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20 DIY Advent Calendars and Holiday Countdowns

DIY Advent calendars are a great way to keep my personal commitment to handmade while still having fun indulging in those daily little treats and novelties that I love so well.

Thanksgiving Crafts from Recycled Materials

40 Free Thanksgiving Printables for Easy Holiday Decoration

Thanksgiving printables make last-minute holiday decorating easier, while still keeping everything eco-friendly!

20 Free Halloween Printables for an Eco-Friendly Holiday

Halloween printables, printed in an eco-friendly manner, are an easy way to upscale your holiday!

Holiday For Kids Coloring Pages

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The DIY Table: Eco-Friendly Projects for Holiday Linens, Tableware, and Accessories

If you were lucky enough to have guests over for the holidays, now is the perfect time to up your tableware game for NEXT year’s holiday hosting.

These exercises for crafters are broken down into those categories, so you can target what ails you.

Exercises to Recover from Holiday Crafting

Crafting for long periods is tough on your body. Try these simple exercises for crafters, broken down into categories, so you can target what ails you.

Homemade vanilla sugar is the easiest make-ahead present you'll ever whip up. It's the perfect Christmas in July project!

12 DIY Food Gifts for the Holidays to Start Making Now

Start these DIY food gifts for the holidays now, so they’ll be ready in time for holiday giving!

How to Make a Holiday Bunting

These buntings make lovely party decorations, but our own “merry” bunting is enjoying pride of place in our home all year, right next to our Christmas tree.

Make a No-Sew Silverware Holder for the Holiday Table

Hosting a dinner party? Wow your guests with burlap no-sew silverware holders!

Holiday Craft Ideas: Get Your Supplies Ready for Holiday Crafting

I’ve got so many holiday craft ideas to share with you in the weeks to come. But you’re going to need a few recyclables – so start collecting NOW!

Holiday Crafts: Green Holiday Craft Ideas for All Year Round

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Holiday Waste: What to Recycle, and What to Upcycle

How much waste did you contribute to your local landfill this holiday season?

Holiday Craft: Make a Leftover Rice Ornament

Who knew leftover rice could make such an adorable holiday craft? This crafty elf, that’s who! So let’s make one, or two, or three…

Easiest Holiday Ornament Ever: Cinnamon Gingerbread People

Are you ready to make the easiest holiday ornament EVER?! You need two ingredients – cinnamon and apple sauce – to fill your house with holiday spirit.

Holiday Craft: Toilet Paper Tube Poinsettia Ornament

You can turn old toilet paper tubes into beautiful poinsettia ornaments. It’s a holiday craft that’s easy, green and fun for all ages.

Spotted: Votive Updated with Burlap for Holiday or DIY Wedding Decor

Redo an old votive holder with a little bit of burlap for cute DIY holiday decor or even a DIY wedding decoration!

DIY Holiday Gifts for Everyone on Your List

Are you working on your list of gifts for this year? Check out these resources with DIY holiday gifts you can make for everyone on your list.

9 DIY Gift Wrapping Ideas for Less Holiday Waste

9 Gift Wrapping Ideas for a Waste-Free Holiday

Whether you’re lovingly creating handmade gifts for your whole list or decided to shop for most of your gifts this year, a little handmade gift wrapping adds some extra heart. Here are some DIY gift wrapping ideas that cost less and waste less.

Rosemary Lemonade Bath Salts to Melt Away Holiday Stress (plus free printable label!)

I made these homemade bath salts as Christmas gifts and saved a little extra for myself!

Holiday Crafts: Chalkboard Gift Wrap

Got a few last-minute Christmas gifts to wrap?

Don’t stress out about cute wrapping paper, matching bows, and festive tags. If you’ve got some chalk and a little creativity, you’ve got almost everything you need to create a nicely-wrapped present with chalk art embellishments.

Holiday Crafts: The 2013 Upcycled CD Wish List Ornament (with Free Printable Template!)

Want a way to preserve the memory of what your child wants most for Christmas this year?

Holiday Crafts: Christmas Tree T-shirt with Vintage Button Ornaments

One of your kid’s T-shirts (at least!) has a mystery stain that nothing will remove.

Here’s an easy way to make that gross shirt look brand-new, completely concealing that ugly stain while adding an adorable festive motif! All you need are fabric paints, vintage buttons, and a creative kid to do the art.

DIY Christmas Ornaments from Your Recycle Bin

Holiday Crafts: Filled Christmas Ornaments

Got some teeny-tiny treasures?

Some scrap craft supplies?

How about just some of the colored sand or rice or pony beads that your kids play with?

If you do (and you totally do!), then you’ve got almost all the makings for an easy, special, stash-busting Christmas ornament craft.

Holiday Crafts: Upcycle Glass Jars into an Adorable Snowman!

If you’re looking for holiday crafts to create for Christmas gifts this year, look no further! Upcycle glass jars into an adorable snowman that can be filled with handmade goodies!

Holiday Craft How-to: DIY Gift Candles

After a little too much time on Pinterest this past weekend, the wife and I decided to try our hands at making a few DIY gift candles for some of our friends and family. I can’t say the project was a complete success (more on that in a minute), but we were able to put a bunch of our saved-up mason and jam jars to good use and ended up with more than a dozen cute gift candles. Not bad, I thought, for a first attempt!

Holiday Crafts: Leaf-Carved Pumpkin

Fortunately, the kiddos were perfectly happy with my suggestion that we carve the pumpkins into something appropriate for Thanksgiving, not Halloween, and that’s how we ended up with our leaf-carved pumpkins. They’re festive without being spooky, use real leaves as stencils, and are, thankfully, just as fun to carve as Jack-o-lanterns are.