Bike Crafts for National Bike Month
There’s just a week left in National Bike Month, but that doesn’t mean it’s too late to get your bike-friendly craft on. Let’s make it bike month every month!
Sewing Room DIY Projects
It’s probably because I just completed a studio makeover, but I’m obsessed with finding little DIY ways to make my sewing room that much cooler.
Here are a few of the sewing room DIY projects that have been catching my eye these days.
How to Make a Fabulous Piñata with Upcycled Newspapers and Natural Glue
Let the birthday kid help you create an absolutely perfect piñata with nothing more than a balloon, white flour, and plenty of newspapers. Your piñata will be free, which means that you can spend all your money on candy!
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And the Winner of the Green Kid Crafts Subscription Giveaway is…
Wait with bated breath no more–here’s the winner of the Green Kid Crafts giveaway!
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Enter the Rainforest Art Kids’ Contest
Kids can create artwork to help support the Rainforest Foundation.
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Simple Projects You Can Do This Weekend
Fun projects that you can make this weekend.
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Betz White + Robert Kaufman = Inspiration
Green crafty superstar Betz White is teaming up with Robert Kaufman to release a line of GOTS certified organic cotton fabric!
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Fab Fabrics: Suzanne Lee on Growing Your Own Clothes
In this TED Talk, Suzanne Lee talks about an exciting new technology that would allow designers to grow clothing in a process similar to making kombucha at home.
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Giveaway: Win a One-Month Subscription to Green Kid Crafts!
Enter to win a one month subscription to Green Kid Crafts!
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Green Kid Crafts: Eco-Friendly Craft Kits Mailed to Your Green Kid
Green Kid Crafts mails eco-friendly children’s craft kits to your child every month. And they’re going to have a giveaway!
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Make It Ruby: A Crafty Site Just for Girls
Check out MakeItRuby.com an eco craft site made just for girls.
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How-to: Make Handmade Paper
How to make your own handmade paper.
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Pill Bottle Craft Projects
Once you’ve finished taking or safely disposed of the contents, those empty plastic pill bottles are actually useful for all sorts of fun crafty projects! Here are a few ideas to get you going.
Zero Waste Sewing
Zero waste has been a growing trend in the fashion industry, and I’m very excited to see it catching on in the craft world, as well!
5 Ways to Make Custom Stamps Natural or Recycled Items
You don’t have to buy stamp carving blocks to create hand-carved stamps. Check out these five natural or upcycled alternatives!
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How-to: Carve Your Own Custom Rubber Stamps
Need a perfect image for a business card or wedding invitation? Anyone can create hand-drawn, hand-carved custom rubber stamps with a few tools and a little time.
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It’s National Remodeling Month
May is National Home Remodeling Month, will your remodel be green?
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10 Places to Find Eco-Friendly Art Supplies
10 places where you can shop for eco-art supplies.
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3 Awesome, Upcycled Cinco de Mayo Decorations
Cinco de Mayo is just a few days away, but there’s still time to get your DIY on if you’re planning some festivities. Whip up some guac and margaritas to go along with these crafty decorations, and celebrate Cinco de Mayo in DIY style!
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Recycled Craft Room Decorating Ideas
We’re building an addition on our house, and when it’s all finished up, I’m going to have my very own craft room. Right now, my husband and I are sharing the front office of our house, but soon he’s going to move his music and writing stuff into his own office, and I am planning to totally redo the room to make it a crafty sanctuary.
Of course, no craft room would be complete without some good storage and organizing solutions! Here are some of the recycled ways I’m hoping to deck out my new studio.
Five Natural Crafts to Make Using Seashells
Have fun on your beach vacation? Put your sandy seashell souvenirs to use, and create a handmade object that will forever remind you of your special trip.
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Green Crafter Ethics: Is it Okay to Collect Seashells?
Is it okay to collect seashells for your own crafty purposes?
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Five Eco-Friendly Mother’s Day Crafts
Here are five eco crafts you can make for mom.
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Use Junk and Trash to Help Make Your Garden Grow
SImple junk or trash items can be transformed to help your garden grown.
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April Stash Bust is Over But not Out
How have you been faring this April Stash Bust? The month is almost over and I’m happy to say that I can claim victory over my quest to not purchase any new craft supplies, though my stash is only a little bit lighter.
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Vegan Crafting Made Easy: Making Vegan Jewelry
You might not think of animal products when you think jewelry, but there are more sneaky animal components to jewelry making than it might seem at first glance. Like we’ve talked about before, vegan doesn’t equal green, so it takes a bit of extra love to find eco-friendly alternatives to animal products. Here are some places where you might encounter animal products in jewelry making and ways you can replace those products.
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Suitcase DIY: 3 Craft Projects for Vintage Suitcases
What is it about vintage suitcases? I think they carry so much history. Those sturdy, beautiful, old-timey pieces of luggage are packed full of trips and stories. Vintage suitcases are not so ideal for modern travel: they’re heavier than modern suitcases and they often don’t have those handy wheels on the bottom, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t still worth salvaging! Here are a few suitcase DIY projects that rethink those suitcases.
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Five Upcycled May Day Baskets to Make with Recycled Materials
Surprise your friends and neighbors on May Day by leaving one of these upcycled baskets filled with flowers on their doorknobs for them to find. Shhh, it’s a secret!
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Five Crafty Projects to Upcycle Your Potato Chip Bags
Keep potato chip bags out of the waste stream by upcycling them into one of these five crafty projects.
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Winners of the ReadyMade 100
The ReadyMade 100 contest winners have been announced.
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Earth Day Giveaway: EarthLust Stainless Steel Water Bottle
Enter to win an EarthLust water bottle.
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Vegan Crafting Made Easy: Knit and Crochet
We’ve talked about vegan sewing supplies and vegan soap making, and I don’t want you fiber artists to be left out! There are lots of wonderful options for vegan knit and crochet supplies. It just takes a little bit of extra attention to materials to suss out common animal products.
Fab Fabrics: New Organic Cotton Prints from Betz White
These super-sized, bold prints from Betz White are perfect for those spring sewing projects!
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Five DIY Travel Toys Guaranteed to Make Your Trip More Bearable
Make traveling with kids more fun and less expensive with these five D.I.Y. travel toys made with recycled and/or natural materials.
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Make Tie Dyed Easter Eggs!
If you’re tired of regular old Easter egg dyeing, then try making tie-dyed Easter eggs for a change. It’s a stash-busting project!
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Soy-Gel: A Must Have for Furniture Refinishing
Have furniture to refinish? Try soy-gel.
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