This adorable project utilizes a few of my favorite craft items, recycled cereal boxes and battery powered tea lights. The possibilities of what you put in these illuminated shrines is endless. Pop…
Recycling Paper at Preschool - A hands-on look at how paper is made. Perfect way for preschoolers to see (and feel) how paper is recycled into new paper | you clever monkey
Sharing messy art and craft fun for preschoolers with the help of my own little filth wizards.
You can now make an upcycled catapult easily. With the right projectile ready you can now teach Fun physics for kids. We are going to be part of the 4 weeks STEM challenge. It is running for 28 days with hands-n science activities. Every week they will announce a new theme and under the Go Green […]
DIY projects can be so expensive, but not these recycled item DIYs. Show them off to your friends so they see just how resourceful and creative you are!
Get more than 80 great recycled craft ideas from common supplies like tin cans, plastic bottles, cardboard, glass jars are more. These are perfect for celebrating earth day at home or at school.
Read and discover 30 interesting ideas to use old socks in new practical, beautiful, and useful ways. Get creative today.
How do people around the world make music? In some really amazing, beautiful, and diverse ways! The instruments used to make music around the globe are also quite diverse and often made from uniqu…
Chez moi.... et peut-être chez vous aussi, le tricot prend beaucoup de place... Les pelotes, les aiguilles comment tout ranger en tenant compte de la place que chacune possède? Des idées trouvées également sur le Net que je partage, aujourd'hui, avec...
Upcycled Pringles Can DIY Drum
Well it's the end of a busy week! I don't know about you, but I'm pooped! But I'm pleased to say we've had some gorgeous, sunny days here in N.I. this week, and there's a lovely Autumn feel to the air! As always, the things I've been working on this week I can't show you yet (soon I promise!), so I'm going to give you a wee tute on how to use up every last wee bit of fabric shavings, you know those bits that end up all over your cutting mat after trimming blocks and hsts? We'll here's a cool way to turn them into a new type of fabric. As far as I know this product doesn't have an official name - I learnt it at college and it wasn't called anything then, but if you know the official name of this craft, please let me know. 1. Save up your fabric shavings & wee bits of offcuts that are too small to be useful (you can also cut up wee bits of fluffy wool, ribbon, sparkly threads etc.). Bigger pieces will need to be snipped down smaller. 2. Take a piece of plain sheeting/calico and lay a load of shavings on top. You can colour code your savings as I have done here, or have a multi-coloured mess! Make sure it's thick enough to cover the backing fabric, but not too thick to sew over. 3. Lay a piece of water soluble fabric over the top and pin/sew round the edges. This stuff is really cool - you can get different brands in a craft shop or online. I've used Avalon Water Soluble Embroidery Fabric by Madeira. 4. Now sew, sew, sew over the top of the w.s.fabric, either by free motion quilting or straight & wavy lines all over. Try not to leave any big gaps where the shavings can later escape from. 5. When you have stitched this to within an inch of its life, take the pins out and under a luke warm tap or in a sink/basin, allow the w.s.fabric to melt away (it goes a bit slimy as it melts off so rinse it well). 6. Give your new piece of fabric a good squeeze to get the water out and then allow it to dry on the radiator. 7. When dry, draw your desired shapes on the back and cut out. If you want to, sew more stitching on top to highlight details, for example veins in leaves, or sew on beads, sequins etc. 8. You can now use your fabric shapes to embellish/decorate cards, cushions, make letters or Christmas decorations etc. etc. The possibilities are endless! Another way to use this wonderful water soluble fabric is to roughly sketch a shape on to it & then put it into an embroidery hoop. Repeated sewing and shading with thread will close all the gaps, so that when you take the fabric off the hoop and dissolve the w.s.fabric you are left with a completely embroidered shape. Have fun & let your imagination run wild!
What do you see when looking at an unused fork, a screw, a car part, and other scraps? Most of us see something that belongs in a dump, except for Brian Mock, a sculptor and a metal revolutionist who is bringing reclaimed materials back to life in a form of spectacular sculpture art.
