Grabs those dead pens and add a splash of color to your decor. Supplies: a bunch of dead pens whatever container you’re putting in the vase for size hot glue gun and hot glue scissors cardboard/thick paper tape paint and paintbrush (optional)
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Toilet paper/paper towel rolls are wonderfully easy to craft with. From decor to organization, they are incredibly useful. Here are a few ways to reuse those empty rolls.
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When you find holes and rips in your clothing, it’s tempting to throw them back in the closet or stow them away in a drawer and forget about them (or worse, throw them away!). But just because they are worn out, doesn’t mean they can’t be fixed. Here are a few simple ways to mend…
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Ribbons, stickers, clips, and bows. Here’s an index of all of the featured upcycled hair accessories so far. Basics: Traditional Bow No-Sew Big Bow No-Sew Loop Hair Bow Unique Materials: Sticker Bows Bottle Cap Bows Wrapper Hair Bows Fandom: Little Mermaid Dinglehopper Bow Deathly Hallows Hair Bow Golden Snitch Bow Harry Potter Hair Bow Pikachu…
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If you’re looking for fun ways to entertain children, here are a few of the kid-friendly crafts and activities featured so far: Color Changing Art Look and Find Bottle Styrofoam Stamps Fruit and Veggie Stamps EZ Sea Creature Art Snow Box Ornaments Bubble Art Twist-Up Crayons Magnet Jar Melted Crayon Turkeys Upcycled Sensory Toys DIY…
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The party favor tutorial can also be used to make your own Easter “eggs”. A great substitute for plastic eggs that can be recycled, composted, or further upcycled after the egg hunt. Supplies: cardboard tubes decorating materials (stickers, ribbon, paint, markers, etc.) filling (money, candy, prizes, toys)
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Been a bit busy with some writing projects and such (updates on new stories coming soon!) so it’s been a while since I posted a crafting tutorial. One of my friends showed me how to do this fun project, which I did while babysitting. The kids both loved it, especially being about to “trick” their…
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Wrapping presents can have a beautiful effect that looks so nice under a holiday tree. However, a lot of that wrapping is extremely wasteful what with the paper, bags, ribbons, and bows that will likely be thrown away after just one use. It is a wonderful (and cost-saving) habit to get into to reuse materials…
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While I love finding great books in the clearance section of bookstores, I am not so much a fan of those irritating price stickers they put on them. I’m all about getting a great new read for $1, but am less enthusiastic about dealing with the resulting goo. Here is an easy hack to remove…
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At last count, I had over 1,000 books in my house. You could say I’m a bit obsessed with books and I have never met a book I didn’t want to read. Even the ones that I know I won’t like. I can’t say I don’t like it until I read it. (This is why…
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