Recycling
Plastic Bottle Fish Mobile
Turn some plain, plastic bottles into colorful fish to hang from a CD mobile with this recycling craft.
Recycled Shopping Totes
Each of these Recycled Doggie Bag Totes originally contained 50 pounds of dog food, so you know they were meant to be strong. With the help of a sewing machine and some simple sewing, you can easily turn similar oversized doggie bags into your own sturdy tote bags.
If you prefer knitting, cut up approximately [...]
Reusing Left Over Wrapping Paper
If you have wrapping paper left over from Christmas Day, or partial rolls of gift wrap that aren’t big enough to save, then try some of these recycling ideas for reusing gift wrap.
- Make beautiful loopy Wrapping Paper Bows with nothing more than small strips of paper, invisible tape and a small square of cardboard.
- Make paper beads [...]
Paperback Snowman
Jolly Paperback Snowman is the third in our series of origami Christmas crafts made from recycled paperback books.
The body of the snowman is made from a paperback book, and involves simple folding of about 400 pages. Our Paperback Santa is made in much the same way, while the Paperback Christmas Tree craft uses a similar method [...]
Paperback Christmas Tree
Paperback Christmas Tree
As a dedicated reader, I tend to hang on to my books. This means there are mountains of paperbacks in various places all over my house - and while there are many that I will never part with, there are others that…well, let’s face it - chances are the poor things will never [...]
Reader’s Digest Santa
Paperback or Reader’s Digest Santa Claus
If you remember making this fellow from folded Reader’s Digest magazines, chances are you were taught how to make it a few decades ago. Many of you have emailed me to say that you remember making this guy…but you’re not sure exactly how, and could I please help you find the pattern?
Well, [...]
Clothes Hanger Crafts
Braided Clothes Hanger, shown at left, is a great way to recycle plastic shopping bags; cut the bags into loops, loop the loops together in strings, and use the plastic strings to braid around a clothes hanger. Although a plastic hanger was used in our sample, you can also tape together two wire coat hangers to [...]
Reuse Cereal Bag Liners
The strong, waxy bag liners inside most cereal boxes are very useful. Once the cereal is gone, remove the bag, turn it inside out to get rid of crumbs and wipe clean. Fold and store the bag for use later on; it probably won’t be very long before you reach for it again!
Here’s some great [...]
Blog Action Day - the Environment
I just learned about Blog Action Day, which was set as October 15, 2007 - so, as of the time on my computer, I’m about five hours late. But better late than never, as they say…and I truly hope that is also true of the steps that we are taking worldwide to protect our environment.
As [...]
Simple Decoupage Projects
If you’ve ever wondered what decoupage means, exactly, there are a wealth of definitions on Google. But, essentially, it is the art of gluing shapes of paper or other material onto a surface which is then varnished or coated until the effect is similar to an inlaid collage.
The Decoupaged Postage Stamp Tin, shown at left, is a simple decoupage [...]
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