May the 4th be with You! 20 Star Wars Crafts to Celebrate
At CAGW, we’ve got you covered for your own May the 4th festivities; here are my favorite eco-friendly Star Wars crafts.
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Create Sand Art in Vintage Bottles
One of my children’s favorite projects to do with these vintage bottles is the age-old craft of sand art.
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Old Spool of Thread to Picture Holder
Make a DIY picture holder from a spent spool of thread!
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15 Awesome Sea Glass Crafts for Your Beach Vacation
Sea glass is especially intriguing because it’s a product of both nature and recycling, a rare, almost impossible scenario in which nature turns litter into something beautiful.
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25 DIY Pom Pom Crafts
Do you have any DIY pom pom crafts to add to my list?
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Make a Giant Upcycled Cardboard Minecraft Grass Block Party Invitation
Why, yes, this IS an oddly specific tutorial that I’m writing here.
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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, Kid-Friendly Garden Ideas
There are ways to get kids into the garden without destroying your entire strawberry harvest.
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A Refashioned Dress from a Graduation Gown and Formal Dresses
Every year since she was four, my younger daughter designs an outfit, I create it from thrifted and discarded clothing and other fabrics, and then she models it on the runway at our town’s annual Trashion/Refashion Show.
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11 Upcycled Garden Decorations
Bling your garden without breaking your budget or adding anything new to the waste stream with these upcycled garden decorations. Weekend project, anyone?
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Why Growing Green Garlic is Perfect for Tiny Gardeners
My three-year-old and I planted a ton of green garlic, and you can too! Here’s how to plant, harvest, and eat green garlic this spring.
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Handmade Review: Gardening on a Shoestring
Gardening can actually be kind of expensive, considering that you’re supposed to be saving money on grocery stores and florists by growing your own organic produce and flowers.
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How to Turn a Door into a Dining Table in 6 Steps
Discarded front doors are such a stellar curbside score. Here’s how to turn a door into a dining table. It’s easier than you might think!
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How to Replace a Button on a Button-Down Shirt
Even if you can’t sew, you can sew this.
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13 More Wholesome Homemade Popsicle Recipes
Here are some of our favorite popsicle recipes. Most of them work well with the homemade popsicle bar that we like to put together, some are recipes that you can set aside to surprise them with, and some are just for adults!
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Host a Wholesome Homemade Popsicle Bar
If you, like I, would rather mix up your own hipster popsicles in the comfort and privacy of your own home, then have I got a treat for you!
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Magda Sayeg on the Power of the Yarn Bomb
Magda Sayeg was the founder of the yarn bombing movement, and in this fascinating talk, she dives into how her act of craftivism grew across the world.
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Artist Trading Blocks are a Thing, and I LOVE Them!
Why, oh why, has no one told me that Artist Trading Blocks are a THING?!?
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12 Beautiful Ways to Display Vintage Photographs
Don’t be afraid to display your vintage photographs!
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10 DIY Raised Beds You Can Build
Ready to get your garden growing? Here are 10 DIY raised beds that anyone can build.
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How to Display Vintage Photographs
If you truly want to display your actual vintage photographs, then I say go ahead!
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A Review of Homeward Bound: Does Domesticity Kill Political Activism?
Are there still sweatshops because the people who should be forcing companies to change are instead spending their time hitting the thrift stores, sewing their kids clothes using organic cotton, and buying boutique-style outfits off of etsy?
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The Magic Yarn Project Makes Kids with Cancer into Princesses
The Magic Yarn Project makes the lives of kids with cancer better, one yarn princess wig at a time.
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Freezer Paper Stencil an Old Shirt
I have an unwritten rule for my kids that whenever I mend something for them, I also add something new to make that thing a little cuter.
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Spring-Themed Typographic Art. From Buttons!
Decorate for spring with this cute spring-themed typographic art made out of buttons!
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3 Ways to Repair Embellished Clothing
Repairing clothes with embellishments on them sometimes requires a bit of finesse. Here are three methods to repair embellished clothing, so it looks good as new!
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Sewing for Tweens: The Chambray Dress from Handmade Style
Sewing for big kids, however? It’s a whole new pastime, and it isn’t necessarily for the beginner, nor the faint of heart.
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Make a Recycled St. Patrick’s Day Garland
Looking for a St. Patrick’s Day craft that isn’t so shamrock-y? Try this recycled green St. Patrick’s Day garland!
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Crafty Review: The Singer 2277 Sewing Machine
You know that kind of sewing machine that I’m talking about. Maybe it’s got a ton of fancy stitch settings. Maybe you just press a button and boom, it hems your skirt. Maybe it does some cute embroidery while it’s at it.
And yeah, maybe it costs a thousand bucks.
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Sew Much Better: Reducing Your Fabric Water Footprint
Cotton is a thirsty and chemical-intensive crop. Here’s how to choose fabric for your next project that reduce your fabric water footprint.
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How to Stencil a Rug
Here’s how to stencil a rug, so you can turn a thrift store find or old decor piece into something totally cute and new!
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How to Make a Brown Paper Bag Sash
Be Miss America. Be a Lookout, complete with Basilisk Slayer badge. Be the Ambassador from China.
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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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