A Thrift Store Mug Makeover for Father’s Day
This adorable Father’s Day craft only cost a buck! And you only need two supplies to make it. It’s time for a mug makeover for dear old dad!
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DIY Crafts
12 Awesome Upcycled Vases that Don’t Look Upcycled
A spaghetti sauce jar makes a great vase, but not necessarily when it *looks* like a spaghetti sauce jar, you know? The best upcycled vases don’t look like you’ve just scrounged them out of your recycling bin, even though you have.
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Make Do and Mend: Meet Reuse Superstar Jen Gale
I’ve been a fan of Jen Gale since learning about her make Do and Mend Year. Check out her TED Talk and a Q&A with Jen!
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Do Seed Bombs Work? (I Kind of Don’t Think So)
Y’all? I kind of don’t think that seed bombs work.
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DIY Luggage Tags Made from Old Hotel Room Keys
Does your luggage look like everyone else’s at baggage claim? Have no fear! A DIY luggage tag is easy to make, it’s green and super-cheap to make.
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12 DIY Rain Chains for Your Yard
What is a rain chain? Here’s how rain chains prevent erosion and 12 DIY rain chains you can make from recycled materials!
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How to Paint with Crayons
How would you like to paint with crayons?
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Easy Egg Craft: DIY Candleholder
Nothing screams SPRING like an easy egg craft! Here’s one for ya – egg shells plus old candles equals super-cute centerpieces! Let’s craft!
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Keurig K-Cups are Killing our Planet
An ounce of waste for every cup of coffee–that’s what Keurig is doing to our planet. And I’m pretty sure that all the glue guns in the world can’t fix this problem.
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How to Make Plastic Bottle Flowers
Even though winter is still going strong, I think it’s time we show you how to make plastic bottle flowers. They’ll brighten your day – and your mood!
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Make a DIY Camera Lens Cap Leash
A lens cap leash is nice if you’ve got a wandering lens cap, like I do, but it’s also extremely handy for keeping track of your lens cap for you while you’re busy shooting photos.
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Reuse Office Supplies in your Craft Stash!
From used folders to K-Cups, it’s easy (and cheap) to reuse office supplies in your craft stash.
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10 Last-Minute Valentine’s Day Ideas that Don’t Look Last-Minute
Oh my gosh, Valentine’s Day is in TWO DAYS. Don’t panic! We’ve got 10 last-minute Valentine’s Day ideas from cards to gifts to homemade sweet treats.
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10 Recycled Valentine Decorations
Can you believe that we’re at less than two weeks to Valentine’s Day? If you’re planning a quiet evening in, make it extra special with recycled Valentine decorations!
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How to Fix a Broken Plastic Toy
Repairing a broken toy is the WORST! Here’s how to fix a broken plastic toy so that it stays fixed.
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Fun Crafts for Kids: 24 Ways to Reuse an Oatmeal Container
Here are 24 fun crafts for kids that will get you upcycling that old oatmeal canister into something new and fun and useful again.
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Winter Craft for Kids: Make Leaf Art!
There’s plenty of green to be seen this time of year. And you can easily turn that green into an 80’s inspired winter craft for kids!
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Organizing Books with a DIY Cardboard Book Case
Here’s a way to build a box set book case that will help with organizing books and keeping them dust-free and ready to binge-read.
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Spotted: Sew a Child’s Sleeping Bag + 8 More Summer Camp Crafts
Too soon to think about summer camp, you say?
I totally agree, except that it’s not.
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15 Popcorn Crafts for National Popcorn Day
I know that you love popcorn as much as I do, so I hope that you’ll also be as stoked as I am about this giant list of recipes and eco-friendly crafts all about POPCORN!!!
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Make Homemade Fire Starters with Dryer Lint
These homemade fire starters are easy to make, they don’t cost a thing, and they’re totally eco-friendly! Finally – a good use for the lint from your dryer!
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Spotted: Homemade Coffee Creamer from Deliciously Organic, and 10 other Coffee Crafts
Cinnamon Pumpkin Spice Coffee Creamer, why are you made of cancer?
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Best of Crafting Green: Our Top Ten Posts from 2014
Here at Crafting a Green World, we tend to think that every single post that we write is our Best. Post. EVER!
We’re enthusiastic like that.
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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?
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Spotted: Coconut Chia Seed Pudding, and 8 other Uses for Chia Seeds
Not only are chia seeds great for you, and easy to incorporate into tons of healthy, delicious recipes, but their ability to sprout and grow in the blink of an eye, in less than ideal circumstances, makes them a lot of fun for you and the kids to play with, too.
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How-to: Make a Double-Sided T-Shirt Quilt
This quilt is light but warm, it’s nice and versatile, and it definitely includes the maximum number of T-shirts that you can possibly squeeze onto a T-shirt quilt.
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Spotted: Chocolate Bark, and 6 other Crafty Recipes
Don’t like chocolate? Don’t be silly.
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Spotted: Cross Stitch Cookie Tin, and 10 other Altered Containers
Check out these altered container projects.
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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…
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Spotted: Ceiling Fan Pottery Wheel + 7 More DIY Pottery Solutions
Some very, very clever people have taken pottery back to its uber-DIY roots and come up with the hacks that you need to do your own pottery, in your own space, on your own time.
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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.
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30 Glass Bottle Crafts
Glass bottles, whether they held your spaghetti sauce yesterday (here’s how to get the label off) or a Coca-Cola fifty years ago (here’s how to make it look shiny and new!), make excellent craft supplies
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15 Ways to Reuse Tea Bags
Are you a tea-drinker like I am? Next time you finish off a mug, save that spent tea bag! Here are 15 fun ways to reuse tea bags instead of throwing them in the trash.
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Spotted: Wood Slice Chalkboards from Little House Blog, and 11 other Wood Slice Projects
These are what you’re going to use for gift tags this year, and for menu cards, and for labels for your potluck dishes, and for party favors.
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