Sleeping bags are camping and sleeping, which means they accumulate a lot of wear and tears. Just enough to buy a new one after your sleeping bag cut out or worn. However, it is another question to do with your old man if you are looking for an environmentally friendly option to avoid sending to the landfill.

We talked with experts in some of the best ways to reuse sleep bags and give them another life.

Make a new bed for your pet

Instead of eject your torn sleeping bag, Lisa Macqueen, the CEO of CleanCorp, suggests that they point to a new, comfortable bed for your furry friend.

“Pets like warmth and softness to sleep a bag,” she says. “Fold or fill sleeping bag in the lid to create a great pleasant bed for your dog or cat.”

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Trade as an ambulance cover

This is the usual knowledge to keep the cover in the car in case of emergency, and the old, isolated sleeping bag perfect is the perfect job candidate. You will not miss you for another task, and it is more than it can warm you if necessary.

“Hold (sleeping bag) in your car for unexpected cold nights or to use as an additional lining if you sit in cold seats,” says MacQueen.

Hold for scroll and storage of linings

Experts recommend that you hold onto sleeping bags for the next time you need to move fragile items, so you can skip the Balloon purchase.

Simply cut a sleeping bag in tapes and wrap it around the item to protect them. In addition, sleep bags work great to cover mattresses or other larger pieces of furniture to prevent them from being abolished in a moving truck.

MacQueen also recommends using old sleeping bags for wrapping sensitive decorations or china before you put them in storage.

“(It’s) a way better than the wrapper and more environmentally friendly,” says Macqueen.

Create knee pads

Whether Cotter, Coo Cackgleans, recommends the use of old sleeping bags to protect your knees when fishing floors or gardening.

“Match a part of the bag and kneel on it while deep cleaning or pulling weeds for hours,” he says.

You can also cut squares from sleeping bags and wrap them around your knees with a scarf or a coiled wrap.

Turn it into portable playback

Many parents know that young children need a lot of things, so it’s great again to use what you have instead of buying new things. MacQueen suggests giving the old sleeping bag of the new role for your children as passenger playback for babies or small.

“It’s lined and easy to roll over and take anywhere – perfect for a messy game or sleep time in the park,” she says.

Use for isolation

Sleeping bags are super-working as insulation for DIY projects or in fingerprint, according to Cotter. You can open sleeping bag in tapes and use them as isolation for a house or garage dog.

If you are exposed pipes in winter, sleeping bags also provide decent protection for preventing pipe shooting.

“This is not a long-term repair, but perfect for emergencies,” he says. “Just fasten it with a zipper or channel tape.”

To create a quilt

If you are especially onion, you can use your torn or tear sleep bags again to create patchwork quilt.

MacQueen says sleeping bags make excellent blankets for piqued because insulation and sloping holds you protected from sand or wet grass. Homemade covers also make a home touch of a house or a vacation cabin.