Project Show-and-Tell: The Star Wars T-Shirt Quilt that Took Four Years to Make
I can’t wait to see what I’m going to accomplish in another four years!
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I can’t wait to see what I’m going to accomplish in another four years!
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It’s a cute and colorful decoration for a kid, especially if she’s a Girl Scout, and it’s an excellent one for a Girl Scout cookie booth, as it shows off all the different types of cookies that are on offer.
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It’s not your fault that a tree gave its life to make that wood pallet, and by crafting with it, especially if you’re sourcing it from a store that’s just trashing them, then you’re actually diverting that wood from the waste stream.
Crafty Book Review: Upcycled Porch Star from Crafting with Wood Pallets Read More 👉
Vintage flour sacks are still fairly easy to obtain and not too spendy, but nevertheless quite lovely, and they make excellent crafting supplies.
What to Do with a Vintage Flour Sack: 13 Projects Read More 👉
Here’s a bit of kitchen decor that’s also useful–a vintage cornmeal sack that’s secretly a sachet!
How to Make a Vintage Cornmeal Sack Kitchen Sachet Read More 👉
There are loads of beautiful, unique recycled Valentine’s Day crafts that you can make, from decorations to valentines to sweet gifts, that will make this holiday special.
24 Recycled Valentine’s Day Crafts Read More 👉
Gather up your gaudiest serving trays, and check out these makeover tutorials. Find something that you like, make it happen, and save an innocent serving tray from a future garage sale.
How Do I Reuse a Tray? 17 Serving Tray Makeovers Read More 👉
Don’t let New Year’s get the shaft, just because it’s at the tag-end of the holiday season. Celebrate the holiday with all of the hoopla that it deserves with these eco-friendly New Year’s crafts.
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I made my awesome sweetheart Luke into a puzzle Christmas ornament.
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Look no further than the recycling bin for your next Christmas craft project–you can make any of these 26 upcycled Christmas crafts from recycling, stash, scraps, and even trash!
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These buntings make lovely party decorations, but our own “merry” bunting is enjoying pride of place in our home all year, right next to our Christmas tree.
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Add some homemade love to the holidays!
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This book is the reason why I FINALLY have a use for my license plate hoard collection.
Crafty Book Review: License Plate Gift Tags from DIY Rustic Modern Metal Crafts Read More 👉
Outgrown tights don’t have to be destined for the trash, especially not in the autumn, when there are chilly bare arms to cover!
How to Upcycle Tights into Arm Warmers Read More 👉
Here are some of my favorite upcycled fall crafts that you can make right now.
13 Upcycled Fall Crafts to do this Weekend Read More 👉
My favorite way to display art is in a thrifted frame (repainted, of course, preferably in slate grey) on top of a DIY photo mat.
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There’s a kind of knowledge that you get only when you’re wrist-deep in the guts of a subject, not just watching it and scribbling about it from the edges.
Hands-on History: Make an Upcycled Cardboard Model Ship Read More 👉
A DIY dry erase menu board is super helpful, no matter what kind of mealtimes your family enjoys.
Upcycle a Picture Frame into a DIY Dry Erase Menu Board Read More 👉
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!
15 DIY Building Block Sets to Build or Embellish Read More 👉
Make your kiddos a set of outdoor building blocks, using nothing more than the ubiquitous wooden pallet.
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Upcycle old pallets into wooden childrens toys. It’s actually a lot easier than you might think!
How-to: DIY Wooden Children’s Toys Made from Pallet Wood Read More 👉
You don’t have to spend a ton of money on clothes for your kid’s American Girl dolls. Make these DIY American Girl Doll clothes and accessories instead!
20 Eco-Friendly, DIY American Girl Doll Clothes and Accessories Read More 👉
You might think that you have to sew to be able to make cute American Girl doll clothes, but you don’t!
How-to: No-Sew American Girl Doll T-Shirt Read More 👉
Before you do pallet crafts, you often have to figure out how to take apart a pallet. If you’re considering a demolition blade, here are the pros and cons.
How to Take Apart a Pallet: Demolition Blade Pros and Cons Read More 👉
Doll clothes are great for busting those teeny-tiny fabric pieces in your stash, and this postage stamp doll skirt is an especially good stash-buster.
How-to: Postage Stamp Doll Skirt Tutorial Read More 👉
If you’re sending a kid to school this year, you’re probably spending over $100 on school supplies for that kid.
15 DIY School Supplies from Recycled Materials Read More 👉
Here are my favorite ways to upcycle your cargo pants.
Upcycle Your Cargo Pants: Here are 13 projects! Read More 👉
Sole Hope heals kids, and they use old jeans to do it.
Sole Hope: Your Old Jeans Can Save Kids’ Lives Read More 👉
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.
Craft Book Review: Fairy Gardening and Fairy Gardening 101 Read More 👉
Here are art journal tutorials that look like they will absolutely work, and that 100% use upcycled materials, and that seem, you know… really good!
12 Upcycled Art Journals Read More 👉
I can’t completely dislike anything that gets my kids creating, but there are SO many eco-friendly Rainbow Loom alternatives.
10 Eco-Friendly Alternatives to Rainbow Loom Read More 👉
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.
16 Quick and Easy 4th of July Crafts Read More 👉
LOTS of people upcycle empty picture frames, and there are a lot of awesome project tutes to turn that empty picture frame into just about anything else that you could ever want or need.
How to Upcycle an Empty Picture Frame: 18 Projects Read More 👉
Remake the drawer knobs that you already own or, at the most, upcycle something into a drawer knob.
20 DIY Drawer Knob Makeover Ideas Read More 👉
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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