Worry Dolls | Recycled Crafts - Recyclable Crafts for Kids - Recycling Craft Ideas This photo originally appeared in FamilyFun Magazine Total Time 1 hour Ages all-ages In Guatemala, kids tell their troubles to worry dolls- tiny figures that they tuck under their pillows at night. What you'll need Craft sticks Glue Straight clothespins Yarn Markers Fabric scraps Wire or metallic pipe cleaners How to make it For each doll's body, first make the doll's arms (a parent's job) by using a craft knife to score the stick 1 1/2 inches from each end and then snapping the ends off against a countertop edge.
Recycled Crafts - Free projects and DIY gift ideas from Craftbits.com craftbits.com DIY Christmas Crafts and Handmade Gift Ideas You are here: Home / Recycled Crafts Recycled Crafts Recycled Crafts – Save the environment or your money with these frugal recycled craft projects. 68Share 2.7KShare Christmas Tree Sweatshirt Cut Out Halloween Napkin Luminaries Old Jeans to Adult Coloring Pencil Bag Gypsy Bohemian Boot Recycled Junk Wind Chime Stamped Domino Tile Pendant Necklace Give new life to old furniture. Old Desk, Play Kitchen Transformation Heart Light Bulb for Valentine's Day! Cute Bird Made Of Leftover Yarn Upcycled Hubcap Halloween Table Apothecary Bottles Wind Chime Made With A Can And Egg-Shells DIY Collage of Pages Bookcase Soda Can Pop Top Brooch Pins Upcycled Floating Shelf Candle Holder - Industrial Copper Hardware Make Simple Button Pendants Make 4th of July Inspired Recycled Shaker Box Make a Decorative 4th of July Vase Upcycled Coffee Pod Capsule Holder Recycled Denim: Make a Gorgeous Gypsy Purse Recycled Spoon Coat Of Arms Pendant Burlap Country Christmas Decoration
Cardboard Tube Crafts Recycled toilet paper tubes, paper towel tubes, wrapping paper tubes are all great starting points for lots of kids crafts. Recycling cardboard of all types into these fun crafts is good for our environment. Bead and Pipe Cleaner Bracelets Show the kids how to make these Bead and Pipe Cardboard Tube Penguin Kids will enjoy making this Cardboard Tube Penguin. Valentine Pillow Candy Box Show the kids how to create this cute Valentine Pillow Toilet Paper Roll Crown A Toilet Paper Roll Crown is the perfect favor for Seed Napkin Rings Make a seed mosaic around cardboard tubes to create these Recycled Cardboard Tube Bear Totem Pole Craft Make this interesting Totem Pole craft as you study the Recycled Birdhouse Earth Day reminds us that we need to take care TP Bunny This cute Bunny made from a Toilet Paper roll is Cardboard Tube Snake 2013 is the year of the Snake according to Chinese Cotton Ball Polar Bear This cute little Polar Bear will be a favorite for Cardboard Tube Mummy Halloween Cannisters TP Flyer
Summer Fun: Ecosystem Edition This is not my idea, but I know a good one when I see it, and I had to tuck this away to do this summer with the kids. Some kids at one of our schools did something similar for a science project, and then my friend Michelle, over at Scribbit, detailed the project when she did it with her children up in Alaska. That being said, so that I take no credit whatsoever, this is a really, really cool thing to do with your kids, young and old. First, here's what you need for each one: 3 clear 2-liter (empty) soda bottles clear packing tape aquarium gravel water dechlorinator rubber band 4" piece of netting (I used cut up pantyhose) soil fish, snails, or other aquatic life elodea, (which is banned in CA), duck weed (which the store didn't have), anachris, or other aquatic plants crickets, pill bugs, earthworms a few dead leaves and small sticks You can use the link to Scribbit for perfectly detailed directions, but first you get your soda bottles, 3 for each ecosystem, and you begin cutting them up.
