That headline is no typo. You can’t just make quilts for kids in need, and this group helps well-meaning crafters create hospital-friendly quilts.
Quilts for Kids: Making Quilts for Kids in Need Read More 👉
Looking for movie night ideas to make movie night extra special? Make your own popcorn tub from an old milk (or soy milk) carton!
Movie Night Ideas: Make a DIY Popcorn Tub Read More 👉
You don’t have to be a dad to make the super cool crafts from the new crafty book Made By Dad. But you do have to like making things for the kids in your life.
Made by Dad: A Crafty Book Review Read More 👉
Repairing a broken toy is the WORST! Here’s how to fix a broken plastic toy so that it stays fixed.
How to Fix a Broken Plastic Toy Read More 👉
Did you try to apply eye shadow before having coffee and drop it on the floor? You don’t have to toss that crumbled color. Try this DIY makeup fix instead!
DIY Makeup: Fix Your Broken Eye Shadow Read More 👉
Here are 24 fun crafts for kids that will get you upcycling that old oatmeal canister into something new and fun and useful again.
Fun Crafts for Kids: 24 Ways to Reuse an Oatmeal Container Read More 👉
There’s plenty of green to be seen this time of year. And you can easily turn that green into an 80’s inspired winter craft for kids!
Winter Craft for Kids: Make Leaf Art! Read More 👉
Here’s a way to build a box set book case that will help with organizing books and keeping them dust-free and ready to binge-read.
Organizing Books with a DIY Cardboard Book Case Read More 👉
Need some rainy day activities to beat cabin fever? This is a mix of activities that younger and older toddlers can enjoy. Take a look and see which ones look like the right fit for your busy kid!
10 Rainy Day Activities for Toddlers Read More 👉
Too soon to think about summer camp, you say?
I totally agree, except that it’s not.
Spotted: Sew a Child’s Sleeping Bag + 8 More Summer Camp Crafts Read More 👉
This is a super simple rainy day activity that you can set up on the fly using items that you probably already have in your kitchen.
Rainy Day Activity: Raid Your Kitchen for Sensory Play Read More 👉
It’s a real-life exercise that will make the concept of volume stick.
Cool Math Games: The Newspaper Structure Volume Challenge Read More 👉
What do you get when you combine junk mail and wildflower seeds? One totally eco-fabulous Valentine’s Day craft project, that’s what!
Valentine’s Day Craft: Plantable Seed Paper Valentines Read More 👉
I know that you love popcorn as much as I do, so I hope that you’ll also be as stoked as I am about this giant list of recipes and eco-friendly crafts all about POPCORN!!!
15 Popcorn Crafts for National Popcorn Day Read More 👉
Conventional toothpaste is full of harmful chemicals. Shocking, since this is stuff that’s supposed to go into your mouth, right? Most conventional toothpaste contains artificial colors and flavors along with chemicals that might even weaken your teeth over time. And the worst of the bunch also contain triclosan or triclocarban. Instead of agonizing over a long ingredients label, you can save some cash and learn how to make toothpaste yourself. At home. With ingredients that you pick!
Spotted: How to Make Toothpaste (no, really!) Read More 👉
If you, too, have a well-fitting leotard to copy, then you can make your own comfy cotton leotard out of a T-shirt. Here’s how to make a leotard from a tee.
How to Make a Leotard from an Old T-Shirt Read More 👉
Have you ever wondered, “Is wool vegan?” Here’s why animal rights activists don’t wear or craft with wool.
This is why I don’t craft with wool. Read More 👉
Grrr, why do board games suck so MUCH to store?!? Here are ten crafty ways to make your board game storage neat and tidy.
10 Ideas for Better Board Game Storage Read More 👉
These homemade fire starters are easy to make, they don’t cost a thing, and they’re totally eco-friendly! Finally – a good use for the lint from your dryer!
Make Homemade Fire Starters with Dryer Lint Read More 👉
Here’s how the kids turn their Christmas tree into these tree branch paintbrushes.
Let Your Kids Paint with Their Christmas Tree: Tree Branch Paintbrushes Read More 👉
Learn why and how to make your own DIY cleaning products instead of buying them at the store with this handy visual guide!
DIY Cleaning Products: A Handy Visual Guide Read More 👉
Cinnamon Pumpkin Spice Coffee Creamer, why are you made of cancer?
Spotted: Homemade Coffee Creamer from Deliciously Organic, and 10 other Coffee Crafts Read More 👉
These DIY winter energy saving tips are aimed at helping you lower your bills this winter and all year long.
8 DIY Winter Energy Saving Tips Read More 👉
Because these drawstring backpacks are so quick and easy to make, and because they take so few materials (you probably have all of it in your stash right now), it’s simple to make one for each activity that you or your enthusiastic young one likes to do.
How-to: Make a Drawstring Backpack Read More 👉
Here’s a cool way to save all those precious memories you’ll make in 2015. It’s a Lego memory jar made out of an old vitamin bottle. Totally crunchy!
Make a Lego Memory Jar from an Old Vitamin Bottle Read More 👉
Here at Crafting a Green World, we tend to think that every single post that we write is our Best. Post. EVER!
We’re enthusiastic like that.
Best of Crafting Green: Our Top Ten Posts from 2014 Read More 👉
How much waste did you contribute to your local landfill this holiday season?
Holiday Waste: What to Recycle, and What to Upcycle Read More 👉
It can be hard to help kids think up fun activities to occupy them, especially when it sometimes seems as if all they want to do is play video games or watch cartoons.
Crafty Book Review: 150+ Screen-Free Activities for Kids Read More 👉
Not only are chia seeds great for you, and easy to incorporate into tons of healthy, delicious recipes, but their ability to sprout and grow in the blink of an eye, in less than ideal circumstances, makes them a lot of fun for you and the kids to play with, too.
Spotted: Coconut Chia Seed Pudding, and 8 other Uses for Chia Seeds Read More 👉
This quilt is light but warm, it’s nice and versatile, and it definitely includes the maximum number of T-shirts that you can possibly squeeze onto a T-shirt quilt.
How-to: Make a Double-Sided T-Shirt Quilt Read More 👉
here are five Christmas leftovers that you can now use to craft your way through 2015.
Christmas Cleanup: 5 Things to Save for Your Craft Stash Read More 👉
Don’t like chocolate? Don’t be silly.
Spotted: Chocolate Bark, and 6 other Crafty Recipes Read More 👉
Now that the presents are all open and the stockings are empty, are you staring at a heap of gift wrap and feeling a little guilty? Reuse all of that pretty paper with some wrapping paper crafts!
10 Wrapping Paper Crafts to Use Up that Gift Wrap Read More 👉
Check out these altered container projects.
Spotted: Cross Stitch Cookie Tin, and 10 other Altered Containers Read More 👉
It’s super simple to make vinegar drain cleaner that works. But if you don’t like a room that smells like vinegar, you can also make one that works and smells nice.
Vinegar Drain Cleaner that Smells Good Read More 👉
These melted crayon ornaments are so easy to make that the kids can do most of the work while you’re frantically cleaning the house for company.
How-to: Easy Melted Crayon Ornaments Read More 👉
