Shower Caddy Planter
Is your shower caddy gross and full of gunk? Don’t toss it out! Turn it into a beautiful shower caddy planter. You’ll be amazed at how simple this DIY is.
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Embossed Aluminum Pendants: An Upcycled Kid Craft
If you’ve got kids (or a Scout troop, or a day camp…) who love making jewelry, then they’ll love making these embossed aluminum pendants.
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How to Make a Mixed-Media Collage with Beeswax
With beeswax, you can make a mixed-media, collaged art piece that’s almost entirely glue-free.
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Do it Yourself Wall Art from Old Embroidery Hoops
If you want DIY decor on a budget, you’ll love this tutorial: create do it yourself wall art with old embroidery hoops and vintage lace!
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DIY Plastic Jug Watering Can
Not only does this project take about one minute to complete, but it also works better and holds more water than a lot of those cheap-o watering cans that look cute but cost real money.
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6 Reasons to Check out Green Festival Expo
Have you ever been to the Green Festival Expo? Let us be your guide! And we’ll tell you where to find the next green event!
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16 Totally Different Discovery Bottles to Make for Kids
All kinds of discovery bottles are easy to make from upcycled plastic jars or bottles and mostly household ingredients.
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DIY Density Discovery Bottles
There are a lot of simple, easy, around-the-house ingredients that will encourage babies through big kids (and even adults!) to be excited science explorers.
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DIY Tie Tack from a Vintage Button
This cute, DIY tie tack makes a great Father’s Day gift, or you can give one to a tie-wearing fella in your life, just because.
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Ocean in a Bottle: Witness my Epic Pinterest Fail!
Muddy water with oil on top. Huh.
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DIY Tic Tac Toe Game
You can turn a few plastic water bottle tops into a game that will keep the kids busy for hours. It’s a DIY Tic Tac Toe Game and you’re going to love it!
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How to Make a Candy Wrapper Picture Frame
Candy wrappers do have one redeeming quality: they’re so cute! Here’s how to make a candy wrapper picture frame to show off your favorite photo.
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Your Found Feather Craft Project is Probably Illegal
If you spend any time outdoors, you come across the occasional bird feather. And if you simply enjoy collecting natural objects, or if you enjoy crafting with them, you probably want to pick up that feather, take it home with you, and display it or make a pretty feather craft pretty with it.
Did you know that’s probably illegal?
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How to Whiten Bones
This is me, doing the weirdest, most random, most vaguely disturbing projects out there, so that you don’t have to!
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Check Out My DIY Rain Barrel (and how we built it)
Even though rain barrels are pretty much all the same concept, each one tends to be put together in its own way. This is my DIY rain barrel. There are many others like it, but this one is mine.
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A Thrift Store Mug Makeover for Father’s Day
This adorable Father’s Day craft only cost a buck! And you only need two supplies to make it. It’s time for a mug makeover for dear old dad!
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Create an Upcycled DIY Jewelry Organizer
Desperate for a way to organize and store your jewelry? Create an upcycled DIY jewelry organizer!
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20 Candy Wrapper Crafts
Do you have some surplus candy wrappers? Here’s what to do with them!
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Binoculars Craft for Two to Four Year Olds
Last week I taught a binoculars craft at my son’s preschool, and it was such a hit! Here are tips on how to do this craft project with the preschool set.
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How to Make a Kid-Sized Cardboard Gingerbread House
Here’s how to make your own giant cardboard gingerbread house.
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Patriotic Craft for Kids: DIY Windsock
A patriotic craft for kids is a great way to keep those little hands and minds busy at your Memorial Day cookout. So grab a toilet paper roll and let’s go!
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The Gnome Project: Jessica Peill-Meininghaus Makes a Gnome Every. Single. DAY
With the right choice of product and material, the process can be contemplative and enhance your skills and stretch your creativity.
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Build Your Own Yard Games: 18 DIY Projects
Lize-sized Monopoly, anyone? Giant Jenga? Supersized Scrabble!
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How can crafters help the homeless?
The plarn sleeping mats movement is gaining steam! What began at a church in Chicago has spread all the way south to Louisiana. Luling, Louisiana’s Wayne Abadie heard about Chicago’s Bag Mat Project and wanted to do the same thing in his own town.
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How-to: DIY Giant Dice
Small store-bought dice are fine for small board games, but for GIANT games, you need GIANT dice!
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3 Ways to Repurpose Your Bouquet
Don’t toss that Mother’s Day bouquet into the trash! There’s plenty of crafty petal power left in those babies! Try these easy ways to reuse your bouquet.
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12 Awesome Upcycled Vases that Don’t Look Upcycled
A spaghetti sauce jar makes a great vase, but not necessarily when it *looks* like a spaghetti sauce jar, you know? The best upcycled vases don’t look like you’ve just scrounged them out of your recycling bin, even though you have.
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Make Tissue Paper Decoupaged Glass Bottles
Decoupaging glass bottles is a cheap, easy way to upcycle something plain and ordinary into something unusual and outstanding.
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Create DIY Jewelry Storage from a Hanging Fruit Basket
Turn a salvaged hanging fruit basket into bright, cheerful DIY jewelry storage with just a few basic tools and supplies.
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Fruit Pizza Recipe that Kids Can Totally Make
If you’re looking for a kid-friendly dessert or a birthday party treat that won’t knock the children over with sugar overload, then this fruit pizza recipe is what you want.
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DIY Ribbon Hangers
Spruce up your closet with these DIY ribbon hangers. It’s the perfect project for beginning crafters. And it’s green!
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City Tries to Steal Craft Fair from Its Creator: The Glittergate behind Strange Folk
Friends, that’s not how we treat our artists, crafters, and other creative folk.
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30 DIY Side Table Ideas: Reduce, Reuse, Redecorate!
Don’t buy new — reduce, reuse, redecorate! Today we’re sharing 30 repurposed DIY side tables to inspire you!
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Make Do and Mend: Meet Reuse Superstar Jen Gale
I’ve been a fan of Jen Gale since learning about her make Do and Mend Year. Check out her TED Talk and a Q&A with Jen!
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A Betta in a Vase is NOT a Green Craft. Here’s the Safe Option.
This great-looking ecosystem is actually a very poorly functioning one.
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2 Easy Energy Bar Recipes for Craft Addicts
Need a little oomph to get you through a long craft session? Here are 2 easy energy bar recipes for craft addicts! One is vegan, the other…I’m not sure.
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