DIY Organization: Make a Hanging Wall File from Old Cereal Boxes
Could your school year benefit from some DIY organization? These hanging wall files keep things in order, and they’re cute!
Back to School Ideas
10 DIY Back to School Ideas for the End of Summer
Is your kiddo headed back to school in the next few weeks? Send him off in DIY style with these upcycled back to school ideas!
How to Make a Backpack from Old Jeans for Back to School
Is your kiddo getting ready to head back to school in the next few weeks? Here’s how to make a backpack out of an old pair of jeans.
Terrarium DIY: Turn an Old Soda Bottle into a Miniature Rainforest!
This awesome, upcycled twist on the classic terrarium DIY is a miniature rainforest in a bottle!
15 DIY Packed Lunch Storage Solutions
It’s definitely worthwhile to spend the money on a few high-quality packed lunch supplies (my Klean Kanteen is practically an extension of my hand), but you’ll be surprised at how many packed lunch storage solutions you can craft for yourself from eco-friendly supplies, whether they be natural or upcycled.
DIY Re-usable Lunch Bags from Makery, by Kate Smith
I don’t know where our lunch bags go. Do you?
School Lunch Ideas: 7 Crafty Ways to Pack a Waste-Free Lunch
A healthy bagged lunch is as much about the packaging as the food inside. Check out these DIY school lunch ideas for a waste-free lunch!
School Lunch Ideas: Make a Simple Utensil Wrap that Doubles as a Cloth Napkin
I know, when you think “school lunch ideas,” you probably think food, but how you pack that food is just as important. This simple utensil wrap doubles as a cloth napkin, and it takes maybe 5 minutes to make.
Back to School Ideas: A Project Display Board from Upcycled Cardboard
Make the Science Fair (or the Biography Fair, or the International Fair…) slightly less of a pain in the butt, AND save yourself a trip to the store to buy a cardboard or foam core display board, because crafting your own display board out of upcycled cardboard is so easy!
Back to School Ideas: Make Cardboard Number Tiles for Kids’ Math Games
Want to get a kid excited about math?
Play math games! Kids LOVE games and puzzles, and they’re great for cementing sophisticated concepts in growing little brains.
You can buy some pretty cool math games, sure, but as with nearly anything else, some of the best and simplest games are handmade. Here I’m going to show you how to build the upcycled cardboard number tiles that my kiddos and I use in tons of fun math games.