Kid Mosaic: Dyed Beans in an Upcycled CD Case
If you’ve got a kid who loves art projects, then this dyed bean kid mosaic is going to be a rainy day hit!
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15 DIY School Supplies from Recycled Materials
If you’re sending a kid to school this year, you’re probably spending over $100 on school supplies for that kid.
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How to Refinish a Picture Frame with Paint and Fabric
Lovely pictures deserve lovely frames.
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Tutorial: Image Transfer to Furniture using Acrylic Gel Medium
I use a magical material called acrylic gel medium to transfer any image that I want to anything else that I want.
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Crafty Review: HomeRight Finish Max Fine Finish Sprayer
Why I use the HomeRight Finish Max Fine Finish Sprayer instead of canned spray paints, and so should you.
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Upcycle Your Cargo Pants: Here are 13 projects!
Here are my favorite ways to upcycle your cargo pants.
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Sole Hope: Your Old Jeans Can Save Kids’ Lives
Sole Hope heals kids, and they use old jeans to do it.
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15 Fairy Garden Decorations that You Can Make
While the fairies could make all the following projects themselves, why don’t you help them out and add a couple to your own fairy garden?
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Craft Book Review: Fairy Gardening and Fairy Gardening 101
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.
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Craft Book Review: The Shirtmaking Workbook
Altering a pattern is a learned skill, and even if you’re new to sewing, you can absolutely learn this skill.
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12 Upcycled Art Journals
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!
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Upcycle an Empty Picture Frame for Fabric Art
You know you’ve got some empty picture frames cluttering up a shelf somewhere. And even if you don’t, the thrift store definitely does!
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Selfie Saturday: Craft Knife
I’m the one who does all the comic book and record album craft tutorials, and the one with the photos of my two kids doing all kinds of crazy stuff like wielding power tools and pipe swords, which some of you super like to yell at me about!
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10 Eco-Friendly Alternatives to Rainbow Loom
I can’t completely dislike anything that gets my kids creating, but there are SO many eco-friendly Rainbow Loom alternatives.
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How to Make Wood Candle Holders from Old Building Blocks
Even after the kids have outgrown their building blocks, there’s still a place for them in your home.
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DIY Fabric Storage Bins + Review of Stencil Craft
I monogrammed the fronts of the children’s fabric bins. I’m VERY pleased with how they look now, and they’re much more organized now that they’re labeled.
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16 Quick and Easy 4th of July Crafts
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.
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How to Make Candles with Poured Beeswax
There are lots of different ways that you can make a candle. Here’s how to make candles using poured beeswax that you dyed yourself!
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How to Dye Wax with Crayons from Your Stash
You don’t need expensive wax dyes to turn your natural wax of choice a vibrant color. Here’s how to dye wax with crayons that you probably already have.
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How to Upcycle an Empty Picture Frame: 18 Projects
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.
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20 DIY Drawer Knob Makeover Ideas
Remake the drawer knobs that you already own or, at the most, upcycle something into a drawer knob.
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10 Last-Minute Father’s Day Gifts to Make
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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Label ALL THE THINGS! DIY Eco-Friendly Labels for Everything
It IS possible to DIY eco-friendly labels for all your stuff.
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Embossed Aluminum Pendants: An Upcycled Kid Craft
If you’ve got kids (or a Scout troop, or a day camp…) who love making jewelry, then they’ll love making these embossed aluminum pendants.
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How to Make a Mixed-Media Collage with Beeswax
With beeswax, you can make a mixed-media, collaged art piece that’s almost entirely glue-free.
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DIY Plastic Jug Watering Can
Not only does this project take about one minute to complete, but it also works better and holds more water than a lot of those cheap-o watering cans that look cute but cost real money.
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16 Totally Different Discovery Bottles to Make for Kids
All kinds of discovery bottles are easy to make from upcycled plastic jars or bottles and mostly household ingredients.
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DIY Density Discovery Bottles
There are a lot of simple, easy, around-the-house ingredients that will encourage babies through big kids (and even adults!) to be excited science explorers.
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Ocean in a Bottle: Witness my Epic Pinterest Fail!
Muddy water with oil on top. Huh.
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How to Make a Candy Wrapper Picture Frame
Candy wrappers do have one redeeming quality: they’re so cute! Here’s how to make a candy wrapper picture frame to show off your favorite photo.
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Your Found Feather Craft Project is Probably Illegal
If you spend any time outdoors, you come across the occasional bird feather. And if you simply enjoy collecting natural objects, or if you enjoy crafting with them, you probably want to pick up that feather, take it home with you, and display it or make a pretty feather craft pretty with it.
Did you know that’s probably illegal?
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How to Whiten Bones
This is me, doing the weirdest, most random, most vaguely disturbing projects out there, so that you don’t have to!
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Check Out My DIY Rain Barrel (and how we built it)
Even though rain barrels are pretty much all the same concept, each one tends to be put together in its own way. This is my DIY rain barrel. There are many others like it, but this one is mine.
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20 Candy Wrapper Crafts
Do you have some surplus candy wrappers? Here’s what to do with them!
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How to Make a Kid-Sized Cardboard Gingerbread House
Here’s how to make your own giant cardboard gingerbread house.
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