Jumbo Donut Made From Plastic Bottles

If you have a bunch of plastic bottles in your recycle bin, try upcylcling them instead. I threw my daughter a donut themed party and turned my plastic bottles into jumbo donuts!

If possible, upcycle some old or leftover fabric. There are also places like HoneyBeGood that sell fabric made from recycled plastic bottles so double the good!

Any plastic bottle should work as long as you can create a circle with them. This includes water bottles, 2 liter soda bottles, half gallon milk jugs, etc.

• plastic bottles
• fabric
• scissors
• hot glue
• marker or pen

For one donut you'll need:

• 2 fabric circles for the front and back*
• 1 fabric strip for the inside of the center
• 1 fabric frosting shape
• rectangles or circles for sprinkles (optional)
• enough plastic bottles to create a full circle

*You can use any colors and type of fabric that you would like. For a traditional donut the 2 fabric circles and inside strip should all be the same color.

The exact dimensions are dependent on the kind of bottles you have. Just make sure whatever bottle you're using, you're able to create a circle by attaching the top edge of the bottles with hot glue. You want to do this first so you know what measurements you need for the fabric.

Once you have your bottles glued together:

1. Lay the bottles on your brown fabric and trace a circle outside of the bottles. You'll want enough excess so that the fabric will come half way up the bottle.
2. Trace the center hold of your bottle circle.
3. Cut two of these shapes out of your brown fabrics.
4. Cut a strip of fabric that is twice the height of your bottles and 1.5 the diameter of your center circle. These measurements don't have to be exact. You'll be cutting and glueing any excess.
5. Using your bottles as a guide, create a squiggly frosting shape out of your second fabric.
6. If you'd like, cut out shapes for your sprinkles and glue them on your frosting shape.

1. Lay your bottles on top of your bottom fabric.
2. Put a small dollop of hot glue on 2 opposite ends of your bottles so that the fabric will stay in place. You only want to use a small amount because this is temporary and you'll be pulling it off before attaching the top piece.
3. Flip your bottles and fabric over and glue the long strip of rectangular fabric to the inside edge of the fabric as shown. Do this all the way around until it overlaps the other side, then trim off any excess.
4. Flip the bottles and fabric back over and glue the extra center fabric to the bottles. You'll want to cut the fabric into strips based on your bottle size so that it lays nicely in a circular shape.

1. Lay the top fabric piece on top so that it lines up with the bottom.
2. Glue along the fabric edge of the center bottom piece, one half at a time.
3. Pull the glued fabric from those 2 temporary bottles.
4. Now glue both edges of the fabric together a little bit at a time so you can keep it aligned.*
5. Align the frosting fabric to the top and glue along the center fabric edge the same as before, one half at a time.
6. Use a small amount of glue to attach the frosting edges. You can glue along the entire edge but it's not necessary.

*I used a small amount to glue together 4 edges (12, 3, 6, and 9 o'clock). Then a small amount for the 4 edges between those. Then the rest of the edges to close it all the way.

The finished product is light but sturdy. Great for tossing around!