How Do You Engrave Rocks? You Use a Dremel!
How DO you engrave rocks? With a power tool, of course!
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crafting with natural materials
My 18 Favorite Fall Nature Crafts for Kids
Whether or not you’re as obsessed with fall nature crafts as we are, I hope that you’ll find many ideas to delight you in the following list of our favorite projects.
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How to Make Waxed Fabric
The process is simple, the results are natural (although NOT vegan), and when you’re finished, you’ll have a sturdy, water-resistant fabric that you can sew into whatever you like.
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15 DIY Building Block Sets to Build or Embellish
Create a brand-new DIY building block set for your kid from scratch or embellish and personalize a set of blocks that you already own!
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How-to: Wood Burned Building Blocks with Watercolor Staining
These wood burned building blocks featuring my kids’ own drawings are super special to us.
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Watercolor Stained Building Blocks with PlanToys
I’m going to show you how to make stained building blocks using one super simple and readily-available art supply: liquid watercolors.
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Kid Mosaic: Dyed Beans in an Upcycled CD Case
If you’ve got a kid who loves art projects, then this dyed bean kid mosaic is going to be a rainy day hit!
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15 Fairy Garden Decorations that You Can Make
While the fairies could make all the following projects themselves, why don’t you help them out and add a couple to your own fairy garden?
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Craft Book Review: Fairy Gardening and Fairy Gardening 101
Fairy gardening is a great kid craft, but fairy gardens aren’t just for kids; they’re for anyone who has an imagination and a desire to grow something green.
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16 Quick and Easy 4th of July Crafts
Independence Day is this weekend! If you need some last-minute decorations or activities, we’ve got 16 easy 4th of July crafts for you and the kids.
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How to Make Candles with Poured Beeswax
There are lots of different ways that you can make a candle. Here’s how to make candles using poured beeswax that you dyed yourself!
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How to Dye Wax with Crayons from Your Stash
You don’t need expensive wax dyes to turn your natural wax of choice a vibrant color. Here’s how to dye wax with crayons that you probably already have.
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20 DIY Drawer Knob Makeover Ideas
Remake the drawer knobs that you already own or, at the most, upcycle something into a drawer knob.
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10 Last-Minute Father’s Day Gifts to Make
Father’s Day is this Sunday, right? Dang it! Here are 10- last-minute Father’s Day gifts that you can make just in time.
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How to Make a Mixed-Media Collage with Beeswax
With beeswax, you can make a mixed-media, collaged art piece that’s almost entirely glue-free.
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16 Totally Different Discovery Bottles to Make for Kids
All kinds of discovery bottles are easy to make from upcycled plastic jars or bottles and mostly household ingredients.
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Ocean in a Bottle: Witness my Epic Pinterest Fail!
Muddy water with oil on top. Huh.
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Your Found Feather Craft Project is Probably Illegal
If you spend any time outdoors, you come across the occasional bird feather. And if you simply enjoy collecting natural objects, or if you enjoy crafting with them, you probably want to pick up that feather, take it home with you, and display it or make a pretty feather craft pretty with it.
Did you know that’s probably illegal?
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How to Whiten Bones
This is me, doing the weirdest, most random, most vaguely disturbing projects out there, so that you don’t have to!
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The Gnome Project: Jessica Peill-Meininghaus Makes a Gnome Every. Single. DAY
With the right choice of product and material, the process can be contemplative and enhance your skills and stretch your creativity.
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12 Awesome Upcycled Vases that Don’t Look Upcycled
A spaghetti sauce jar makes a great vase, but not necessarily when it *looks* like a spaghetti sauce jar, you know? The best upcycled vases don’t look like you’ve just scrounged them out of your recycling bin, even though you have.
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Fruit Pizza Recipe that Kids Can Totally Make
If you’re looking for a kid-friendly dessert or a birthday party treat that won’t knock the children over with sugar overload, then this fruit pizza recipe is what you want.
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A Betta in a Vase is NOT a Green Craft. Here’s the Safe Option.
This great-looking ecosystem is actually a very poorly functioning one.
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13 DIY Plant Markers from Recycled and Natural Materials
What are YOUR plant markers going to look like?
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12 DIY Rain Chains for Your Yard
What is a rain chain? Here’s how rain chains prevent erosion and 12 DIY rain chains you can make from recycled materials!
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The 20 Best Bird Feeders That You Can Make
If you haven’t been feeding the birds all winter, this is a great time to start! And if you have been feeding them all winter, this is a great time to mix things up by adding some new homemade bird feeders to welcome the spring migrants.
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We Made Pysanky Eggs–and So Can YOU!!!
Pysanky is like Egg Dyeing: Master Level, except that it’s actually quite accessible–my eight-year-old did it, and my ten-year-old, and my husband, and fumble-fingered ME!
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How to Blow out an Egg
Because you really don’t need that many hard-boiled eggs.
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Repair Your Bamboo Knitting Needles
Did your cat get ahold of your bamboo needles? You can’t really knit when your yarn is constantly snagging on bite marks. Check out how to repair your bamboo knitting needles with good old wood filler.
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Coloring Easter Eggs: 20 Natural Alternatives to Easter Egg Dye
The ubiquitous art of coloring Easter egga has gotten weird, as every year marketers try to make your kids want to buy something ever more elaborate, just to dye Easter eggs.
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Spotted: Rainbow Whole-Fruit Popsicles + 24 More Rainbow Crafts
I pretend that St. Patrick’s Day is a holiday that’s made for pretty rainbow crafts, and I’m happy to oblige.
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The Only Play Dough Recipe that You’ll Ever Need
The one play dough recipe that I always keep coming back to. This is the recipe I’ve been making for my kids for a full decade now.
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20 Different Class Valentines that Kids can Make
You don’t have to buy a bunch of valentines from the store so that your kid can have a happy day. Let them make these class valentines themselves instead!
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Quilts for Kids: Making Quilts for Kids in Need
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.
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