Five Easy DIY Accessories to Make Using Natural Materials
Shells, stones, feathers, fossils–what will you use to create your next piece of jewelry?
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Crafting with PET Plastic Bottles
Have some plastic PET bottles in your recycling bin? Here are five ways you can craft with them before they hit the recycling plant.
How-to: Make Cloth Napkins
Paper napkins are a huge waste of resources. Not only does it take energy and trees to produce all of those disposable napkins, but once the meal is through, you have to toss them in the trash, since you can’t recycle that food-soaked paper. Cloth napkins might feel like a fancy-dinner-party-only sort of thing, but that doesn’t have to be true at all! It’s easy as pie to whip up a batch of cloth napkins, and you can make yourself a bunch, so you have some for every day use and a set for special occasions, if you like.
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Easy Wire Wrapped Shark Tooth Necklace
Make your own shark tooth necklace with this quick and easy wire wrap, then try it out on any other triangular object to make a variety of custom pendants.
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Crafty Keepsake How-to: Make a Glass Vial Treasure Bottle Necklace
Using a small glass vial with cork stopper from the craft store, putting together a treasure bottle necklace is a quick and easy craft. What favorite beach do you want to wear?
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Use up Scrap Fabric with Freezer Paper Applique
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.
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Crafty Uses for Old Nail Polish
Got a few old nail polish hidden away in your closet? Here are some crafty uses for them.
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How-to: Make Felt Superhero Badges
Action figures are all well and good, but what could be cooler than a Superman-style badge with the first letter of your very own name?
5 Ways to Upcycle Old Playing Cards
When one playing card gets lost or bent or torn, don’t relegate the entire deck to the trash! Instead, try out one of these five projects especially created to upcycle your old playing cards.
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How-to: House of Cards and Other 3D Structures Built with Upcycled Playing Cards
Repurpose that beat-up deck of playing cards by creating the ultimate house of cards, one that won’t fall down no matter what you do to it.
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How-to: Upcycled Cork Pirate Ships
Not only were these little cork ships simple and fun to make, they put a nice dent in my hefty stash of wine corks!
How-to: Make an Upcycled Magnifying Glass Necklace
Take your magnifying glass on the go when you use solder and an antique glass lens to create your own magnifying necklace.
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How-to: Upcycle an Old CD into a Clock
An old clock and a scratched CD are combined to make a new and funky clock.
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How To: Make Stamps Using Denim Scraps
Denim scraps are easy to use up but how about those hard hems and edges? Here is one easy peasy way to use them up to make beautiful handstamped wrapping paper.
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5 Awesome T-Shirt Sleeve Crafts
You’ve used up old t-shirts to make various projects. Now you have a pile of cut up sleeves. What do you do with them all? Find out how you can…
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How-to: Create Upcycled Pinwheel Party Decorations
Party decor can mean a lot of waste, but it doesn’t have to! Instead of heading to the party supply store for generic decorations, you can raid your recycle bin and upcycle yourself some pinwheel party decorations instead.
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How-to: Make a Waldorf Window Star
Make a kid-friendly, plastic-free suncatcher using kite paper, stick it onto any sunny window, and watch it glow.
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How-to: Quilt with the Applique Method
The applique quilting method is easy and eco-friendly as it uses t-shirts and other various knick knack clothes for a memory quilt. If you have more than just t-shirts, using the applique method is the way to go if you want to make a memory quilt.
How-to: Make a Dream Catcher from Old Guitar Strings
You can’t recycle used guitar strings, but you can upcycle them into a super sweet dream catcher!
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Five Upcycled Tie-Dye Projects That aren’t Tacky
When it comes to upcycling thrifted or vintage fabrics, tie-dye is an easy way to instill a complete make-over. From socks to bed sheets, check out these five projects that use tie-dye to turn something dingy and old into something colorful and new.
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DIY: Crochet Lace Necklace
Here is an easy how-to for making a lace necklace using an all natural fabric stiffening method.
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3 Natural Fabric Stiffeners to Make at Home
Check out these natural fabric stiffeners made with common household ingredients, along with the pros and cons for each one!
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DIY Home: Make a Table Runner from Scrap Fabric
My father-in-law’s birthday was a couple of weeks ago, and on the day of the party I decided that our tablescape would be a billion times cuter is I had a cheery quilted table runner as a centerpiece. A quick dip into my fabric stash, and a few hours later I had a runner all ready to rock. Here’s how!
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Five Crafty Recipes and Easy Tutorials for Summer Fun with Your Kids
Keep summer boredom at bay with these five recipes and easy outdoor projects that use natural and recycled ingredients.
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How-to: Homemade Sidewalk Chalk
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.
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How-to: Make a Dress From Two Shirts
Convert two tired old shirts into a brand new/old dress. This easy tutorial takes only 30 minutes and it will give old shirts a second chance at life, as a dress!
Five Crafty Projects to Make for Stocking Your Natural First-Aid Kit
You’ll feel better soon with these five projects that craft some homemade comfort into all your ouches and illnesses.
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How to: Make a Tank Top from a T-Shirt
Here is an easy way to upcycle a t-shirt into a shirred tank top.
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How To: Make a T-Shirt Skirt
Upcycling a t-shirt into an adult skirt is easy and very eco-friendly. Here is how to make a skirt with a large men’s t-shirt.
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How To: Make a Pinwheel Brooch from Recycled Felt
Your stash of felt scraps is perfect for whipping up crafty accessories. Here’s how to make a pinwheel brooch using a couple of pieces of scrap felt and a vintage button.
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Five Projects to Craft Using Silk
Get re-introduced to silk as a natural material that’s easy to craft with!
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How-to: Dye Silk with Kool-aid to Make Washable Play Silks and Wearable Fabric
You’d be amazed at the ways that a child can find to play with such a simple toy, and with this method, you’ll be amazed at how easy it is to cheaply dye your play silks to make a rainbow of vibrant colors.
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How to Upcycle a Coffee Sack into a Fabric Box
Coffee sack burlap is a great sustainable material. It’s natural, biodegradable, and strong. Here is an easy tutorial on how to make a great shabby chic fabric box from an upcycled coffee sack.
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How To: Make a Peacock Fascinator from Scrap Felt
If you have felt scraps in a range of sizes, you can whip up this simple, sweet peacock fascinator! Peacock feathers are mega hip right now, but for vegan crafters, the real deal is off limits. Luckily, with some eco-fi felt and a little bit of crafty know-how, you can whip up a cruelty-free fascinator that’s just as lovely.
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How-to: Upcycled Chalkboard Blocks out of Regular Building Blocks
D.I.Y. chalkboard blocks are easy to paint, but the real thrill is in how many creative ways your kids will find to use them.
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