"We are making mats because they’re just sleeping on benches and stuff, so we are trying to make mats so they can lay on these and not get bug bites and stuff while they are sleeping," said Young.

Bags2Blankets volunteers create colorful 3-by-6 mats by crocheting plastic grocery bags that have been cut into strips. The mats can be folded in half and rolled up, and have a shoulder strap.

LONE TREE, Colo. (CBS4) – A resident at a senior living community saw a story on TV about making mats for the homeless out of plastic bags and decided to make her own for people in need across ...

Rebecca Colone is collecting plastic bags to make mats for the homeless. She has 2,500 bags so far. She said it’s her first time crocheting and she watched online videos to learn how.

Plastic shopping bags are in big demand at Benwood Mt. Lebanon Church in Brazil. It’s because the bags are transformed into sleeping mats for the homeless.

Residents at the Vintage Apartments make these woven mats from plastic bags in north Spokane, Thursday. The seniors, who usually gather for coffee, now cut and weave plastic grocery bags into ...

Every cut and knot of plastic is special for Ngungi. She’s taking her plarn and crocheting mats to help homeless youth in Hampton Roads. “It’s really cold out there right now.

Area residents have been gathering from 9 to 11 a.m. the third Saturday each month to make sleeping mats at St. John Lutheran Church Ingomar, 2139 Enterprise Road, West Alexandria, Ohio.

Mat makers loop the strips together to make what Ms. Reckwerdt calls “plarn,” or plastic yarn. Using crochet needles, volunteers create 6-by-3.5-feet mats with a 90-inch strap.

It takes approximately 700 plastic bags to make a sleeping mat, pillow and carrying strap. The mats are delivered to homeless people in Tyler by a ministry called Jesus Closet.