Paper towel hanger via Instructables](http://blog.laundryrepublic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Paper-towel-hanger-via-Instructables-200x300.jpg)
Christmas wreaths: turn our wire hangers into Christmas wreaths for your front door – you can even reuse our pins and plastic packaging! (via Eddie Ross and Ruffled blog)
![Christmas wreath eddie ross](http://blog.laundryrepublic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Christmas-wreath-eddie-ross-215x300.jpg)
![Christmas wreath1 ruffled](http://blog.laundryrepublic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Christmas-wreath1-ruffled-300x199.jpg)
Magazine display: I love keeping good magazine articles, but they always end up in a pile on the coffee table. A Merry Mishap Blog showed us a beautiful way to store your magazines using hangers to display them on the wall!
![Stylizimo_workspace magazine display](http://blog.laundryrepublic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Stylizimo_workspace-magazine-display-201x300.jpg)
Accessories holder: another practical way to reuse our wire hanger is as a funky scarf holder like this one(via Boxwood Clippings), or even to hold your necklaces!
![hold scarves](http://blog.laundryrepublic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/hold-scarves-194x300.jpg)
Decoration: If you’re feeling really creative, use hangers to decorate your living room like this one (via Family Chic), or to make these fun animal creatures for your kids (via the Thrifty Crafter)
![party-animals-1011 hangers](http://blog.laundryrepublic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/party-animals-1011-hangers-200x300.jpg)
![art love hanger](http://blog.laundryrepublic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/art-love-hanger-300x199.jpg)
Any more ideas? We’d love to hear them! Drop us a comment 🙂