How to make gift bags from newspaper When I bought something at a store recently, the clerk handed me my purchase in a bag made from a newspaper. I liked it very much and had to make some more—thus today's DIY recycled newspaper project: gift bags made from the Wall Street Journal. You can vary the dimensions, of course, but here's what I used to create a bag that's 5" tall, 4.5" wide, and 3" deep. Stack two sheets of newspaper on top of each other. Cut out a rectangle that's 15.5" wide and 8.25" tall. Fold a flap 1.25" down from the top. Cut two pieces of cardstock or chipboard to 4.25" x 1", then glue them on the widest two panels just under the top fold. Put glue on the outside of the 0.5" tab and bring the left-most panel over to form the body of the bag, aligning the cut edge of the panel with the folded edge of the flap. Upend the bag so the 2" flap is now up. Put glue on both flaps and fold them inward to form the bottom of the bag.
Bubble Wrap Jelly Fish Recycled materials make some of the most interesting crafts. This Bubble wrap Jelly Fish Mobile is fun and also a good lesson in recycling. Supplies Plastic (bottle, cup, rounded packaging)Bubble wrap or clear plastic bagPaperGlue Instructions Start out by finding some kind of round plastic container. Cut out the tentacles! The next step is to cut out strips of bubble wrap. Attach your tentacles! 4. Add goofy eyes! The final step is putting on some silly eyes. Hang up your jellyfish! Voila! We made a whole school of jellyfish and put them on a mobile. Rainbow Batik I saw this wonderful project at this great site Pink and Green Mama (a favorite of mine)- as soon as I saw the project, I just had to try it out with Holly as this was right up her alley. When I showed her what we were doing, she was very excited. We started with a white cloth napkin and if she enjoyed this project we would later tackle something larger like an apron or book bag. This was just the right size for now though. You take your Elmers Gel Glue and draw a design all over your fabric. This project, though it looks fancy, was amazingly easy and quick!
9 Cool Things to Do With Old Books & Written Word - StumbleUpon Bibliophiles and bookworms, English majors and lovers of literature: is it possible to have too many books? They accumulate so quickly! Every member of your family getting you the same three books you requested for Christmas. Seeing Don DeLillo marked half-off, knowing you dumped a half-caff latte on your copy of Underworld, and – even though only the first three pages are illegible – justifying its purchase. 15+ years of required reading lists stored in boxes in your basement, even though you can bet your bippy you will never willingly read the poetry of Robert Burns again. We are up to our waists in books, some of which we hate (really Master Burns? Update: Do to the overwhelming support (HA!) 1. It brings a whole new meaning to “audio book.” Use your old books to showcase your artistic side. Good for hiding passwords and codes, the key to your safe, and family jewels. 2. Your choice of ribbon can transform this wreath so it is suitable for every holiday – or every day! 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Yarn Crafts for Kids : Ideas for Easy Arts & Crafts Projects & Activities with Yarn for Children, Teens, and Preschoolers Home > Arts and Crafts Projects for Kids > Yarn Crafts for Children Yarn is a length of interlocked fibres which is mostly used for knitting, weaving, crocheting, embroidery and rope making. Yarn can be used to make so much different crafts, from jewelry to balls. You can also decorate bottles by wrapping it with different color yarns. In crafts yarn can be used for yarn dolls or just for hair on dolls. Make a Yarn Ball for Quiet Indoors Play This may seem like a very obvious thing to do, but it really makes a wonderful ball to play with indoors, especially in an apartment where noise should be kept at a minimum. Learn How to Make Yarn Buttons Most appealing buttons may be made with yarn by merely wrapping a button mold, a cardboard disk or a wood disk. Make a Plastic or Glass Bottle Vase with Yarn Who would think that you could take some yarn and a bottle and make it turn into such a beautiful masterpiece. Make Fake Yarn Beards Making Yarn Wigs and Hair It is so simple to make yarn wigs.