Minecraft Crafting: Scrap Wood Minecraft Sword
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Minecraft Crafting: DIY Creeper Pinata
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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15 DIY Puzzles to Make and Play
DIY puzzles are extra fun, since not only do you get the pleasure of solving them, but you also get the pleasure of making them!
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Make DIY Puzzle Blocks from Ordinary Building Blocks
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.
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May the 4th be with You! 20 Star Wars Crafts to Celebrate
At CAGW, we’ve got you covered for your own May the 4th festivities; here are my favorite eco-friendly Star Wars crafts.
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Create Sand Art in Vintage Bottles
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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15 Awesome Sea Glass Crafts for Your Beach Vacation
Sea glass is especially intriguing because it’s a product of both nature and recycling, a rare, almost impossible scenario in which nature turns litter into something beautiful.
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25 DIY Pom Pom Crafts
Do you have any DIY pom pom crafts to add to my list?
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Make a Giant Upcycled Cardboard Minecraft Grass Block Party Invitation
Why, yes, this IS an oddly specific tutorial that I’m writing here.
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15 Creative, Kid-Friendly Garden Ideas
There are ways to get kids into the garden without destroying your entire strawberry harvest.
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A Refashioned Dress from a Graduation Gown and Formal Dresses
Every year since she was four, my younger daughter designs an outfit, I create it from thrifted and discarded clothing and other fabrics, and then she models it on the runway at our town’s annual Trashion/Refashion Show.
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11 Upcycled Garden Decorations
Bling your garden without breaking your budget or adding anything new to the waste stream with these upcycled garden decorations. Weekend project, anyone?
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Handmade Review: Gardening on a Shoestring
Gardening can actually be kind of expensive, considering that you’re supposed to be saving money on grocery stores and florists by growing your own organic produce and flowers.
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How to Replace a Button on a Button-Down Shirt
Even if you can’t sew, you can sew this.
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13 More Wholesome Homemade Popsicle Recipes
Here are some of our favorite popsicle recipes. Most of them work well with the homemade popsicle bar that we like to put together, some are recipes that you can set aside to surprise them with, and some are just for adults!
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Host a Wholesome Homemade Popsicle Bar
If you, like I, would rather mix up your own hipster popsicles in the comfort and privacy of your own home, then have I got a treat for you!
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Artist Trading Blocks are a Thing, and I LOVE Them!
Why, oh why, has no one told me that Artist Trading Blocks are a THING?!?
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12 Beautiful Ways to Display Vintage Photographs
Don’t be afraid to display your vintage photographs!
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How to Display Vintage Photographs
If you truly want to display your actual vintage photographs, then I say go ahead!
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A Review of Homeward Bound: Does Domesticity Kill Political Activism?
Are there still sweatshops because the people who should be forcing companies to change are instead spending their time hitting the thrift stores, sewing their kids clothes using organic cotton, and buying boutique-style outfits off of etsy?
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The Magic Yarn Project Makes Kids with Cancer into Princesses
The Magic Yarn Project makes the lives of kids with cancer better, one yarn princess wig at a time.
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Freezer Paper Stencil an Old Shirt
I have an unwritten rule for my kids that whenever I mend something for them, I also add something new to make that thing a little cuter.
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3 Ways to Repair Embellished Clothing
Repairing clothes with embellishments on them sometimes requires a bit of finesse. Here are three methods to repair embellished clothing, so it looks good as new!
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Sewing for Tweens: The Chambray Dress from Handmade Style
Sewing for big kids, however? It’s a whole new pastime, and it isn’t necessarily for the beginner, nor the faint of heart.
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Crafty Review: The Singer 2277 Sewing Machine
You know that kind of sewing machine that I’m talking about. Maybe it’s got a ton of fancy stitch settings. Maybe you just press a button and boom, it hems your skirt. Maybe it does some cute embroidery while it’s at it.
And yeah, maybe it costs a thousand bucks.
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How to Make a Brown Paper Bag Sash
Be Miss America. Be a Lookout, complete with Basilisk Slayer badge. Be the Ambassador from China.
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How to Make a No-Sew Puppy Ears Headband
To be a dog, all you REALLY need are puppy ears.
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The Invasive Paper Project: Papermaking with Invasive Plants
Is it kudzu that is the menace where you live, or is it honeysuckle?
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11 Upcycled Greeting Cards
Whether you’re an avid scrapbooker or a total novice, there is 100% an upcycled greeting card that you will love to make in the list below.
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Crafty Book Review: Upcycled Collage Greeting Cards from The Complete Photo Guide to Cardmaking
When has being bad at something ever stopped me from doing that thing?
Um…. NEVER!!!
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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Spotted: Paper Fortune Cookies from Unsophisticook, and 4 other Stash-Busting Valentines
We have a homemade valentine rule in our house.
I mean, obviously.
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How to Make a Girl Scout Cookie Box Bunting
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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