26 Projects to Make with Plarn
Check out all of the awesome stuff that you can make with plarn, including how to make plastic yarn in the first place.
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Make Plarn Sleeping Mats for the Homeless
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.
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20 Recycled Autumn Craft Ideas
Celebrate the change in seasons AND divert some trash from the waste stream with these great recycled crafts for autumn.
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25 Awesome Ways to Reuse Plastic Bottles
From water bottles to 2-liters to detergent jugs, there are so many cool ways to reuse plastic bottles! Here are 25 awesome ideas.
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Should You Craft with American Flags?
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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How to Upcycle CDs: 25 Projects
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.
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Upcycle Motor Oil Bottles into a Workshop Storage System
Upcycle motor oil bottles and organize your garage at the same time! These bottles are sturdy and begging to be reused!
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10 Ways to Reuse Old Towels
Don’t throw away towels that are tattered, torn, or stained. There are lots of useful ways to reuse old towels instead.
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9 Upcycled Marker Crafts
Don’t know what to do with that dried-out marker or pen? Try some of these awesome upcycled marker crafts!
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How to Make Upcycled Marker Beads
Upcycled marker beads are easy to make, if a little messy.
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23 Things to Do with an Empty Peanut Butter Jar
Peanut Butter on a Spoon is a completely legitimate snack in my family.
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Make Sea Glass in a Rock Tumbler–It Really Works!
Yes, you can 100% make sea glass in a rock tumbler.
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How to Reuse a Peanut Butter Jar
That empty peanut butter jar is a miracle of modern upcycling.
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Make an Easy Hanging Planter from a Pegboard
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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20 Jar Lid Crafts
Make the most out of that old Mason jar, spaghetti sauce jar, or jam jar with these awesome jar lid crafts!
Make a Crayon Ring Pop
Yes, it sits on your hand just like a ring. Yes, it really colors!
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Make an Upcycled Window Bird Feeder from a Milk Carton
With this window bird feeder, you can do that without leaving the comfort of your couch!
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Get Your Kid a Giant Box
I think that giant boxes are one of the most important things for a kid to have as a plaything.
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Two Dozen DIY Scrabble Tile Crafts that You Must Try!
Go out right now and thrift yourself some old Scrabble games, because you have GOT to try these DIY Scrabble tile crafts!
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13 Fun Ways to Reuse Spools of Thread
Seamsters, don’t toss your empties in the trash! There are plenty of cute and even some practical ways to reuse spools of thread.
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7 Cool Ways to Reuse Styrofoam Coolers
Did you somehow end up with one of those disposable coolers in your house? Here are seven great ways to reuse Styrofoam coolers.
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15 Creative Garden Recycling Ideas
Let’s take a look at the biggest contributors to home waste and how garden recycling might be appropriate for them.
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Crafty Book Review: Upcycled Porch Star from Crafting with Wood Pallets
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.
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What to Do with a Vintage Flour Sack: 13 Projects
Vintage flour sacks are still fairly easy to obtain and not too spendy, but nevertheless quite lovely, and they make excellent crafting supplies.
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How Do I Reuse a Tray? 17 Serving Tray Makeovers
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.
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How to Make a Puzzle Christmas Ornament
I made my awesome sweetheart Luke into a puzzle Christmas ornament.
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26 Upcycled Christmas Crafts
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!
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Make a Thanksgiving Centerpiece from Beer Bottles
These 5-minute DIY Thanksgiving centerpieces will make your holiday table extra special. And good news…there’s beer involved!
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Halloween Cleanup: Bulk Up Your Craft Stash
Think of your Halloween cleanup as a salvage mission! If you do it right, you can totally bulk up your craft stash.
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Hands-on History: Make an Upcycled Cardboard Model Ship
There’s a kind of knowledge that you get only when you’re wrist-deep in the guts of a subject, not just watching it and scribbling about it from the edges.
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Upcycle a Picture Frame into a DIY Dry Erase Menu Board
A DIY dry erase menu board is super helpful, no matter what kind of mealtimes your family enjoys.
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Make a DIY Pet Tag from an Old Bottlecap
A one-of-a-kind, super-glam DIY pet tag is the perfect way to get your kitty or pooch into a DIY groove.
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Upcycle Crayons into a Good Cause with the Crayon Initiative
Did you ever wonder what happens to those restaurant crayons when your meal is done?
One guy did, and the answer that he got is changing lives.
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Watercolor Stained Building Blocks with PlanToys
I’m going to show you how to make stained building blocks using one super simple and readily-available art supply: liquid watercolors.
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Make Outdoor Building Blocks from Upcycled Wooden Pallets
Make your kiddos a set of outdoor building blocks, using nothing more than the ubiquitous wooden pallet.
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