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Homemade Kool-Aid Watercolor Paints

Gen-Xers, remember that jug of Kool-aid in the fridge? Well, we’re remixing those powdered drinks into homemade watercolor paints! Oh yeah!

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How to Refinish a Picture Frame with Paint and Fabric

Lovely pictures deserve lovely frames.

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Tutorial: Image Transfer to Furniture using Acrylic Gel Medium

I use a magical material called acrylic gel medium to transfer any image that I want to anything else that I want.

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DIY Wall Shelves from an Old Medicine Cabinet

Do you love unique DIY home decor? Don’t throw away that old medicine cabinet– upcycle it into awesome DIY wall shelves!

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Crafty Review: HomeRight Finish Max Fine Finish Sprayer

Why I use the HomeRight Finish Max Fine Finish Sprayer instead of canned spray paints, and so should you.

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Homemade Vanilla Sugar: A Christmas in July Project!

Homemade vanilla sugar is the easiest make-ahead present you’ll ever whip up. It’s the perfect Christmas in July project!

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Upcycle Your Cargo Pants: Here are 13 projects!

Here are my favorite ways to upcycle your cargo pants.

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Sole Hope: Your Old Jeans Can Save Kids’ Lives

Sole Hope heals kids, and they use old jeans to do it.

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Why Crafters Should Love PlanToys

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You don't need to spend money on expensive, wasteful fairy garden decorations. Make them yourself from natural and upcycled materials instead!

15 Fairy Garden Decorations that You Can Make

While the fairies could make all the following projects themselves, why don’t you help them out and add a couple to your own fairy garden?

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Firefly Craft: Build A Recycled Firefly Hotel

Catching fireflies is something we all do as kids. But we can both admire and respect these creatures without harming them. So let’s make a firefly craft!

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15 Fairy Garden Decorations that You Can Make

Craft Book Review: Fairy Gardening and Fairy Gardening 101

Fairy gardening is a great kid craft, but fairy gardens aren’t just for kids; they’re for anyone who has an imagination and a desire to grow something green.

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Craft Book Review: The Shirtmaking Workbook

Altering a pattern is a learned skill, and even if you’re new to sewing, you can absolutely learn this skill.

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DIY Accent Table from an Old Serving Cart

Turn a dated metal serving cart into a DIY accent table with a fresh, modern vibe.

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12 Upcycled Art Journals

Here are art journal tutorials that look like they will absolutely work, and that 100% use upcycled materials, and that seem, you know… really good!

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Prepare for Pluto: Telescope Craft for Kids

It’s time to prepare for Pluto by making a DIY telescope for the kids. And here’s something awesome, we’re using an old craft project to whip this thing up.

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Upcycle an Empty Picture Frame into Fabric Art

Upcycle an Empty Picture Frame for Fabric Art

You know you’ve got some empty picture frames cluttering up a shelf somewhere. And even if you don’t, the thrift store definitely does!

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I’m the one who does all the comic book and record album craft tutorials, and the one with the photos of my two kids doing all kinds of crazy stuff like wielding power tools and pipe swords, which some of you super like to yell at me about!

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Asbestos Found in Crayons, EWG Action Fund Reports

Get ready to freak out.

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Make DIY Drawer Liners from Reclaimed Paper

Not all DIY furniture projects require paint! Make DIY drawer liners from reclaimed paper of your choice!

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10 Eco-Friendly Alternatives to Rainbow Loom

I can’t completely dislike anything that gets my kids creating, but there are SO many eco-friendly Rainbow Loom alternatives.

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Easy Popsicle Recipe: Bug Juice Pops

Bug juice is boring all by itself. And traditional recipes are full of sugar and food coloring. Good thing our version is vegan, easy and insanely yummy!

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Hanukkah Crafts: Building Block Candle Holders - Learn how to make wood candle holders from those building blocks your kids haven't touched in years.

How to Make Wood Candle Holders from Old Building Blocks

Even after the kids have outgrown their building blocks, there’s still a place for them in your home.

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These DIY fabric storage bins are from the new book Stencil Craft by Margaret Peot. Get the tutorial and a review of this awesome craft book!

DIY Fabric Storage Bins + Review of Stencil Craft

I monogrammed the fronts of the children’s fabric bins. I’m VERY pleased with how they look now, and they’re much more organized now that they’re labeled.

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10 DIY Lampshades, Craftily Updated

DIY decor doesn’t have to mean creating a new decor piece from scratch! Take the pieces you already have and give them a makeover instead. There are so many ways to create DIY lampshades by updating an existing one rather than buying new.

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16 Quick and Easy 4th of July Crafts

Independence Day is this weekend! If you need some last-minute decorations or activities, we’ve got 16 easy 4th of July crafts for you and the kids.

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4th of July Craft for Kids: Popsicle Flags

There’s lots to celebrate this week! So grab some Popsicle sticks and create a 4th of July craft for kids – and one for the history books.

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How to Make Poured Candles - There are lots of different ways that you can make a candle. Here's how to make candles using poured beeswax that you dyed yourself!

How to Make Candles with Poured Beeswax

There are lots of different ways that you can make a candle. Here’s how to make candles using poured beeswax that you dyed yourself!

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How to Dye Wax with Crayons from Your Stash

You don’t need expensive wax dyes to turn your natural wax of choice a vibrant color. Here’s how to dye wax with crayons that you probably already have.

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How to Organize Jewelry with a Vintage Drawer

Need some DIY storage ideas for your jewelry? Here’s how to organize jewelry with a common yard sale find.

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How to Upcycle an Empty Picture Frame: 18 Projects

LOTS of people upcycle empty picture frames, and there are a lot of awesome project tutes to turn that empty picture frame into just about anything else that you could ever want or need.

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