If made correctly, a teacup candle is beautiful, useful, and endlessly refillable. You’ll love its warm light and gentle scent, and you’ll enjoy your teacup candle far more than you would a boring old store-bought container candle.
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Even if you’re careful and eco-conscious, every now and then you probably use a disposable coffee cup. Don’t throw it out! Try these disposable coffee cup crafts instead.
11 Disposable Coffee Cup Crafts Read More 👉
Y’all know we LOVE our toilet paper tube crafts here at CAGW!
Craft Book Review: Even More Toilet Paper Tube Crafts! Read More 👉
These reusable, DIY chalkboard gift tags came together in just minutes, from the scraps leftover from making my latest batch of album cover bookmarks.
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Here’s how to reuse a canvas, whether you want to completely start over or make a piece of found art your own.
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So you’ve found a favorite project to upcycle that unplayable vinyl record. You still need ways to reuse that album cover, right? What should you do?
12 Ways to Reuse an Album Cover Read More 👉
There are tons of super cute ways to recycle a vinyl record. Read on to find your next favorite project!
30 Ways to Recycle a Vinyl Record Read More 👉
You’re going to have the coolest school supplies on the planet when you make yourself an upcycled folder from a cardboard record album cover.
How to Make an Upcycled Folder from a Cardboard Record Album Cover Read More 👉
Check out all of the awesome stuff that you can make with plarn, including how to make plastic yarn in the first place.
26 Projects to Make with Plarn Read More 👉
The news reports always make it sound desperately exotic–Sleeping mats! Out of plastic bags!–but the truth is that it’s totally do-able.
Make Plarn Sleeping Mats for the Homeless Read More 👉
Celebrate the change in seasons AND divert some trash from the waste stream with these great recycled crafts for autumn.
20 Recycled Autumn Craft Ideas Read More 👉
From water bottles to 2-liters to detergent jugs, there are so many cool ways to reuse plastic bottles! Here are 25 awesome ideas.
25 Awesome Ways to Reuse Plastic Bottles Read More 👉
Should you craft with American flags? Let’s take a look at the Flag Code and how it applies to upcycling. Crafting becomes a tricky issue when you’re dealing with a national icon.
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CDs get scratched, and DVDs get left in the car to melt, so I’ve always got my eye out for new ways to upcycle CDs and DVDs.
How to Upcycle CDs: 25 Projects Read More 👉
Upcycle motor oil bottles and organize your garage at the same time! These bottles are sturdy and begging to be reused!
Upcycle Motor Oil Bottles into a Workshop Storage System Read More 👉
Don’t throw away towels that are tattered, torn, or stained. There are lots of useful ways to reuse old towels instead.
10 Ways to Reuse Old Towels Read More 👉
Don’t know what to do with that dried-out marker or pen? Try some of these awesome upcycled marker crafts!
9 Upcycled Marker Crafts Read More 👉
Upcycled marker beads are easy to make, if a little messy.
How to Make Upcycled Marker Beads Read More 👉
Peanut Butter on a Spoon is a completely legitimate snack in my family.
23 Things to Do with an Empty Peanut Butter Jar Read More 👉
That empty peanut butter jar is a miracle of modern upcycling.
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If you just need a quick-and-dirty plant hanger to get your lovely plants up in front of your windows and off your cluttered counters? Well, go check your garage for pegboard, because this planter is the quickest!
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Make the most out of that old Mason jar, spaghetti sauce jar, or jam jar with these awesome jar lid crafts!
Yes, it sits on your hand just like a ring. Yes, it really colors!
Make a Crayon Ring Pop Read More 👉
With this window bird feeder, you can do that without leaving the comfort of your couch!
Make an Upcycled Window Bird Feeder from a Milk Carton Read More 👉
I think that giant boxes are one of the most important things for a kid to have as a plaything.
Get Your Kid a Giant Box Read More 👉
Go out right now and thrift yourself some old Scrabble games, because you have GOT to try these DIY Scrabble tile crafts!
Two Dozen DIY Scrabble Tile Crafts that You Must Try! Read More 👉
Seamsters, don’t toss your empties in the trash! There are plenty of cute and even some practical ways to reuse spools of thread.
13 Fun Ways to Reuse Spools of Thread Read More 👉
Did you somehow end up with one of those disposable coolers in your house? Here are seven great ways to reuse Styrofoam coolers.
7 Cool Ways to Reuse Styrofoam Coolers Read More 👉
Let’s take a look at the biggest contributors to home waste and how garden recycling might be appropriate for them.
15 Creative Garden Recycling Ideas Read More 👉
It’s not your fault that a tree gave its life to make that wood pallet, and by crafting with it, especially if you’re sourcing it from a store that’s just trashing them, then you’re actually diverting that wood from the waste stream.
Crafty Book Review: Upcycled Porch Star from Crafting with Wood Pallets Read More 👉
Vintage flour sacks are still fairly easy to obtain and not too spendy, but nevertheless quite lovely, and they make excellent crafting supplies.
What to Do with a Vintage Flour Sack: 13 Projects Read More 👉
Gather up your gaudiest serving trays, and check out these makeover tutorials. Find something that you like, make it happen, and save an innocent serving tray from a future garage sale.
How Do I Reuse a Tray? 17 Serving Tray Makeovers Read More 👉
I made my awesome sweetheart Luke into a puzzle Christmas ornament.
How to Make a Puzzle Christmas Ornament Read More 👉
Look no further than the recycling bin for your next Christmas craft project–you can make any of these 26 upcycled Christmas crafts from recycling, stash, scraps, and even trash!
26 Upcycled Christmas Crafts Read More 👉
These 5-minute DIY Thanksgiving centerpieces will make your holiday table extra special. And good news…there’s beer involved!
Make a Thanksgiving Centerpiece from Beer Bottles Read More 👉
