The Upcycling Nanny: Upcycled Plastic Bottle Drip Catcher and Faucet Basket

Plastic bottle crafts, sink basket, soap catcher

Plastic bottle drip catchers and faucet basket

I was surfing pinterest one evening and I came across this picture of a nice looking drip catcher for spouts like this. There were no instructions on how to make them so I set to work. I wanted some for my laundry detergent containers. But today I am making a basket to hang from my kitchen faucet and hold sponges and sink stoppers and such, with the same concept.

Upcycled Plastic Bottle Drip Catcher and Faucet Basket

First I gathered supplies I would need. Actually first I made a list with a plan and then I gathered these things.

Clean, dry plastic bottle
Cutting board
Sharpie (for marking cuts)
X-acto crafting knife (one of my favorite tools) You can use another similar cutting tool.

If you use scissors make sure they are sharp. I used scissors for the drip catchers the first time I tried this and my cuts were jagged and very uneven.

For the drip catcher I used a smaller bottle and
cut the spout off lower on the top side.

For the faucet basket I cut the bottle closer to the
spout so i could use the rounded top .

I made sure the bottle was dry after this cut so that I could put the bottle next to where I wanted it to hang and used the sharpie to mark the cut. If the bottle is wet where you try to mark with the sharpie, it will not write. I started with the back cut so that if I made a mistake I could try to salvage the bottle and still get a drip catcher out of it.

I cut where I marked and left the plastic still attached so I could test the cut. I put the faucet through to make sure the cut was not as wide as the spout (where the aerator is, I looked that up just now). This way I have to put one side of the spout through then the other. When the bottle has weight in it, the spout will be a stopper keeping it from sliding off.

For the drip catcher I only made one spout cut in the back close to the top of the bottle. I needed two for my sink basket. So I repeated myself on the opposite side of the bottle. I marked where I wanted to cut with the sharpie. Cut the mark leaving the plastic attached and tested my cut on the faucet.