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Magazine Beads

Magazine Beads

A fun, frugal craft that turns pages from a magazine into pretty beads. Be sure to make enough to trade […]

Cardboard Tube Lanterns

Cardboard Tube Lanterns

Decorate your home with these lanterns to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Cardboard tubes, paint and streamers are all that’s […]

Toy Drop Box

Toy Drop Box

Make your own cardboard drop box which includes: pound-a-cork, dice press, button slot and a ball drop. Made with fun […]

Thumb-body Loves You

Thumb-body Loves You

Even your young luv bugs can take part in this Valentine’s Day keepsake by thumb printing their love all over […]

Ice Fishing for Numbers and Letters

Ice Fishing for Numbers and Letters

This ice fishing game is fun way to have your preschooler practice their numbers and letters. A great way to […]

Peanut Finger Puppets

Peanut Finger Puppets

Save those peanut shells and make some adorable little finger puppets your child will love playing with! Too cute!

Make a Spin Drum

Spin Drum

Made from every day household items such as oatmeal containers and ribbon, your family will have fun personalizing their own […]

Noisemaker Shakers

Noisemaker Shakers

Shake! Shake! Shake! in the new year with these colorful spool noisemakers! A fun family project that kids of all […]

Snowman Bubbles

Snowman Bubbles

Here’s a cute way to recycle some empty baby food jars. These are really cute and kids will love making […]

Water Bottle Noise Makers

Water Bottle Noise Makers

Save your plastic water bottles and make these fun noise makers for New Years! These would be a fun activity […]

Glowing Snowmen

Glowing Snowmen

Save those milk jugs and make these simple glowing snowmen to light the way all winter long!

Bottle Cap Spinning Tops

Bottle Cap Spinning Tops

Here’s a Hanukkah craft that’s also a Hanukkah game! Spinning tops are a traditional Hanukkah toy, so what better activity […]

Upcycled Mini Workbench

Upcycled Mini Workbench

Do you have a little fixer in the family? He or she will love pounding “nails” into his/her own workbench […]

Toilet Paper Roll Snake

Cardboard Tube Snake

Here’s a fun weekend craft that turns toilet paper rolls into playful snakes! A great project for the boys in […]

Candy Wrapper Bracelet

Candy Wrapper Bracelet

Turn colorful candy wrappers into fun, funky jewelry! This is a really fun project for preteens too!

Ruffle Bag

Ruffle Bag

Ruffles are all the rage right now. This easy how to will have you breathing new life into an old […]

Solar Milk Jog Ghosts

Solar Milk Jug Ghosts

These luminaries are sure to light the way for trick-or-treaters with their ghostly glow and scary faces.

Monster Spools

Monster Spools

The gangs all here and spooling up a bunch of fun!

Bottle Cap Spiders

Bottle Cap Spiders

Made from plastic bottle caps, these creepy little spiders are just hanging around waiting for a good party!

Color Drop Game

Color Drop Game

Make a fun color sorting game that works on fine motor skills. Using a recycled container and straws you can […]

Skeleton Head Treat Boxes

Skeleton Head Treat Boxes

These cute little craft mixes up the holidays, using plastic Easter eggs to create Halloween treat containers.

Trick or Treat Bags from the Recyclables

Trick or Treat Bags from the Recyclables

Creative Halloween trick or treat bags using supplies from your recycling bin plus a few extra craft supplies.

Tin Can Mummy

Tin Can Mummy

No matter scary or cute, these tin can mummies make great holders for sweet treats or even utensils on your […]

Monster Light Jugs

Monster Light Jugs

Light up the night with these monster jugs. A fun recycling craft project for both kids and adults.

Juice Box Monsters

Juice Box Monsters

These friendly little monsters are made from recycled juice boxes!

Cardboard Tube Bats

Cardboard Tube Bats

The wings from these cardboard tube bats are made from recycled paper bags! An adorable Halloween project.

Shadow Puppet Theater

Shadow Puppet Theater

A recycled cereal box makes the perfect little theater for a shadow puppet show!

Cardboard Fairy Wings

Cardboard Fairy Wings

Make fun fairy wings for your little princess. Cut from cardboard then have them paint and decorate them!

Football Windsocks

Football Windsocks

Football season is here, so why not make some fun football themed windsocks to decorate your front porch?

A Treasure Box

A Treasure Box

Make a sweet, but easy, treasure box for your your treasured one. Plus, put those endless shoe boxes to good […]

Melted Crayon Planets

Melted Crayon Planets

Use an iron to melt crayons between wax paper to make colorful planets.

Crayon Avant Garde Art

Crayon Avant Garde Art

Using an iron, some grated crayons and a piece of canvas, your kids can create a beautiful piece of wall […]

Cupcake Wrapper Flowers

Cupcake Wrapper Flowers

We made these flowers out of cupcake wrappers. They were very quick and inexpensive.

Milk Carton Doll Chair

Milk Carton Doll Chair

This is an easy to make doll chair perfect for American Girl Dolls, Easy to make and fun!

Plastic bottle cuff bracelets

Plastic Bottle Cuff Bracelets

Bracelets are made using recycled plastic bottles, scraps of fabric, permanent markers, and glue.

Pencil Hair Clips

Pencil Hair Clips

Such a fun hair accessory for back to school! These hair clips are perfect for that little scholar in your […]

Homemade Hula Hoops

Homemade Hula Hoops

How fun is this? Learn how to make your own hula hoops and get busy twirling and turning!

Cardboard Tube Fish

Cardboard Tube Fish

An adorable fish made from recycled cardboard tubes. Great for an undersea bedroom decoration!

Capri Sun Pencil Pouch

Capri Sun Pencil Pouch

This cute pencil bag is made from 2 Capri Sun pouches. A great back to school craft!

How to Make Lava Lamps for Kids

How to Make Lava Lamps for Kids

Water bottles, vegetable oil, water, food coloring and alka seltzer turn into fun and colorful lava lamps.

Cardboard Box Guitars

Cardboard Box Guitars

Boredom Buster — create guitars out of cardboard boxes, take “rock star” pictures and have your own concert in the […]

Monster Box

Monster Box

Use an old box to create this cute Monster Box.

Lemonade Stand for Dolls

Lemonade Stand for Dolls

Fun and easy lemonade stand made from recycled cardboard. Decorate with leftover or inexpensive party supplies and your dolls will […]

groundhop puppet

Groundhog Puppet

Your little one will love making and playing with this cute groundhog puppet

Colorful Containers

Want to send your child to school with a lunch that’s picture perfect? Just pack it in a whimsical hand-decorated […]

Angry Birds from Cardboard Tubes

The Angry Bird craze is rampant. This is a really fun project for older kids as it involves adding several […]

Cardboard Tube Princess Bracelet

Do you have a little princess at your house? If you do, she’ll love this bracelet. It’s fun to make […]

Name Plate Can

Whether you are out camping with your family or attending summer camp away from home, here’s a fun project that […]

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