Lately we have been consuming large quantities of ice cream so we are left with so many ice cream tabs to transform into useful things. I have already shared the storage containers decorated with comics, …

Today’s project is a blue vase that we made with a glass jar, a piece of cotton gauze, vinyl glue, paint and colourful elastic bands. The process is very easy. Coat the vase …

At the weekend we had a good clear out so you can just imagine the amount of potential crafts we are going to do with all those unwanted goods. We started our crafty upcycle with …

Here we are again at the start of a new year, Happy 2012 everyone! We have been a little quiet at FabMums over the holidays, but we are back now and what better way to …

I am very excited about the transformation of this used envelope into a Christmas gift carrier. To make this Christmas gift pouch you need a used bubble envelope, Christmas wrapping paper cuttings, glue, scissors, a …

Every year we make new Christmas decorations to hang around the house. This year we made some hanging stars cut out of discarded cardboard boxes, which we painted silver on one side and gold on …

Today’s upcycle project is the transformation of a basic piece of cardboard into a useful colourful ring folder. The project is very basic so school kids should be able to carry out alone, but if not …

Meet the loo roll Father Christmas and his reindeer with Rudolph leading the pack. This is a very quick craft that we intend to use for our festive animation series. To make the reindeer you …

Crafting with junk is one of my favourite ways to get creative and when it comes to recycling I am partial to magazine pages. In the past we made coasters, table mats and napkin rings. …

To complete our homemade set of Halloween lights this year we made a Frankenstein lantern to join the pumpkin and vampire from last year. Only this time instead of painting the jars we opted for …

Pumpkins are not readily available where we are so this year we turned a washing powder container into our jack’ o’ lantern.  The process was fun and the skill necessary is definitely less much less …

We have been a little quiet over the summer, but we have done a lot of stuff some of which we have shared with you already and lots more is still to come in the …