20+ Ways to Upcycle Easter Trash
Don’t toss that Easter trash! Keep it out of the waste stream by upcycling it into something useful or fun.
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Don’t toss that Easter trash! Keep it out of the waste stream by upcycling it into something useful or fun.
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my kids have always had a bounty of Easter eggs for backyard egg hunts and decorating and displaying and hiding tiny treats inside, because I am obsessed with DIY Easter eggs. Every year, I can’t stop myself from making a few more of my favorites, AND finding a couple more new handmade egg projects to try.
Easter Eggs Don’t Have to be Plastic! Here are 14 Eco-Friendly DIY Options Read More 👉
My first official decoration is this solar eclipse bunting sewn from upcycled blue jeans and stash fabric. Y’all know how much I love buntings, so this choice shouldn’t surprise you. And thanks to the easy templates I used and my sewing machine’s superpower that is the zigzag stitch, I was able to take this bunting from concept to completion in half an afternoon. Here’s how!
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I know printables can get a bad rap, but you really can make printables eco-friendly. And when you do, you can also save SOOO much time, effort, gas money, and product packaging by printing your own class valentines–and your kids can have exactly the valentines that they want!
Below, check out my list of my favorite printable class valentines. They’re all free to download and print, and some are even editable.
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Check out my list of my favorite eco-friendly Valentine’s Day crafts. Pick your favorite, then settle in for some soothing sensory fun with that delightfully symmetrical canonical heart shape.
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Cinnamon dough smells amazing. It’s as easy to make and use as play dough. It dries to near-permanence with just a couple of hours in the oven. It’s been my favorite winter activity to do with my kids ever since they were tiny, and now I’m sharing it with YOU!
Cinnamon Dough is THE Most Delightful Winter Craft Read More 👉
These dried citrus slices are easy to make during a cozy half-day at home, and easy to string to make ornaments, garlands, and other holiday decorations. Here’s how!
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Simply choose a project from this list of my favorite Christmas stocking tutorials below, print out any pattern pieces you need (they’re all free!), and get that stocking DONE!!!
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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.
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Thanksgiving printables make last-minute holiday decorating easier, while still keeping everything eco-friendly!
40 Free Thanksgiving Printables for Easy Holiday Decoration Read More 👉
Thanksgiving food crafts let you get crafty for the holiday without adding a ton of junk to the waste stream.
There is so much going on, food-wise, for Thanksgiving that adding a whole other component of holiday decorating–much less the crafting required to make those decorations!–can sometimes just be too much.
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Halloween printables, printed in an eco-friendly manner, are an easy way to upscale your holiday!
20 Free Halloween Printables for an Eco-Friendly Holiday Read More 👉
Whether you want to go ham just for October, or you keep your dark academic decor out all year, there are so many fun and festive Halloween quilts to sew!
Three Dozen Free Halloween Quilt Patterns Read More 👉
Today, instead of feeling like you have to go out and purchase new decorations and baskets and toys and treats, choose something from my list of my favorite eco-friendly Easter crafts. Make something that you’ll love to reuse, and save yourself from adding new items to the global waste stream.
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On the spectrum of weird American holidays, St. Patrick’s Day feels like one of the weirdest, so let’s lean into the weirdness together with this list of my favorite easy and eco-friendly St. Patrick’s Day crafts!
24 St. Patrick’s Day Crafts That are Easy AND Eco-Friendly! Read More 👉
This mini heart bunting is a low-key gift, since it’s nice and small. Big hearts are corny, but small hearts are cute!
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This Valentine’s Day, I’m giving my teenagers each this little gift created with their two favorite things in mind: sugar cereal and tiny notebooks!
Here’s how to make your own tiny heart-shaped notebooks with cereal box covers and upcycled papers!
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There are so many DIY Christmas garland options using one of the most eco-friendly and economical materials out there: paper!
Paper Chains and Wrapping Paper Buntings: Two Dozen DIY Paper Garlands and Hangings Read More 👉
However, you can do a lot more with the classic paper chain, especially in terms of Christmas tree decor. Because wouldn’t you rather have an eco-friendly, customized garland that fits your specific vibe?
Easy, Eco-Friendly Christmas Craft: Paper Chain Christmas Tree Garland Read More 👉
Last week, I showed you all of my favorite felt ornaments. Here, then, are some of my other favorite felt crafts that I make around Christmas-time.
Even More Felt Christmas Crafts! Two Dozen Wreaths, Garlands, Decorations, and Toys Read More 👉
Felt is excellent for children and beginners because it doesn’t fray. It can be hand-sewn or machine sewn, and while it has zero drape, it has a ton of structure that allows you to skip the starch and interfacing.
So pick your favorite ornament, your favorite felt, and start crafting!
Three Dozen Felt Christmas Ornaments to DIY Read More 👉
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.
The DIY Table: Eco-Friendly Projects for Holiday Linens, Tableware, and Accessories Read More 👉
Think outside the (brand-new, laminated cardboard, single-use) gift box when it comes to ideas for eco-friendly gift packaging. Upcycled papers, stash supplies, and cardboard from the recycling bin can all be of service to create gift packaging that’s unique and fits your personality way better than anything you can buy new.
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Cardboard is one of my favorite crafting supplies because it’s so accessible and so versatile. It’s easy to cut with a craft knife or a sturdy pair of scissors, it holds great with hot glue or duct tape, it takes paint like a champ, and it’s got great structure to support all kinds of weird, costume-y elements and accessories.
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Homemade Christmas tree ornaments are my favorite holiday decoration. Every year, my kids and I add more handmade ornaments to our collection and I cull a couple more store-bought ornaments. My ultimate goal is to have a Christmas tree so bedazzled that you can barely see its branches, with nary a store-bought ornament in sight.
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No matter how big you want your star to be, or how many points you want it to have, you can make the pattern for it completely from scratch, and the assembly is the same no matter which type you create.
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A new table runner is an easy way to transform the look of your table setting.
30+ Quilted Table Runner Ideas to Sew Read More 👉
Autumn is a great time for eco-friendly crafting!
25 Eco-Friendly Pine Cone Crafts Read More 👉
If you, too, love foxes so much that one could eat somebody you love and you’d still forgive it, then I have your next Halloween project. Or convention cosplay. Or, you know, just dress-up outfit–I’m not here to judge you.
15 DIY Fox Masks For Cosplay And Dress-Up Read More 👉
Here, I’m modding a steampunk snowman using the wooden gears from a child’s old DIY marble coaster kit and some wire pulled out of an analog clock.
Make A Steampunk Snowman From Upcycled Gears Read More 👉
Christmas can be fun and festive without using precious resources or adding to the waste stream.
50 Eco-Friendly Christmas Crafts Read More 👉
Thanksgiving tends to get lost in the build-up to Christmas, but even though there’s snow on the ground outside my window right now, I personally still want to pretend like it’s autumn.
30 Eco-Friendly DIY Thanksgiving Decorations Read More 👉
A handmade welcome sign is a terrific way to incorporate a DIY element into your wedding decor.
20 DIY Wedding Welcome Signs Read More 👉
Don’t let the kids have all the fun this Halloween!
Two Dozen Homemade Halloween Costumes for Adults Read More 👉
Homemade costumes get more candy.
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Yes, you CAN have an eco-friendly Easter!
50 Eco-Friendly Easter Crafts Read More 👉