Upcycle jeans – 36 Creative And Easy Ways To Transform Your Old Jeans

Great ideas on what to do with old jeans if you don’t like them anymore

Are you tired of your same old jeans? Don’t head out shopping just yet and try instead one of the creative ideas on how to upcycle your old jeans and completely transform them.

New clothes can eat up quite a good chunk of your budget. DIY your jeans instead of buying a new pair can help you look trendy and save money.

All this, while saving the environment. The fashion industry is the second largest pollutant after the oil industry.

Check out these creative ideas for old jeans

There are a lot of ways of upcycling denim that can make your old jeans look fashionable and trendy.

One way you can DIY old jeans is by using bleach. You can have your own creative jeans in a matter of minutes.

1. Bleach Dipped Aztec Jeans

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2. Palm Tree Print Jeans

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3. Dip Dye Bleach Shorts

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4. Ombre Jeans

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Embellish your jeans to give them a completely different look and bring them back to life.

You can decorate jeans in a matter of minutes and have your own designer jeans at the fraction of the cost.

Upcycle old jeans by embellishing the cuff with studs, lace, fabric or pearls.

5. DIY Beaded Jean Cuffs

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6. Studs Jean Cuffs

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7. DIY American Flag Cuffs

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8. Embellished Jeans

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9. Pearl Embellished Jeans

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10.Pearl Jeans

11. Embellished Jeans

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12. Rhinestone Jeans

Embroidered jeans are all the rage now and are extremely easy to make them yourself.

13. DIY Embroidered Jeans

14. Floral Embroidered Denim

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Learn how to embroider your jeans by hand so you make sure the embroidery will not come off that easy.

In case you want your floral design stitched directly onto your jeans you can easily do it, just follow the steps in this tutorial.

Lace, leather or even sequin can help you upcycle jeans.

15. Lace Jeans

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16. Sequin Embellished Denim Shorts

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17. Sequin Pocket Jeans

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18. Lace Shorts

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19. Lace Shorts

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Pull out your paint and let your imagination free. Make your own paint splatter jeans.

20. Galaxy Jeans

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21. DIY Galaxy Shorts

22. Splatter Paint Jeans

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23. Paint Splatter Jeans

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24. Ralph Lauren Inspired Jeans

25. Abstract Painted Denim

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26. Geometric Painted Jeans

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27. DIY Blake Lively Rialto cherry Blossom Boyfriend Jeans

28. Cherry Blossom Boyfriend Jeans

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29. Floral Print Jeans

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30. DIY Isabel Marant Renell Jeans

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 31. DIY Heart Patterned Jeans

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32. Lipstick Kisses Printed Jeans

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33. Painted Jeans

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34. Splatter Paint Your Jeans

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DIY Ripped jeans

Wherever you turn your head these days you see ripped jeans. They are also pretty darn expensive too. Learn how to make them yourself and save some money.

35. Ripped Jeans

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36. Distress and Ripped Jeans

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I hope I convinced you to try and give your old jeans a new look before heading out to buy a new pair.

Which of these creative and easy ways to restyle your old jeans did you use or are planning to DIY?

36 Creative ideas to upcycle jeans