Is Balsa Wood Eco-Friendly?
Balsa wood is a pretty genius crafting supply. But is it good for the planet? The answer is complicated.
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How to Make a Poncho from Your Favorite Blanket (no sew!)
Do you have a favorite blanket that’s outlived its usefulness as a throw? Heres how to make a poncho from it!
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Spotted: Ceiling Fan Pottery Wheel + 7 More DIY Pottery Solutions
Some very, very clever people have taken pottery back to its uber-DIY roots and come up with the hacks that you need to do your own pottery, in your own space, on your own time.
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12 DIY Christmas Tree Ideas for a Waste Free Christmas
Uh oh. Did you forget to pick out a Christmas tree this year? The pickings are getting slim, but maybe that’s for the best. Instead of a sheddy tree that you have to curb at the end of the month, you can make a recycled forever tree that has a lot more heart. I’m loving these recycled DIY Christmas tree ideas!
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How to Make Clothing Tags Using the Epson Ribbon Printer
When your kid wears store-bought pants and shirts, you simply tell them, “Look for the tag, Sweetie. The tag goes in the back.” But homemade pants don’t HAVE tags in the back!
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Easiest Holiday Ornament Ever: Cinnamon Gingerbread People
Are you ready to make the easiest holiday ornament EVER?! You need two ingredients – cinnamon and apple sauce – to fill your house with holiday spirit.
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40 Toilet Paper Tube Toys Your Kids Can Make
Kids love to make their own toys, and you’ll not find any crafting supply that’s cheaper, more plentiful, or more versatile than the lowly toilet paper tube.
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10 DIY Christmas Ornaments: More Love, Less Stuff
Deck your tree with some super fun DIY Christmas Ornaments instead of buying new this year. You can save some money and reduce your holiday waste!
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Christmas Craft: Make Papier Mache Star Ornaments
Raid your recycle bin for newspaper and cardboard and make these colorful papier mache star ornaments with your kids.
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Remade in Britain: A New Upcycling Marketplace
British crafters, rejoice! If you make upcycled goodies, there’s a brand new outlet for selling your wares. Remade in Britain is open for business.
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Crafty Review: 4M Recycled Paper Beads Kit
Even though *I* may not super love this 4M Recycled Paper Bead Maker, because I can make better beads by hand, my eight-year-old kiddo DOES love it. Super hard.
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Holiday Craft: Toilet Paper Tube Poinsettia Ornament
You can turn old toilet paper tubes into beautiful poinsettia ornaments. It’s a holiday craft that’s easy, green and fun for all ages.
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Kid Craft: Make Toilet Paper Tube Toy Binoculars
This craft project is so easy that an eight-year-old kid could do it.
Heck, this craft project is so easy that an eight-year-old-kid INVENTED it
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Spotted: Votive Updated with Burlap for Holiday or DIY Wedding Decor
Redo an old votive holder with a little bit of burlap for cute DIY holiday decor or even a DIY wedding decoration!
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Spotted: Vintage Wedding Dress Pendant from Little Red Window, and 4 other Wedding Dress Crafts
What do you say–would YOU be brave enough to cut into a wedding dress?
DIY Holiday Gifts for Everyone on Your List
Are you working on your list of gifts for this year? Check out these resources with DIY holiday gifts you can make for everyone on your list.
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Upcycle that Burned-out Bulb! 14 DIY Light Bulb Crafts
Incandescent light bulbs may be going the way of the dinosaur, but there are still plenty of them around. Next time you come across one (hopefully as you’re switching it out for an LED!), here are great crafts to help you divert it from the waste stream.
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Thanksgiving Recipe: Apple Cider Slushies
Apple cider slushies are quick and easy. It’s a Thanksgiving recipe that’s vegan, kid-friendly and delicious.
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How-to: Light Bulb Christmas Ornament
Here’s how to turn an incandescent light bulb into a hollow light bulb Christmas ornament.
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Spotted: How to Make Patches with Crochet
There are lots of tutorials for how to make patches, but I’m loving this crochet method that turns a simple repair into a cute new detail.
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The 16 Best Easy Origami Projects for Noobs
If you’re looking for a totally mess-free, eco-friendly craft project, then origami may just be it–no glue, no glitter, no paint, AND you can use upcycled and vintage papers! Try these easy origami projects that anyone can do.
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9 Gift Wrapping Ideas for a Waste-Free Holiday
Whether you’re lovingly creating handmade gifts for your whole list or decided to shop for most of your gifts this year, a little handmade gift wrapping adds some extra heart. Here are some DIY gift wrapping ideas that cost less and waste less.
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How to Hollow an Incandescent Light Bulb
Before you can craft a project with a hollowed out incandescent light bulb, you first have to hollow the dang thing out!
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Make Homemade Eye Cream with Only 2 Ingredients
This is my new favorite night cream. It’s a homemade eye cream, and it only uses two ingredients. I bet you even have one or both of them in your house already.
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Spotted: Kids’ Detox Bath from The Paleo Mama + 7 Other Kid-Friendly Herbal Recipes
Detox baths aren’t the only place where you can gently sneak some of those healing herbs and oils into a kid’s system.
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10 Thanksgiving Crafts + Recipes to Deck Your Table
The Thanksgiving countdown is on! Are you planning your Thanksgiving tablescape and menu yet? Here are some Thanksgiving crafts to help you out!
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20 DIY Drawer Projects
There are so many great things that you can make with old drawers!
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My Antique Drawer Craft Storage System
An organized, tidy craft storage system is the difference between a person who is uncommonly artistic and crafty and a person who is basically an extreme hoarder in need of a televised intervention.
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Craftivism in Action: The Purple Buddha Project
The Purple Buddha Project is helping artisans in war-torn Cambodia heal their hearts and feed their families.
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30 Glass Bottle Crafts
Glass bottles, whether they held your spaghetti sauce yesterday (here’s how to get the label off) or a Coca-Cola fifty years ago (here’s how to make it look shiny and new!), make excellent craft supplies
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15 Ways to Reuse Tea Bags
Are you a tea-drinker like I am? Next time you finish off a mug, save that spent tea bag! Here are 15 fun ways to reuse tea bags instead of throwing them in the trash.
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How to Clean Old Glass Bottles
Do you ever see old glass bottles, maybe at a flea market, maybe scrounged from an old dump site (we have one of those back in our woods, sigh…), and think, “That bottle would be so great… IF it wasn’t covered in 50 years’ worth of grime?”
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