We shouldn’t use plastic bottles but plastic bottle caps are on milk cartons, orange cartons, and even yogurt drinks. We can’t escape them, even if we don’t drink bottled water. So what do we do with all those non-recyclable plastic bottle caps? Collect them and make these cool functional crafts!
4 Clever Bottle Cap Crafts for Non-Recyclable Plastic Caps Read More 👉
Crafting with freezer paper to make appliques and stencils are great way to use up fabric scraps. Here is how to use freezer paper for making appliques and stencils.
Use up Scrap Fabric with Freezer Paper Applique Read More 👉
A few action figures are fine, but wouldn’t playtime be even more fun with something that has a little bit more heart?
Upcycled Superhero Craft Roundup Read More 👉
Take your magnifying glass on the go when you use solder and an antique glass lens to create your own magnifying necklace.
How-to: Make an Upcycled Magnifying Glass Necklace Read More 👉
How does Stockmar modeling beeswax compare to my own beloved homemade modeling beeswax?
Review: Stockmar Modeling Beeswax Read More 👉
You can’t recycle used guitar strings, but you can upcycle them into a super sweet dream catcher!
How-to: Make a Dream Catcher from Old Guitar Strings Read More 👉
Homemade sidewalk chalk in fun shapes and beautiful colors is always at your fingertips with this easy and inexpensive homemade sidewalk chalk recipe and tutorial.
How-to: Homemade Sidewalk Chalk Read More 👉
Baker’s twine is all the rage, but conventional cotton leaves a lot to be desired, from an eco perspective. Hemp twine to the rescue!
Hemp Twine: An Eco Alternative to Baker’s Twine Read More 👉
A homemade rice pillow is an easy project to create for your natural first-aid kit. You can use a rice pillow as a heating pad or a cold pack!
How-to: Sew a Rice Pillow to Use as a Heating Pad or Cold Pack Read More 👉
We got a note from a reader recently who is looking to switch to an eco-friendly option for her hand-dyed and printed fabrics. The trouble is, she couldn’t track down a source for undyed eco-fabrics.
Fab Fabrics: Undyed Hemp Fabric Read More 👉
Do you ever feel like you are burnt out from green crafting? Or have you ever hit a dry spell with reusing and repurposing? I mean, how many different ways can you upcycle t-shirts? I’m sure you’ve had moments when you can not think of one more way to use up a scrap of fabric. So where do you find inspiration? How can you find the creativity to continue to craft reusing materials?
Finding Green Craft Inspiration Read More 👉
Conventional polyfill is petroleum based, so what’s a green crafter to do? Here are some eco-friendlier options for stuffing that pillow or plushie!
4 Polyfill Alternatives for Sustainable Stuffing Read More 👉
Win your own Artterro Creative Art Kit!
Giveaway: Win an Artterro Eco-Friendly Art and Craft Kit Read More 👉
Arterro art and craft kits for children are as eco-friendly as I could want them to be, but how did my own little craft snobs like them? Read on and see!
Review: Artterro Eco-Friendly Art and Craft Kits Plus Giveaway Read More 👉
If your kids prefer using markers (so much plastic!) to crayons, perhaps all they need is a really nice crayon sharpener to make it fun again.
A High-Quality Crayon Sharpener will Change the Way that Your Kids Color Read More 👉
For a fun craft time without a lot of expense, check out these five kinds of natural modeling materials that you can make for yourself.
Clay, Dough, and Wax: Five Natural Modeling Materials You Can Make Yourself Read More 👉
It’s probably because I just completed a studio makeover, but I’m obsessed with finding little DIY ways to make my sewing room that much cooler.
Here are a few of the sewing room DIY projects that have been catching my eye these days.
You don’t have to buy stamp carving blocks to create hand-carved stamps. Check out these five natural or upcycled alternatives!
5 Ways to Make Custom Stamps Natural or Recycled Items Read More 👉
Need a perfect image for a business card or wedding invitation? Anyone can create hand-drawn, hand-carved custom rubber stamps with a few tools and a little time.
How-to: Carve Your Own Custom Rubber Stamps Read More 👉
10 places where you can shop for eco-art supplies.
10 Places to Find Eco-Friendly Art Supplies Read More 👉
Have fun on your beach vacation? Put your sandy seashell souvenirs to use, and create a handmade object that will forever remind you of your special trip.
Five Natural Crafts to Make Using Seashells Read More 👉
Is it okay to collect seashells for your own crafty purposes?
Green Crafter Ethics: Is it Okay to Collect Seashells? Read More 👉
Keep potato chip bags out of the waste stream by upcycling them into one of these five crafty projects.
Five Crafty Projects to Upcycle Your Potato Chip Bags Read More 👉
We’ve talked about vegan sewing supplies and vegan soap making, and I don’t want you fiber artists to be left out! There are lots of wonderful options for vegan knit and crochet supplies. It just takes a little bit of extra attention to materials to suss out common animal products.
Have furniture to refinish? Try soy-gel.
Soy-Gel: A Must Have for Furniture Refinishing Read More 👉
With a little help from Tracy Perkins, vegan soap superstar, we take a look at common animal ingredients that vegan soap makers should look out for and what vegan soap making supplies are out there.
Vegan Crafting Made Easy: Vegan Soap Making Read More 👉
Those mesh produce bags that your onions and oranges come in are too useful to be thrown away! Check out these five crafty projects that help you upcycle your mesh produce bags.
5 Crafty Ways to Upcycle Mesh Produce Bags Read More 👉
Interested in learning how to make cold-process soap, or ready to stretch your soapmaking skills? These resources are invaluable for every well-researched soaper.
The Best Must-Read Soapmaking Resources Read More 👉
Did you know there was a National Quilting Day? It’s just around the corner, on March 19th. Let’s celebrate eco-friendly quilting this year with some green quilting supplies!
Quilting Day 2011: Eco-Friendly Quilting Supplies Read More 👉
Don’t let all that cornstarch just languish in a box on your shelf for ten years, not when you can use it up making these five natural, fun, and easy crafty creations.
How-to: Five Crafty Recipes that Use Cornstarch Read More 👉
Not long ago local store shelves were filled with green products, now they’re nowhere to be found. What happened?
Where Did the Eco Go? Read More 👉
Got an old deck of cards that’s missing the queen of hearts or a Scrabble set that’s missing a Q? Don’t send that board game to the landfill! There are lots of ways to repurpose those old games!
Vegan crafting is sort of a tricky subject. While a lot of folks equate veganism with environmentalism, the two don’t necessarily go hand in hand. I do believe, though, that the mindset that goes along with veganism can help you make greener choices in your crafting.
Crafting a Vegan World Read More 👉
What are the most creative and useful objects to upcycle with chalkboard paint? Check out these five projects to find out.
Five Ways to Upcycle Old Stuff with Chalkboard Paint Read More 👉
Create a loom from recycled materials to weave a project also using recycled materials!
Four Looms You Can Make From Recycled Materials Read More 👉
