How to Tie Dye
Of COURSE you want to tie-dye! It’s easy and fun, and here’s how to do it.
Five Crafty Recipes and Easy Tutorials for Summer Fun with Your Kids
Keep summer boredom at bay with these five recipes and easy outdoor projects that use natural and recycled ingredients.
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How-to: Homemade Sidewalk Chalk
Homemade sidewalk chalk in fun shapes and beautiful colors is always at your fingertips with this easy and inexpensive homemade sidewalk chalk recipe and tutorial.
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Five Crafty Projects to Make for Stocking Your Natural First-Aid Kit
You’ll feel better soon with these five projects that craft some homemade comfort into all your ouches and illnesses.
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How-to: Sew a Rice Pillow to Use as a Heating Pad or Cold Pack
A homemade rice pillow is an easy project to create for your natural first-aid kit. You can use a rice pillow as a heating pad or a cold pack!
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Five Projects to Craft Using Silk
Get re-introduced to silk as a natural material that’s easy to craft with!
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How-to: Dye Silk with Kool-aid to Make Washable Play Silks and Wearable Fabric
You’d be amazed at the ways that a child can find to play with such a simple toy, and with this method, you’ll be amazed at how easy it is to cheaply dye your play silks to make a rainbow of vibrant colors.
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How-to: Upcycled Chalkboard Blocks out of Regular Building Blocks
D.I.Y. chalkboard blocks are easy to paint, but the real thrill is in how many creative ways your kids will find to use them.
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Announcing the Winner of the Artterro Craft Kit Giveaway
Read on for the winner of the Artterro craft kit!
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Giveaway: Win an Artterro Eco-Friendly Art and Craft Kit
Win your own Artterro Creative Art Kit!
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Review: Artterro Eco-Friendly Art and Craft Kits Plus Giveaway
Arterro art and craft kits for children are as eco-friendly as I could want them to be, but how did my own little craft snobs like them? Read on and see!
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How-to: Build a Bat House in Your Backyard
Bothered by mosquitoes? Build a bat house for your backyard, and solve your mosquito problem and a bat’s housing problem all at the same time.
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How-to: Stencil on Vinyl Record Albums to Create a Custom Upcycled Sign
If you have old vinyl record albums that no longer play, upcycle them into a stenciled sign to decorate your music room.
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A High-Quality Crayon Sharpener will Change the Way that Your Kids Color
If your kids prefer using markers (so much plastic!) to crayons, perhaps all they need is a really nice crayon sharpener to make it fun again.
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Five Upcycled Piñatas that You Can Make
Be the party hero with any one of these five piñata projects.
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Clay, Dough, and Wax: Five Natural Modeling Materials You Can Make Yourself
For a fun craft time without a lot of expense, check out these five kinds of natural modeling materials that you can make for yourself.
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How to Make Modeling Beeswax
If you love natural playthings, then you’ll love how easy it is to make your own modeling beeswax.
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How to Make a Fabulous Piñata with Upcycled Newspapers and Natural Glue
Let the birthday kid help you create an absolutely perfect piñata with nothing more than a balloon, white flour, and plenty of newspapers. Your piñata will be free, which means that you can spend all your money on candy!
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And the Winner of the Green Kid Crafts Subscription Giveaway is…
Wait with bated breath no more–here’s the winner of the Green Kid Crafts giveaway!
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Giveaway: Win a One-Month Subscription to Green Kid Crafts!
Enter to win a one month subscription to Green Kid Crafts!
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Green Kid Crafts: Eco-Friendly Craft Kits Mailed to Your Green Kid
Green Kid Crafts mails eco-friendly children’s craft kits to your child every month. And they’re going to have a giveaway!
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5 Ways to Make Custom Stamps Natural or Recycled Items
You don’t have to buy stamp carving blocks to create hand-carved stamps. Check out these five natural or upcycled alternatives!
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How-to: Carve Your Own Custom Rubber Stamps
Need a perfect image for a business card or wedding invitation? Anyone can create hand-drawn, hand-carved custom rubber stamps with a few tools and a little time.
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Five Natural Crafts to Make Using Seashells
Have fun on your beach vacation? Put your sandy seashell souvenirs to use, and create a handmade object that will forever remind you of your special trip.
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Green Crafter Ethics: Is it Okay to Collect Seashells?
Is it okay to collect seashells for your own crafty purposes?
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Five Upcycled May Day Baskets to Make with Recycled Materials
Surprise your friends and neighbors on May Day by leaving one of these upcycled baskets filled with flowers on their doorknobs for them to find. Shhh, it’s a secret!
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Five Crafty Projects to Upcycle Your Potato Chip Bags
Keep potato chip bags out of the waste stream by upcycling them into one of these five crafty projects.
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Five DIY Travel Toys Guaranteed to Make Your Trip More Bearable
Make traveling with kids more fun and less expensive with these five D.I.Y. travel toys made with recycled and/or natural materials.
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Make Tie Dyed Easter Eggs!
If you’re tired of regular old Easter egg dyeing, then try making tie-dyed Easter eggs for a change. It’s a stash-busting project!
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Five Easter Egg Projects Using Recycled Materials
Say no to store-bought Easter egg kits, and keep some trash out of the waste stream by trying out these five Easter egg projects that feature recycled materials.
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Attention, Indie Crafters: Crafty Supermarket Seeks Your Swag!
If you’re an indie crafter or crafty blogger with an eye toward getting the word out about how awesome you are, then check out Crafty Supermarket’s Call for Swag.
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Five Trashion Fashions that You Can Recreate
From a fused plastic bag raincoat to truck tire sandals, you can create the season’s hottest trashon fashions for your own wear.
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How-to: Hold a Trashion/Refashion Fashion Show in Your Town
Need another fun weekend activity? Organize a fashion show of outfits that consist primarily from refashioned or trash materials–it’s an eco-friendly fundraiser that the entire community can participate in.
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5 Crafty Ways to Upcycle Mesh Produce Bags
Those mesh produce bags that your onions and oranges come in are too useful to be thrown away! Check out these five crafty projects that help you upcycle your mesh produce bags.
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How-to: Upcycle a Mesh Produce Bag into a Nesting Materials Buffet for Birds
Treat your neighborhood birds to a buffet of nesting materials with just a plastic mesh produce bag and some natural or recycled supplies.
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How to Make Crockpot Hot-Process Soap
If you have an old crockpot ready to dedicate to the crafts-only cause, then there’s no reason not to try your hand at making homemade, natural, crockpot hot-process soap.
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