How-to: Make an Origami Puffy Heart Mobile
There’s something so sweet about little origami puffy hearts!
10 Craft Ideas for Recycled Felt
We love recycled felt around here! It comes in a rainbow of colors, diverts plastic waste from the landfill, and is just a joy to cut, glue, and sew. Do you need some craft ideas for your stash of recycled felt? We’ve got you covered with these 10 projects!
Handamde Holidays: Plush Cactus from Recycled Felt
Got someone on your list who has sort of a black thumb? Gift them with a plush cactus that is impossible to kill!
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Reminder: Don’t Forget to Enter the Showcase!
Happy belated Thanksgiving, crafty guys and gals! Now that you’ve stuffed yourselves on potatoes and pie, we wanted to quickly remind you that there’s still time to enter this month’s Green Crafts Showcase!
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DIY Chai Recipe for your Handmade Holiday
Food gifts are such a great way to go handmade and please almost anyone on your list. This chai recipe makes enough mix for four of the folks on your gift list!
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Green Kid Crafts Winner!
Happy Wednesday, and a big thanks to everyone who entered our Green Kid Crafts giveaway. Green Kid Crafts is a monthly subscription service. When you sign up, they deliver a box of eco-friendly, kid-friendly craft projects to your door each month.
We used a random number generator to choose a winner this morning, and it chose…..
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Tutorial Mashup: Turn a pair of shorts into a maternity skirt
Somewhere in the last few weeks, my baby bump popped right out, and suddenly none of my bottoms fit anymore! Getting dressed was starting to be a challenge, so I whipped up a maternity skirt to flesh out my wardrobe a little bit. That project went swimmingly, but one skirt does not a new wardrobe make. Instead of making another skirt from scratch, I decided to turn a pair of old denim shorts into a maternity skirt.
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Giveaway: Win a Craft Kit from Green Kid Crafts
Recycled craft kits delivered monthly to your door? Don’t mind if I do!
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Is Fused Plastic a Green Fabric?
Fused plastic fabric diverts waste from the landfill, but is it green? Let’s weigh the pros and cons!
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What would you post on a Crafting a Green World Forum?
We’re building a green crafts forum for you guys, and we want to know what you want! Check out the poll below to tell us what you’d use a CAGW form to do.
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Handmade Holidays: Let’s Get Started!
Well hello there, November! Where did you come from? If you’re planning to have a handmade holiday this year, now is the time to get started.
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10 Upcycled Plastic Grocery Bag Crafts
Got a stash of plastic bags that you can’t bear to toss? Try some of these plastic grocery bag crafts to give them a new life instead!
Need last-minute Halloween ideas? We can help!
Halloween is this coming Wednesday, so if you’re going to get some last-minute Halloween festivities going, this weekend is the time to get crafty! Need a little last-minute Halloween crafty inspiration? Here are some DIY costume and decoration ideas, including lots of things that you can whip up in a flash!
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DIY Toy: Make a Crinkle Toy from Scrap Plastic
My husband and I are expecting our very first child, so I have baby crafts on the brain! I’ve got a couple of new mommas in my life right now, and it’s been educational hanging with them and seeing what toys their kiddos like. One toy I’d never seen but is apparently great for babies is a crinkle toy. Sure, you can buy a crinkle from the store, but with a few things from your stash, this is an easy DIY toy to whip up at home!
Don’t Forget to Enter this Month’s Green Crafts Showcase!
Calling all green crafters! Have you been wanting to enter our monthly Green Crafts Showcase and haven’t gotten around to it yet? This is your friendly reminder to enter today!
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Reader Question: New Ideas for Old Books
Got some old books that need a little love? Check out 10 creative ways to upcycle old books into something new!
10 Upcycled T-Shirt Crafts
Now that the weather’s cooling off, you’re probably sorting through your dresser and closet, pulling out your cold-weather clothes, and stashing your lighter stuff away until spring. As you sort through, you’re bound to find a couple of old t-shirts that are past their prime. Maybe the pits are stained beyond saving or you’re just tired of wearing that particular tee. Those well-loved t-shirts are perfect for all kinds of fun t-shirt crafts!
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How-to: Add a bow collar to a plain t-shirt
Fancy up a thrift store t-shirt with an oversized bow!
One of the things I love about thrifting is not just finding that cool vintage dress but when I run across something that’s screaming to be something else. It only took about an hour and change to add this bow detail to my thrifted tee, and I love how it turned out! Here’s how you can make your own.
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Project Show and Tell: How I Repaired My Broken Mannequin with Paper, Burlap, and Hot Glue
Check out how I repaired my old mannequin to give it a brand new life with just a few simple supplies!
What do You Need to Reuse or Upcycle?
