Take the ephemeral beauty of autumn leaves and make it last forever when you preserve leaves with the one simple, natural ingredient that is pure beeswax.
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Halloween doesn’t have to be wasteful. With a little bit of imagination and planning, you can have an eco-friendly Halloween. Let’s explore what Halloween decor and costumes we can make to make Halloween greener.
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A witch is one of the simplest and the easiest characters to be on Halloween. Put on a black outfit and a pointy hat, and you are reading to party. But buying one of those cheap plastic or polyester ones that last a short time is very wasteful. Here is how to make a witch’s hat that will last year after year.
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One thing that I hear from a lot of folks is that they aren’t into crafting because they don’t have time. Nonsense, I say! Sure, some craft projects are time consuming and require lots of detail and care, but you don’t need hours and hours of free time to get crafty!
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This project was a lot of fun to do, and it combines two things that I love: mod design and burlap!
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If you’re dreaming about a new way to organize your fabric, check out these five storage solutions that are constructed from eco-friendly upcycled materials.
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Organize your fabric stash into a neat, ordered, uniform collection using recycled cardboard record album covers.
How-to: Upcycle Cardboard Record Album Covers for Fabric Storage Read More 👉
Make eco-friendly ghosts for Halloween that your Trick-or-Treaters will love. Who says ghosts are scary?
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Make a wreath that you can interchange the look depending on the season and holiday but with just one wreath frame.
Don’t you just love burlap? It’s eco-friendly, cheap (sometimes even free!), and gives any project a bit of Earthy, shabby chic appeal. There are lots of fun ways that you can incorporate burlap into your crafty endeavors! Here are some tips on finding burlap and a list of burlap craft projects to help kickstart your crafting.
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Instead of buying new, I decided whip up a sunglasses case using supplies that were already in my craft room. Hurrah! This case was a surprise, so those are my giant, white sunglasses in the photos. He wears pretty big glasses, too, so I modeled the size on my huge pair. If you wear less chunky sunglasses, you might want to size this sunglasses case tutorial down a bit to accommodate, so they’ll fit snugly.
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Whether you have a child who’s learning her letters, or you simply recognize the decorative potential of a lovely font, a handmade alphabet can be simple to make out of a wide variety of eco-friendly materials. If your green crafting ethic prefers upcycling, or if you choose to use only natural materials, read on for a variety of ways to craft your own handmade letters.
Five Handmade Alphabets that You Can Craft from Recycled, Upcycled, or Natural Materials Read More 👉
As a children’s toy, a holiday decoration, or a wonderful present (a child’s name? A couple’s first monogram? How fun!), stuffed fabric letters are a way to show your personality and use up just about any kind of fabric in your stash. Neatly sewing up those letters with holes in them can be very tricky, however, but let me show you how, and you’ll be off and running.
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Make these upcycled glass jar mummy candle holders (lanterns) for Halloween. Group them as a family or put individual pieces on front steps or line them up on the walkway. No matter how you choose to use them, they’ll be sure to bring smiles to your trick or treaters.
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A pillowcase tote for Trick-or-Treating is easy to make and it’s a no waste way to upcycle a pillowcase. Here’s how to make this easy peasy Trick-or-Treat tote.
I’m going to talk a little bit about my own business, and where I’m doing well and where I am still sorting things out in the green department. I encourage you guys to take a look at your processes and do the same! It’s not about feeling guilty; it’s just about growing. From time to time, it’s great to take an honest look at what you’re doing and see how you can do even better!
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We are huge Betz White fans around here, so when she announced her partnership with Robert Kaufman to produce a line of eco-friendly fabrics, we were downright thrilled!
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Leave those nasty foam stickers on the store shelf and show your kids how easy it is to make your own custom reusable stickers. While you’re at it, make yourself some stickers for your scrapbook, and that’s one more aisle that you don’t have to shop!
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A natural modeling beeswax dyed with plant colors sounds pretty eco-friendly, but how do we know what’s really in it?
Review: Artemis Plant Color Modeling Beeswax Read More 👉
You can make this eco-friendly solar Jack-O-Lantern for less than the price of a real pumpkin. And it’s reusable! Here is how.
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Swap your kids costume for a greener Halloween. thredUP has an awesome program where you can swap outgrown Halloween costumes. Here is how it works.
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Store bought jewelry can come with a hefty environmental impact. From the new materials to produce them to the carbon footprint that goes with shipping them all over the world, that snazzy pair of earrings from the big box store are a little bit on the heavy side. Luckily, you don’t have to buy mass-produced jewelry! Instead, you can divert some waste from the landfill and whip up cute, DIY jewelry of your very own. Here are some projects to get you going.
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You know I love a necktie craft, and this vintage cowl was a super fun way to turn an old necktie into something useful and new!
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Felting wool can alter its color. If you’re unhappy with the color of the wool sweater that you just felted, or even with an entire finished upcycled wool piece, you can easily overdye it to a new color.
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Turn costume jewelry into your favorite jewelry with a quick and easy paint job that uses nothing more than a few coats of nail polish.
How-to: Upcycle a Vintage Glass Necklace with Nail Polish Read More 👉
Have no idea what to be for Halloween? Look at these awesome homemade extreme costumes you can start making.
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Halloween doesn’t have to be a stressful and wasteful holiday if you put your green crafting skills to work. Here are some ideas on how to make green Halloween less stressful.
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Board games are a fun way to spend time with your friends or family, but what can you do when they’ve outlived their usefulness?
Board Game Crafts: Five Projects You Can Make to Upcycle Old Games Read More 👉
It’s quick and easy to whip up a travel tic tac toe set to keep the kiddos busy on your next road trip.
How-to: Make a Travel Tic Tac Toe Game Read More 👉
Help out the Homemade Dress Drive for Haiti by sewing the Oliver + S Popover Sundress (a free download!) for the little girls in one Port Au Prince orphanage.
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High-quality natural art supplies can be awfully pricey, especially when the artist that you’re supplying still drinks from a sippy cup. Are these fancy natural materials really worth the hype?
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Although upcycling and using eco-friendly materials is still preferred but is green crafting a justifiable means to an end when using ‘evil’ materials in the name of upcycling and reusing? What do you think?
Green Crafting: A Justifiable Means to an End? Read More 👉
Food safe fabric for reusable lunch bags and mats can be harder to find than you think. What are the alternatives?
Are PEVA and PUL Safe for Making Reusable Lunch Bags and Wraps? Read More 👉
Are you crazy for your iPhone or in love with your PSP? All of those gadgets and gizmos keep us connected and entertained, and the least that we can do is protect them from dings and scratches by whipping up cases for them!
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My husband just got a Kindle, and he is loving it! He loves that it’s small and that he can instantly snag new books whenever he wants. What he doesn’t love is worrying about his Kindle getting damaged in his bag on the way to and from the train station, so I thought I’d whip him up a simple little cozy to keep it safe and sound.
This Kindle cozy took less than an hour to make, and it fits his Kindle like a glove!
How-to: Make an Upcycled Kindle Case in 10 Steps Read More 👉
Jump into bookmaking with these tutorials that let you make upcycled journals, scrapbooks, D.I.Y. planners and more out of recycled materials.
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