GALLERY: De-stress from finals with these recycled crafts

By Rene Steffan April 21, 2015

With finals right around the corner, many students will start pulling more all-nighters. When it comes to staying up, every student has their own poison, from energy drinks to black coffee.

If coffee’s going to be your new best friend, what better way to show it love than by dressing it up a bit?

As part of the Office of Sustainability’s Earth Week, Crafty Coogs showed students how to make coasters from old CDs and bird feeders from empty toilet paper rolls and shiny buttons.

Follow the instructions below to keep your coffee cozy and stylish with your own personalized coffee holder:

Get a Starbucks cup holder — though one from any cafe will do — and gently pry it apart at the seams. You’ll use it as your template. | Rene Steffan/The Cougar

Get some old fabric — here an old scarf is used — and cut the fabric to fit your template. | Rene Steffan/The Cougar

Cut a second, stabilizing piece from a tougher fabric, like the old jeans used here. | Rene Steffan/The Cougar

Glue the pieces together. | Rene Steffan/The Cougar

Make sure to glue the edges together to stabilize the fabric and keep it from fraying. | Rene Steffan/The Cougar

Use the cardboard coffee holder as a model for your custom cup holder. Don’t wrap the fabric around the cardboard, otherwise your cup holder will be too big. | Rene Steffan/The Cougar