What do you need to reuse?If you’re a regular visitor here, chances are you’ve checked out our resource page with ideas on how to reuse certain items that would otherwise be headed to the recycle bin or the landfill. We started that resources page to help you guys quickly find what you need, but I have to confess that I have done a terrible job maintaining it. I’m planning to go through and see what seems to be missing, but I’d also like to know what you would like to see on that page!
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How-to: Make a Soda Tab Bracelet
We have lots of projects for crafting with soda cans, but what about those humble little tabs? If you’ve been saving your tabs for the right project, this upcycled soda tab bracelet might just be the one!
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10 Upcycled Map Craft Projects
Don’t you just love crafting with old maps? They add a beautiful sense of place and nostalgia to paper craft projects! Got some old maps handy but not sure what to do with them? We’ve got you covered with a few fun map craft projects!
DIY: Make a Reclaimed Paper Heart Garland from an Old Map
Don’t you just love old maps? Whether they’re from a town where you used to live or a special road trip, maps remind us of where we’ve been. Next time you discover an old map, you can make a paper garland instead of tossing it in the recycle bin. What I love best about this project is that it’s super simple, and it’s scalable. I used 7 hearts to decorate a wall shelf, but you could cut out dozens and make one to hang all the way across a wall!
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Announcing the UPrinting Business Card Winner
Thanks so much to everyone who entered the business cards giveaway from UPrinting. We used a random number generator to choose the winner, and the winner is…..
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Reminder: A Few Days Left to Win Eco Business Cards!
Have you had a chance yet to enter our business card giveaway, sponsored by UPrinting? The giveaway ends this coming Wednesday, so there’s still time to enter.
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Women’s Rights Week: 5 Crafty Organizations Helping Women Through Craft
What does crafting have to do with women’s rights? So much! Crafting is empowering, and there are women all over the world who are supporting themselves and their families with their crafts. There are also organizations out there where you can donate your crafty skills to support women in need, whether we’re talking about teaching job skills or donating crafted goods to comfort women in crisis, there are all kinds of ways that you can use your craft to support women’s rights. Here are five crafty organizations that are making a difference for women.
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Giveaway: Win a Pack of 250 Recycled Business Cards from UPrinting
One of the trickiest parts of running a crafty business is finding eco-friendly promotional materials that are within your budget. That’s why I was super excited when UPrinting, the sponsors of this giveaway, approached us about their eco-friendlier business cards printing by UPrinting. UPrinting uses soy-based inks and 55 percent recycled paper in their business cards, and they’re offering up a pack of 250 cards with free shipping to one lucky Crafting a Green World reader!
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5 Easy Upcycled Accessories
Luckily, you don’t have to go shopping to beef up your accessories collection! Here are a few DIY accessories that you can make from reclaimed materials instead.
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How-to: Neckerchief-Style T-Shirt Scarf
It’s still sweltering here in Atlanta during the day, but we’ve had some nice cool mornings and evenings lately. Fall is in the air, and this light, cozy t-shirt scarf is just right for those cool-but-not-cold times of day.
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Reader Question: Homemade Modeling Clay Recipe?
Conventional modeling clay is not the greenest craft supply out there. What are the alternatives?
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Tophatter: Reclaimed Craft Supply Resource
When you’re shopping for craft supplies, one of the easiest ways to keep it eco-friendly is to buy used rather than new. When you pick up second-hand supplies, you’re doing environmental double duty: keeping those materials out of the landfill and avoiding the impacts that come with creating new tools and supplies. Hurrah!
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2012 Summit of Awesome: A Crafty Business Camp
This year, Hello Craft – the organization that plans the Summit of Awesome – released a brand new book on launching a crafty biz, so rather than a full-blown, multi-day event, this year’s Summit is a one day Business Camp workshop. If you run a crafty business or have been wanting to launch your hobby into a money-making venture, you should definitely check it out!
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Announcing the Winner of the Starlight Woods Giveaway
Thanks so much to everyone who entered the giveaway for fallen leaves jewelry from Starlight Woods! I loved reading your comments, and it was great to see so much support for her beautiful upcycled jewelry. We chose a winner this morning using a random number generator, and the winner is……
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Reminder: A Few Days Left to Enter Starlight Woods Jewelry Giveaway!
Have you entered our giveaway yet for a $25 gift certificate at Starlight Woods?
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Green Crafter Profile: Fallen Tree Limb Jewelry from Starlight Woods (and a giveaway!)
Lisa Disciascio creates fresh, modern jewelry using reclaimed wood from fallen limbs. Each piece from her shop is more than a fashion statement – she uses felled branches from storm-damaged trees and transforms them into rings, pendants, and earrings. Her work has gotten a good deal of press lately, including a feature in the latest Real Simple magazine.
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Book Review: How to Make Crafts Using Recycled Materials
We love a good upcycled craft project around here, so when Michael Welsh wanted to send me a review copy of his book, How to Make Crafts using Recycled Materials, I took him up on the offer.
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