Craft projects that you and your children will enjoy making while recycling products and going green. Check out ways to salvage old sweaters and scarves and make creative crafts.
Room Warmers
Be both crafty and earth-friendly with easy-to-make eco-chic projects that rethink old winter woolens and recycle them for new uses throughout your home. With some simple stitches, last year’s scarves become this year’s throw and a stylish coffee cozy. Unused sweaters make a snuggly dog bed and a chair full of pillows. It’s as easy as cleaning out your closet, so pare down and cozy up with any of these handmade knits.
Blanket Coverage
A simple Scarf Throw will give you an extra reason to cuddle up in a favorite chair. Lay five or more scarves side by side and stitch them together, alternating textures for a subtle pattern. Trim the edges, hem and finish with green tassels attached with decorative beads.
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Show your tabletop a little love with this fun felt craft project.
A candy stripe runner is a treat for your table. Enjoy this decorative craft idea with your family.
A candy stripe runner is a treat for your table.
Skill Level: Beginner fun craft
Materials Needed for Table Runner, Home Decorating Project: Tape measure; chalk marking pencil; felt: 1 yard white, ½ yard each of brown, lime green and turquoise; scissors; paper-backed fusible web; iron and ironing board
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Directions:
1. Measure, mark and cut white felt to desired size of runner (ours is 14 inches wide). You may need to piece white felt sections together to get desired length. If so, cover seams with colored stripes as you fuse them on.
2. Using iron, fuse web onto back of each remaining piece of colored felt. Cut into strips slightly longer than runner width and several inches wide. We cut strips freehand for a slightly irregular look.
3. Peel backing off web and arrange stripes on runner; fuse in place.
4. Trim stripe ends even with edge of runner.
Easy Craft Project
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Posted by Erika on Feb 24, 2010 in
Kid's Craft,
Paper Craft Project,
fun craft Try this fun craft project and convert a basic tin cans into a great pencil holder.
Skill Level: Beginner
Corral pens, pencils and scissors into cute, yet functional holders by following the directions below. This project is easy enough for the kids, too!
Materials you will need for this paper craft:
Tin can; sandpaper; tape measure; pencil; printed paper, such as gift wrap or an enlargement of a color photograph; scissors; spray adhesive
NOTE: A recycled can is perfect for this project. Sand the upper edge first!
Directions for this kids craft project
1. Rinse and dry an empty tin food can. Sand the upper edge to smooth interior surface.
2. Measure cup circumference; add 1?2 inch. Measure cup height. Measure, mark and cut a piece of printed paper to these measurements.
3. Spray adhesive on wrong side of paper, then smooth onto sides of cup, working from center out to eliminate air bubbles.
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Pencil Holder
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We have great spring craft ideas for your kids and other family fun craft ideas for the Spring Season at Woman’s Day. Show Mom how much you love her with a pot of flowers she won’t have to water.
Materials:
Light-color construction paper
Card stock
Craft knife
Green and assorted colors construction paper
Glue stick
Fine-point permanent marker
Instructions:
1. Fold sheet of construction paper in half to make a card.
2. Cut flowerpot shape from card stock and glue edges (except top) to front of card.
3. Cut stems from green construction paper and petals from assorted colored papers.
4. Glue stems to flowers and, when dry, write notes to Mom on each stem.
5. Put flowers in case to complete this Spring Craft Project.
Spring Craft
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Decorating with dishes is one of a designer’s best secrets for using ceramic crafts. It’s easy, stylish, fun—and even free, if you raid the cupboard for a stack of your favorites. For added creativity check out flea markets or garage sales where you can pick up odds and ends for just a few pennies. Design anything that comes to mind from line plates on a chair rail, filling teacups on saucers with flowers or arrange colorful shards into an artful mosaic and make up your own creative and innovative ceramic craft ideas.
Ceramic Crafts
You can fill a bare wall with just about anything. For an alternative to art, hang decorative plates where your guests can view them. For a good visual effect, arrange in the center at eye level where it’s easy to view.
For more clever ideas on decorating with ceramic crafts, click here.
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Learn how to make this craft project, decorative throw pillows. These fashionable accessories are full of vibrant colors giving a boost of energy to your home decor. Consider adding finishing touches to your bedroom with this DIY craft project.
Throw Pillows
For your materials, you will need yellow cotton or linen pillow shams in whatever size fits your needs; lightweight cardboard 1” smaller than the size of your sham; adhesive packaging dots (about 3” across); scissors; ½” painter’s tape; foam paintbrush; Plain FolkArt acrylic pain in White; pillow form to fit sham.
Look on for instructions on DIY chic accents.
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Posted by Erika on Nov 12, 2009 in
Crafts,
Family Crafts,
holiday crafts Personalized Touch
Have your guests feel a little special this Thanksgiving with these homemade decorations made by kids.
Art-Paper Place Mat
Add a homemade holiday touch to your spread with these table sheets.
Keep holiday planning easy with these great DIY craft projects.
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Posted by Erika on Nov 5, 2009 in
Family Crafts Put Your Kitchen to Work
By creating this pot rack you’ll be able to
better organize your cluttered kitchen in style.
Pot Rack
Creative Display of Nature
A gardener’s dream, a plant stand to brilliantly
show sun loving plants and gardening books, too.
Indoor Plant Stand
These great craft ideas will transform an
old ladder into a fashionable home feature.
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