Spotted: Eggshell Ghost Mobile, and 15 More Halloween Crafts
Looking for a Halloween craft that doesn’t involve a bunch of junky plastic?
Let nature be your inspiration.
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Come to PalletFest!
1. Do you love to upcycle? 2. Do you love to refashion? 3. Do you live in Denver, Colorado?
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Spotted: Tic Tacs Flashlight, and 9 other Upcycled Flashlights
Crafting doesn’t only have to involve Mod Podge or a sewing machine, and upcycling is more than just playing with toilet paper tubes and bottle caps.
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How to Sew Cuffs to Lengthen Pants
This method that I’m going to show you is a way to both lengthen pants and, if not to actually shorten them, then at least to make the ubiquitous cuffs look intentional.
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Spotted: Dollhouse from Drawers, and 7 other Upcycled Dollhouses
Is your kid begging for a dollhouse? If so, then you are about to be a hero!
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How to Make Patches for Pants as You’re Sewing Them
Sewing pants for a kid? Save yourself some trouble in the long run, and just add knee patches from the get-go. Here’s how to make patches that are built in!
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NPR in a Mason Jar: The Single Station FM Radio Kickstarter
What’s the COOLEST thing that you could make with a Mason jar?
An FM radio, is what I’m thinking.
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Spotted: Homemade Pumpkin Spice Latte, and 17 More Pumpkin Recipes
This pumpkin spice latte doesn’t come from Starbucks, and it DEFINITELY doesn’t cost four dollars.
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How to Make Buttons out of Anything with Sugru
Sometimes you want to make a button but you only have, say, a toy dinosaur. Here’s how to make buttons out of basically anything you want.
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13 DIY 3D Projects
The following DIY 3D craft projects all let you experiment with adding dimensionality and movement to your work–no more flat surfaces!
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How-to: DIY Color Viewers
These color viewers are a project that is suitable for a wide range of ages.
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Kid-Made: How to Make 3D Glasses
These DIY 3D glasses are an excellent kid-build, and really fun for kids to play with afterwards.
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How to Copy an Existing Piece of Clothing: Vest
For many items, copying an existing piece of clothing is not as hard as you might think.
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How-to: Repair a Knit Dress with a T-shirt
I know a great method to repair a knit dress that doesn’t require a patch.
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Spotted: Grape and Toothpick Sculptures + 7 More Ways to Play with Food
Check out these grape and toothpick sculptures from The Artful Parent!
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iFixit and the Right to Repair
You deserve the right to fix your own stuff.
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How-to: Bendy Yarn from Natural Ingredients
You can sculpt with them, pose them on any surface, and they’re re-usable, so when you’re done just unstick and unbend them and put them away for next time.
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Totally Washi Light Switch Plate
My kids love washi tape because it’s colorful and easy to use.
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20 DIY Kids’ Art Supplies
Check out these tutorials for tons of DIY art supplies that your kids are going to enjoy creating with.
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Spotted: Cardboard Wheelbarrow and 13 other Cardboard Toys
I mean, kids love cardboard boxes best anyway, right?
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25 DIY Scrapbook Supplies
Step away from the scrapbooking aisle!
You don’t need those over-priced, store-bought supplies, not when you can make your own so easily, and from eco-friendly materials, too.
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How to Make Decorative Tape
Who needs washi tape when it’s this easy to make your own decorative tape?
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How to Field Cast Animal Tracks
You need to know how to field cast.
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You Need a Palm Sander
Even when I watch reruns of Sherlock and mentally compose Wholock fanction while sanding, I still hate sanding.
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Spotted: Crayon Wands
Got broken crayon bits, but the last thing that you need is to make MORE crayons with them?
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25 Furniture Refinishing Skills that You Need to Know
Here’s a list of the 25 most important furniture refinishing skills, the ones that will get you safely and happily through the most makeover projects–and, most importantly, here’s how to do them correctly!
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My Antique Shipping Box Fabric Bin
Our new house came with a magical garage.
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Spotted: Playing Card Stencils from Bare Branch Blooming
Check out the brilliant project that Bare Branch Blooming creates using old playing cards: she turns them into re-usable stencils.
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Sponsored Post: KLEE girls Kids’ Makeup from Luna Star Naturals
So, yeah. I let my eight-year-old daughter wear make-up whenever she wants.
Continue reading whenever you’ve finished giving me the side-eye.
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Easy Furniture Refinishing: Paint a Dresser
Painting is about the easiest way to refinish a piece of furniture, especially if it’s got some laminate parts. It’s not terribly tricky, either, and the most time-intensive part of it is waiting for various pieces to dry.
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Product Review: Zinsser Bulls Eye Zero Primer
It feels AWESOME to buy something that’s eco-friendly AND that performs perfectly while looking even better than the conventional stuff.
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Card Catalogue into Studio Storage
I LOVED my antique card catalogue from the second that I saw it in my local university’s surplus store, but I have to admit that it did look pretty janky.
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Can You Irrigate Your Garden with Diaper Water? Greywater Resources
Would you eat persimmons from a tree that has been irrigated with greywater from the washing machine where you wash poopy cloth diapers?
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Knitter Arrested During “Knit-in” against Natural Gas Pipeline Expansion
One woman found her peaceful “Knit-in” demonstration abruptly ended by her arrest on July 2.
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