For this 1 Minute Finger Tip you'll need to need a couple of empty, clean two litre drinks bottles, a pair of scissors, a hole punch, some cord (or a long shoelace) and two plastic fish of the kind you get with takeaway sushi in supermarkets!
So limber up, and when you're ready - start the clock!

Begin by squashing one of the bottles down. Carefully snip the bottom off with the scissors.
Then squash the second bottle down and, again carefully using the scissors, cut the bottom off.

Make this bottom much bigger than the first by just cutting the top off.
Use a hole punch to make two holes in both bottoms.
Thread some cord - although string or a shoelace will do - through the holes in the bigger of the two bottom bottles.

Tie a knot in the cord.
Now you need a couple of plastic fish - you can get these in supermarkets with takeaway sushi!

Unscrew the tops and thread them through the holes in the smaller bottom.

When they're in place, screw the tops back on.
To finish, just pop the bottom part that you cut from one of the bottles into the part that remained when you cut the top from the other - and stop the clock!
You've made a Cossie Carrier - it's a great backpack for carrying your swimming costume in!

And it's completely waterproof so it doesn't matter if your gear is wet or dry.
The top part is a handy carrier for your swimming cap or goggles.
And those plastic fish - if washed out properly - can be used to store shower gel and shampoo!

No need to lug all those bottles along!
For alternative ideas you could decorate your Cossie Carrier with beads, like this one!



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