Fabric upcycle: make a chicken door stop
September 11, 2014 – 5:55 am | No Comment

To make this chicken door stop I used the template kindly offered by Bake and Sew. I adjusted the sizes in mine to make it a little larger by adding 4 cm on each …

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How to reuse old denim to craft
May 17, 2013 – 12:30 am | 2 Comments
How to reuse old denim to craft

After my curtains, which I am very proud of, I thought I’d take on a project which required a little more skill and I must say I didn’t think it would come out so …

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Simple decoupage jar
April 22, 2013 – 12:36 pm | No Comment
Simple decoupage jar

To celebrate Earth Day today I decorated one of the many glass jars waiting to be turned into something useful. This vase is very simple, just a touch of glue and a few flowers …

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How to use old wrapping paper to transform an empty plastic container
January 8, 2013 – 8:02 am | One Comment
How to use old wrapping paper to transform an empty plastic container

The holidays are over and finally we are back to normal. It took me a day with my son back at school to reorganize my daily routine and today here I am with a brand …

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Multipurpose decorated jars
August 9, 2012 – 2:53 am | No Comment
Multipurpose decorated jars

This is our selection of decorated jars that can have many uses, in the summer evenings we use them as lanterns to decorate and illuminate our outdoor. They are great for floating candles. I also …

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How to make herbs pots from ice cream tabs
May 3, 2012 – 3:44 am | 2 Comments
How to make herbs pots from ice cream tabs

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, …

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Halloween crafts: how to turn a detergent container into a pumpkin
October 11, 2011 – 2:38 am | 2 Comments
Halloween crafts: how to turn a detergent container into a pumpkin

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 …

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How to make recycled paper cards
August 9, 2011 – 2:19 am | No Comment
How to make recycled paper cards

Lately I have been looking at kits to recycle paper to make your own as a fun activity to do with my son. There are many kits that are very affordable and that will probably …

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Cardboard guitar
July 20, 2011 – 4:34 am | No Comment
Cardboard guitar

Clearing up my son’s room last week we found an old toy guitar that was well passed repair. It used to be a cute mini acoustic guitar with real chords that you could actually play, …

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Favourite craft materials
July 12, 2011 – 3:20 am | No Comment
Favourite craft materials

When it comes to crafting people have their favourite materials, things that are always present in their art box. We are particularly fond of recycled crafts so we tend to use any junk we can …

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Shoebox ball game
June 21, 2011 – 11:06 pm | 6 Comments
Shoebox ball game

Shoe boxes are fantastic to craft. With a little imagination you can make anything out of boxes and we have. Among the rest we made bookshelves, storage boxes of many shapes and sizes and a …

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MAKEDO helps you make do with stuff around you
June 20, 2011 – 7:46 am | No Comment
MAKEDO helps you make do with stuff around you

We love making things out of stuff around us. Working out how to connect things together is part of the fun, but often glue and tape are just not enough to convert your idea into …

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How to make a toy dumper truck out of a juice carton
June 14, 2011 – 2:39 am | One Comment
How to make a toy dumper truck out of a juice carton

Today I have a nice little recycling project that turned out to be a functional toy.  I am in recycling juice cartons mode at the moment so I decided to make a dumper truck from …

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