20 Ways to Refashion a Hoodie
Check out some of my favorite methods for upcycling a hoodie, and find your next favorite fashion!
20 Ways to Refashion a Hoodie Read More 👉
Check out some of my favorite methods for upcycling a hoodie, and find your next favorite fashion!
20 Ways to Refashion a Hoodie Read More 👉
A petticoat may not be the essential everyday wear that it once was, but it’s still essential to give the perfect silhouette to certain garments.
How To Make a Petticoat: 15 DIY Tutorials Read More 👉
Fortunately, there are a lot of beautiful ways to upcycle paper and yarn doilies.
25 Ways to Upcycle Doilies Read More 👉
Is there a more ubiquitous recyclable than the glass bottle?
37 Amazing Glass Bottle Crafts Read More 👉
Lori Guilderson, owner of Charlotte’s Friends, gives traditional dolls (think Bratz) a feminist makeover. Meet Lori and learn all about what inspires her!
Charlotte’s Friends Upcycled Dolls Read More 👉
Here in the U.S. we use over 11 million tons of glass per year. Recycling that glass is definitely better than throwing it away but recycling still uses energy from trucking the waste to the recycling center to the actual recycling process. Next time you’ve got an empty bottle, try getting your craft on instead with some of these projects!
8 Craft Projects for Glass Bottles Read More 👉
Raid your recycle bin: there are lots of cool ways to reuse cardboard food containers!
9 Ways to Reuse Cardboard Food Containers Read More 👉
There are so many handy ways to reuse baby wipes boxes! Use them get organized or make free toys and activities for your kiddo.
11 Awesome Ways to Reuse Baby Wipes Boxes Read More 👉
There are so many ways to reuse old jeans! Grab some scissors, pull out the sewing machine, and let’s do some upcycling.
14 Ways to Reuse Old Jeans Read More 👉
If you sew, and especially if you love to upcycle, the upcycled denim skirt is a rite of passage. Here’s how to make one!
How to Sew an Upcycled Denim Skirt from Your Old Blue Jeans Read More 👉
CDs, DVDs, and old vinyl records are a great base for constructing mandalas on top of, because they’re already perfectly round, and so sturdy that you can display your finished, upcycled mandala anywhere you’d like.
11 Upcycled Mandalas from CDs, DVDs, and Vinyl Record Albums Read More 👉
Are you ditching incandescents this year? Save those old bulbs and make yourself a cute lightbulb terrarium!
Make a Lightbulb Terrarium Read More 👉
The next time that a Netflix DVD comes to rescue you from your lonely life, don’t just toss that flap. Instead, check out the list below, and find your next favorite upcycling project!
5 Projects to Make with That Netflix Envelope Flap Read More 👉
Mason jar lights? They found me.
DIY: Mason Jar Hanging Light Fixture Read More 👉
Before you toss that coffee sleeve in the bin, check out this list of awesome ways to reuse a coffee sleeve and turn that trash into something incredible.
14 Ways to Upcycle a Disposable Cardboard Coffee Sleeve Read More 👉
The holiday-themed Starbucks coffee sleeves are especially festive this year, so I slipped them off of all of our coffee cups and upcycled them into gift toppers.
Make a Starbucks Coffee Sleeve Gift Topper Read More 👉
I know that this former grocery store standard is happily being phased out in many areas, but if you’ve still got a stash under your sink, then check out some of these brown paper bag crafts and get it cleared out before Christmas!
26 Brown Paper Bag Crafts Read More 👉
You have enough cups to drink tea out of–take a few teacups out of your stash and make some of these teacup crafts, instead!
17 Upcycled Teacup Crafts Read More 👉
If you like the look of the teacup candle, but don’t necessarily want to put forth the time and effort to make one, then let me talk you out of that and into the just as pretty, but MUCH simpler, alternate: the teacup candle holder.
How to Make a Teacup Candle Holder Read More 👉
If you want to be a character from Harry Potter, you need yourself a good Hogwarts robe.
Here’s an Easy Way to Make a Hogwarts Robe Read More 👉
Y’all know we LOVE our toilet paper tube crafts here at CAGW!
Craft Book Review: Even More Toilet Paper Tube Crafts! Read More 👉
Celebrate the change in seasons AND divert some trash from the waste stream with these great recycled crafts for autumn.
20 Recycled Autumn Craft Ideas Read More 👉
Have summer storms done a number on the big trees where you live? Grab a large, fallen branch, and turn it into a cool DIY bird feeder!
Make a DIY Bird Feeder from a Fallen Branch Read More 👉
Read on to see how I embellish a composition book, and try it for yourself.
How to Embellish a Composition Book with a Coloring Page Read More 👉
There are LOTS of really cool ways to reuse egg cartons! Here are 36 amazing reasons to save empty egg cartons instead of throwing them away.
36 Ways to Reuse Egg Cartons Read More 👉
My grandparents, who raised me, were the king and queen of kitchen kitsch.
How to Paint Carved Wood to Remake Your Kitchen Kitsch Read More 👉
Upcycle motor oil bottles and organize your garage at the same time! These bottles are sturdy and begging to be reused!
Upcycle Motor Oil Bottles into a Workshop Storage System Read More 👉
Don’t throw away towels that are tattered, torn, or stained. There are lots of useful ways to reuse old towels instead.
10 Ways to Reuse Old Towels Read More 👉
Not all homemade instruments can handle an energetic toddler. These homemade instruments have stood up to more than a month of heavy toddler use and abuse.
3 Homemade Instruments for Toddlers Read More 👉
Upcycled marker beads are easy to make, if a little messy.
How to Make Upcycled Marker Beads Read More 👉
If you just need a quick-and-dirty plant hanger to get your lovely plants up in front of your windows and off your cluttered counters? Well, go check your garage for pegboard, because this planter is the quickest!
Make an Easy Hanging Planter from a Pegboard Read More 👉
Wondering what to do with your old bathroom cabinet or vanity? Turn it into a pint-sized DIY kid art table!
DIY Kid Art Table from an Old Cabinet Read More 👉
I believe that you can teach children about the environment while keeping it positive and even making it fun! This book can help.
The Kid Planted a Redwood: A Review of 23 Ways to be an Eco Hero Read More 👉
Go out right now and thrift yourself some old Scrabble games, because you have GOT to try these DIY Scrabble tile crafts!
Two Dozen DIY Scrabble Tile Crafts that You Must Try! Read More 👉
These DIY Scrabble tile magnets look cute AND hold things, and you can make them in under an hour, drying time included!
How-to: Easy Scrabble Tile Magnets Read More 👉
Seamsters, don’t toss your empties in the trash! There are plenty of cute and even some practical ways to reuse spools of thread.
13 Fun Ways to Reuse Spools of Thread Read More 👉