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Kid’s Nature Craft: Charlie Brown Christmas Tree
Have you seen the Charlie Brown Christmas trees they sell in the retail chains? They sell for around $10. That novelty item inspired this nature craft that kids can do with adult assistance. I happen...
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5 Sustainable Cork Crafts You’ll Love
Yes, I’m on a cork kick for a couple reasons. One being sustainability. This is interesting. Cork is considered a sustainable resource because it’s both biodegradable and renewable. Cork comes from...
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Recycled Craft: Mini Jelly Jar Vacation Souvenirs
I have a confession; I’ve been on a hot, sandy beach surrounded by palm trees and avoiding this wintery Spring that we’re having in the Northeast. Good news is I brought home a DIY recycled craft...
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Earth Day Projects for School Kids
Can you tell I’m a little excited about Earth Day? Why wouldn’t I be? There are so many fun and productive things you can do that help the environment and nurtures quality time with kids. This next...
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How to Repurpose a Birdhouse
Last month I was at my cousin’s bridal shower. There were two tables filled will amazing gift baskets. Side note: my mother goes to tons of events and typically wins 1-3 gift baskets at each event. Do...
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How to Make a DIY Stress Ball
In my son’s early elementary school years, I noticed he approached his homework with a pencil in his right hand and an eraser clutched in his left. The odd part was he never put the eraser down. He...
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Repurposing Clip On Earrings as Wedding Bouquet Jewelry
Even though I got married almost twelve years ago, I’m still drawn to wedding trends and beautiful bouquets – and especially wedding cakes. Who doesn’t love an awesome tower of sugar and flour. But...
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Repurposing a Pedestal Table
A while back, my husband garbage picked a metal, pedestal table that he used in our basement. The table was quite unsightly. The pedestal base was metal and the top was a small, square piece of wood...
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5 Christmas Crafts To Start in July
Last week we were browsing the videos at the library and I came upon a funny Christmas movie. When I pointed it out to my son he was like, “It’s summer. I don’t want to be thinking about Christmas.”...
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Eco-Friendly Frugal Mulch
In early Fall nature gives me a beautiful gift: free mulch. Actually it’s the dead needles from my long needle pine tree. It wasn’t until last year that it dawned on me to rake it up and spread it in...
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Decorate a Virtual Tree and a Real Tree will be Planted
As I talked about a couple weeks ago, we decided this year to purchase a Christmas tree with a root ball so that we could plant it in our back yard after Christmas. Well, this is not the only tree I’m...
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Painted Nature Crafts
I was browsing Recycled Art this week and came across these stunning pistachio shells. At first I thought they were foil eggs (yummie) but when I read closer, the article said they were decorated with...
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How to Stain Eggs with Coffee
Who’s ready for the Superbowl? Or maybe just the commercials and party food? The latter sounds more like me, how about you? In thinking about being part of the 184 million Americans watching the game...
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DIY Fairy Garden Ideas
I’ve done 3 post-worthy projects prior to my Fairy Garden creation, but this was so much fun I had to share it right away! Over Memorial Day weekend I went to my sister-in-law’s house. She had made a...
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Crafts with Sea Glass
Some of my best memories from this Summer and early Fall are sea glass hunting with my two sons. We got up early, stopped for hot chocolate with “mile high” whipped cream on our first outing – even...
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Frugal Fall Fun
At a time when you’re thinking about holiday expenses – gifts, travel, did I mention gifts? – you don’t want to be dishing out big bucks. Well, you’re in luck. The Fall season is the best time to...
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Basket Weaving
Yes, yes, I know I promised sea glass projects, but I had to share my first ever experience basket weaving. Weaving is something I’ve always loved doing. Sure, we’ve all woven potholders as kids –...
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