These lanterns were made by kids using industrial sized recycled mayonnaise containers. How cute are they? Time to go to some local restaurants and ask them for big jars!
Chances are, you have packing tubes and paper towel rolls in a recycling bin. We sure did. Until we decided to build a cardboard castle out of recyclables.
Most councils come to the road side to recycle our rubbish but did you know that you can actually make money recycling some of your old stuff?
I would guess at one point or another we have all made a yarn mandala, most likely with branches or popsicle sticks. This tiny mandala made with tooth picks and string is so delicate. Just by chang…
Plastic recycling ideas and simple recycled crafts for kids are fun projects that turn colorful drinking straws into bright storage containers and toys, teaching children to be creative and think of our environment
This is the BEST paper tube Koi Fish, and one of several other Lunar New Year Animal inspired art lessons that we offer. This fun DIY craft is an original idea from ART CAMP Studio. It's a great year round project for all ages.
An upcycle craft - turn shredded paper into something new. Recycled paper making tutorial.
Upcycled crafts that make everyone feel good!
Make these delicate and simple bird's nests with your kids using old magazines or catalogs, a bowl, and some glue. Gorgeous for Easter or Springtime.
This is a guide to making DIY Swedish advent stars. Learn how to make a fun and festive craft using old books, by following this step-by-step Hometalk tutorial.
Make your yard sound beautiful with these pretty DIY wind chime ideas, including repurposed materials and nature-inspired creations!
Starting seedlings in small pots that you can transplant lets you get a jump on Mother Nature, but commercial peat pots can be expensive. Recycle old newspaper into starter pots, and you can help save both the earth and some cash.
If you are on the hunt for some easy DIY crafts to decorate your home and save some money these are my top 30. One a day for 30 days.
She cuts up old jeans 121 squares. Now watch what she does with a shower curtain. GENIUS backyard idea!- This might be the coolest thing you'll see all day! If you are anything like me, your family goes through lots of jeans.
Children love to play instruments and there are many you can make at home. This is a simple wind pipe that children can make in just a few minutes. With the straws we had there was an opportunity to discuss patterns and order. Simply lay out a line of sticky take with the sticky part […]
The most adorable miniature banjos made from recycled jar lids and loom bands. This is a great way to upcycle and a fun STEM DIY toy for kids!
The Boy found the children’s book Make It Work! Building by Andrew Haslam at our local public library last week. When we got home, he sat drooling over all the projects and loudly pointing out his favourites. After some cajoling and batting of the eyes (his – not mine), he managed to convince...Read More »
Are you one of those people who have a drawer or a box, maybe two of them, which is always full of "useless garbage" as you would think of it? Don't be
Recykling-Basteln ist angesagt - Gitarren aus Tetra Pak können einfach und schnell gemeinsam mit Kindern basteln!
Craft project: Just in time for a breezy day, make this colorful paper pinwheel with nothing more than paper, a pencil and a straight pin. Children of all ages will be delighted with this whirling paper windmill. Make several as party decorations or favors!
This oh-so-cool DIY smart phone projector will inspire little engineers to turn recyclables into inventions. There’s no stopping.
Make a set of DIY tin can stilts, an easy to make kids craft with cans and rope. keep kids active and busy all day long! An easy tin can stilts tutorial.
Fun and simple projects to help declutter your life.
Expressive vivid Sardines fish artwork by Australian artist Brenda Willis. Vivid pink background. Unique gift, beautiful kitchen/dining decor.
This listing is for 1 wooden perpetual calendar. We always put a calendar for the current month in an area that the kids are able to see the date. My son has learned a little more about recycling and he asked about the calendar and recycling. We wanted to make something that fit our style and was still easy for the kids to use and this is what we came up with! A circular spinning perpetual calendar. This hangs from the wall like a picture would on a nail or a screw. The rings turn manually so there are no small parts to break. The outter most ring is 11.5" in diameter so this is a substantial size. It's made with cherry for the rings, maple and poplar for the dial window. Its 12 3/4 tall and 1 5/8 thick.
