On TikTok, where myriad craft and do-it-yourself videos are uploaded daily, the holiday season has ushered in a new wave of DIY decor that focuses on natural, sustainable and eco-friendly options.

You create the plarn by cutting up the bags and stringing them together (click here for a tutorial from TikTok's plarn queen @diysustainability).

The goal is to collect 100 plarn mats by October 1. Carle recently got together with FOX8 to create a how-to video about making plarn and plarn mats.

Knitters are finding a way to help both the environment and the homeless by using recycled plastic yarn, or plarn, to make blankets for homeless folks.

Lindy Leftwich started the plarn-making class, which quickly grew from about five to 17 crafters. “The mats are made out of plastic bags I got from Dollar Tree, Publix, and Winn-Dixie.

Plarn is an upcycle process that starts as a plastic grocery shopping bag and ends-up as a practical material with imaginative uses.

Ready for a plarn party? Teacher making plastic yarn pillows for Windsor's homeless On Dec. 16 Buffa is holding a plarm party at the Walkerville Eatery on Walker Road.

Lindy Leftwich started the plarn-making class, which quickly grew from about five to 17 crafters. “The mats are made out of plastic bags I got from Dollar Tree, Publix, and Winn-Dixie.