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Craftivism in Action: Art Toilets in San Francisco

Non-profit LavaMae used craftivism to raise awareness about the struggles of San Francisco’s homeless population.

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Holiday Crafts: Christmas Tree T-shirt with Vintage Button Ornaments

One of your kid’s T-shirts (at least!) has a mystery stain that nothing will remove.

Here’s an easy way to make that gross shirt look brand-new, completely concealing that ugly stain while adding an adorable festive motif! All you need are fabric paints, vintage buttons, and a creative kid to do the art.

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DIY Christmas Ornaments from Your Recycle Bin

Holiday Crafts: Filled Christmas Ornaments

Got some teeny-tiny treasures?

Some scrap craft supplies?

How about just some of the colored sand or rice or pony beads that your kids play with?

If you do (and you totally do!), then you’ve got almost all the makings for an easy, special, stash-busting Christmas ornament craft.

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Crafts for Kids Under One Year: Sensory Play

Most crafts for kids are aimed at ages two and up, but you can do this sensory play activity with babies eight months an older.

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Christmas Crafts: Turn a Coffee Can into an Eco-Friendly Gift Box

Give your Christmas crafts and handmade gifts in an eco-friendly gift box!

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E-Waste Jewelry by Marcele Godoy

Do you have e-waste – like old cables, chargers, and cords – laying around? Upcycle it into gorgeous jewelry!

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Trashy Crafter Giveaway Winner!

Are you ready to see who won the super sweet prize pack from Trashy Crafter? Click to see if it was you!

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DIY Christmas Ornaments: Fabric Scrap Pom Pom

You can use a simple pom pom-making technique to turn your fabric scraps into sweet DIY Christmas ornaments!

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Tutorial + How-to: Clean and Polish the Metal Sled Runners on a Vintage Wooden Sled

Your kid’s vintage wooden sled is way more awesome than those new-fangled plastic ones.

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DIY Christmas Ornaments: Recycled Beaded Hangers

Tutorial + How-to: Upcycled Beaded Ornament Hangers

You can never have enough ornament hangers!

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Jewelry Findings: Make an Earring Backing from a Wine Cork

Lost an earring backing? Here’s how you can replace these sneaky jewelry findings in just a few minutes!

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Holiday Crafts: Upcycle Glass Jars into an Adorable Snowman!

If you’re looking for holiday crafts to create for Christmas gifts this year, look no further! Upcycle glass jars into an adorable snowman that can be filled with handmade goodies!

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Reduce, Reuse, Redecorate: Upcycle an Old Mirror into a Magnetic Board

Reduce, reuse, redecorate– upcycle an old mirror into an awesome magnetic board!

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Food Safe Fabric for Sandwich Bags: A Follow Up!

Have you been hunting for food safe fabric to make DIY snack bags? I found a solution for you!

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Brown Paper Bag Crafts: Upcycled Art Journals

Tutorial + How-to: Brown Paper Bag Travel Journal

You don’t want to forget all the wonderful memories that you made on your vacation, do you?

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Tutorial + How-to: Personalized Scrabble Tile Greeting Cards

Everyone loves to receive a handmade card.

That handmade card is even more beloved when it’s personalized.

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Children’s Books: The Old Green Chair Teaches Upcycling

Lots of children’s books teach valuable lessons, and The Old Green Chair shows kids the joy and the value of upcycling.

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Crafters We Love: Trashy Crafter and a Giveaway!

Skip Black Friday shopping and buy from crafters we love!

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Craft Shows: Green Crafters at the Indie Craft Experience

The Indie Craft Experience is one of my favorite craft shows in the country.

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DIY Natural Toys: Art Dice from Building Blocks

What else can your kid do with her old, outgrown building blocks?

She can draw with them!

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Holiday Craft How-to: DIY Gift Candles

After a little too much time on Pinterest this past weekend, the wife and I decided to try our hands at making a few DIY gift candles for some of our friends and family. I can’t say the project was a complete success (more on that in a minute), but we were able to put a bunch of our saved-up mason and jam jars to good use and ended up with more than a dozen cute gift candles. Not bad, I thought, for a first attempt!

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Holiday Crafts: Leaf-Carved Pumpkin

Fortunately, the kiddos were perfectly happy with my suggestion that we carve the pumpkins into something appropriate for Thanksgiving, not Halloween, and that’s how we ended up with our leaf-carved pumpkins. They’re festive without being spooky, use real leaves as stencils, and are, thankfully, just as fun to carve as Jack-o-lanterns are.

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Energy Conservation, DIY Style: Make a Tea Light Heater

When you think energy conservation, crafting might not spring immediately to mind, but this tea light heater can heat a whole room for pennies!

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Holiday Crafts: Upcycle a Vintage Brooch into an Unique Ornament

Upcycle vintage brooches into awesome holiday crafts like this unique Christmas ornament!

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DIY Christmas: 5 Fabulous Cork Crafts

Have you ever wondered what to do with all those wine corks you have in your craft stash? This Christmas season is the perfect time to creatively upcycle your wine corks! Here are 5 DIY Christmas crafts to get you started and inspired.

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Upcycle Scaled Up: Can City Turns Waste into Art

What if you could upcycle hundreds of discarded tin cans into beautiful furniture?

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Crafts for Kids: Decoupaged Building Blocks

My kiddo used to be over her building blocks. Whereas she once spent hours building entire wooden cities, she’s into superheroes now. So I made these outdated toys brand-new again, kicked her building block play back into high gear, and totally thrilled the socks off of her just by decoupaging comic book images onto some of her blocks.

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