Make an Upcycled Window Bird Feeder from a Milk Carton
With this window bird feeder, you can do that without leaving the comfort of your couch!
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With this window bird feeder, you can do that without leaving the comfort of your couch!
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Help a bee out, why don’t you, by building your very own mason bee house?
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Here’s how to draft a template that is exactly right for every card, and how to assemble it so that it keeps your card safe in the mail.
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I promise that these DIY photo cards are even quicker and easier than driving to the store, looking at every single Hallmark greeting card on the rack, choosing one, paying for it, and driving home.
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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 👉
The kids and I made this Spawn egg hunt game entirely with the supplies that we had on hand, using not only mostly natural or recycled materials but also materials that would easily compost back into our yard (no clean-up necessary!!!).
Minecraft Party Games: Spawn Egg Hunt (with Spawn Egg Cascarones!) Read More 👉
The kiddo loved it, her friends loved it, and they had a fabulous time beating it to bits with a baseball bat.
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If you want to do something a little special with some of your building blocks, check out how I made these puzzle blocks, and try it for yourself.
Make DIY Puzzle Blocks from Ordinary Building Blocks Read More 👉
One of my children’s favorite projects to do with these vintage bottles is the age-old craft of sand art.
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Even if you can’t sew, you can sew this.
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If you truly want to display your actual vintage photographs, then I say go ahead!
How to Display Vintage Photographs Read More 👉
Be Miss America. Be a Lookout, complete with Basilisk Slayer badge. Be the Ambassador from China.
How to Make a Brown Paper Bag Sash Read More 👉
To be a dog, all you REALLY need are puppy ears.
How to Make a No-Sew Puppy Ears Headband Read More 👉
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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Thigh rips in jeans are the nemesis of anyone who has thighs.
How to Mend a Rip in the Thigh of Your Jeans 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 👉
Elastic-waist pants are the easiest to modify, of course, since the absolute only thing that you have to do is swap out that elastic.
How to Replace the Elastic in Elastic-Waist Pants Read More 👉
You can’t always fix this. Sometimes, however, you can!
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Check out this relatively simple way to completely replace a coat pocket, so it’s even sturdier than the original.
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Need an extra pillowcase or two? Make your own with one of these handmade pillowcase tutorials!
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Y’all are going to be shocked at how easy these cards are to make!
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There’s no reason to ever buy a package of ornament hangers at the store, not when you can make an ornament hanger from scratch in less than a minute.
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So when I wanted to put a J.R.R. Tolkien quote on our wall of travel souvenirs, I didn’t turn to perfectly-formed vinyl or contact paper letter cut-outs. Instead, I relied on pencil, paper, a Sharpie, and my favorite slate-grey color of paint.
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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.
How to Make a Holiday Bunting Read More 👉
This method is an especially nice look when you want something festive, such as the red and green of Christmas, or the pink and more pink of Valentine’s Day
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I monogramed the toy chests so that the kids could tell them apart, and then turned them into portable LEGO tables with plenty of storage inside.
How to Turn a Toy Chest into a DIY LEGO Table Read More 👉
I’m going to show you how you can lengthen pants quite easily by adding a bit of ruffled fabric at the bottom hem.
How to Lengthen Pants with a Ruffle Read More 👉
Persimmons predict the winter.
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These decoupaged alphabet blocks make excellent holiday decorations.
How to Decoupage Alphabet Blocks 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 👉
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.
Make a DIY Photo Mat from Decoupaged Book Pages Read More 👉
My nine-year-old and I, with she as the head designer and I as the head craftsperson, are going to design and decorate this dollhouse. Along the way, I’ll be teaching her the proper techniques for all the things that she wants to do, starting with this first step: how to paint a dollhouse.
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