Articles tagged “Eco-Friendly Crafts”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Root For Your Team While Going Green! By Team Planet Green IN Indy Racing League May 23 2008 By Mickey Z. The Indianapolis 500 is going green this year, and there's no reason its spectators can't lead by example. If you're planning to attend the Indy 500 or are going to any live event this year, why not... + READ MORE

Turn a Book into a Purse By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Apr 16 2008 Bibliophiles may blanch at the idea of gutting out vintage hardbacks to make purses, but for those who have no such qualms, Curbly has a fantastic vid on how to do just that. + READ MORE

Recycle Plastic Bags into Yarn By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Apr 15 2008 Here's another way to recycle your plastic bags: Snip them into strips you can crochet or knit into chicer shopping bag. + READ MORE

Turn Wine Corks Into a Trivet, Message Board By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Apr 11 2008 Blogger and crafter Still Dottie came up with a couple of new approaches to reusing leftover wine corks, once all the vino has been drained: A hexagonal trivet and a refrigerator message board. + READ MORE

Make an Organic Fly Trap By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Apr 10 2008 Yecch...some of the things I do not miss during the colder, drearier months include the houseflies, blowflies, and fruitflies that always manage to circumvent my window screens, and almost inevitably, wind up in my cats' maws.Fold 12 inches of thin wire in half, then twist the two lengths together, leaving a forked... + READ MORE

Make a Boot Scraper from Scrap Iron By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Apr 9 2008 Keep mud where it belongs-outdoors.His design comprises two angle-iron legs, 1 1/2 inches wide by 15 inches long, as well as one bar-stock cross piece, 1 1/2 inches wide by 9 inches long. + READ MORE

Turn an Unwanted Shirt into a Scented Sachet By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Apr 7 2008 If the frou-frouness of lavender sachets offends you or your mate's masculine sensibilities-but you wish your closet would stop assailing your nostrils with assorted mystery smells-take a page from Barbara Milo Ohrbach, author of The Scented Room (1986, Clarkson Potter), who suggests recycling worn shirts into unfrilly... + READ MORE

Make a Brimmed Beanie From an Old Sweater By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Apr 7 2008 Want to see the stylish headgear this ThreadBanger video podcast has on tap?This do-it-yourself video is for the boys-learn how to make a brimmed beanie from the remnants of an old sweater. ::ThreadBanger Difficulty level: Moderate + READ MORE

Build a Movable Cold Frame By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Apr 4 2008 If the protracted cold is interfering with your plans of getting a head start in your garden, Green_Anarchist from Instructables has directions on how to build a movable cold frame/greenhouse you can position over your plots to encourage seeds to germinate: The greenhouse is planned to be used as a movable greenhouse to + READ MORE

Make Practically Free Cat Toys By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Apr 4 2008 Is your cat yowling its tonsils out from pure boredom?If, in cereal-box jargon, you can insert slot A into slot B, grab a piece of kraft cardboard-used packing boxes work great-and follow brandiggity's instructions on how to cut and assemble a cardboard mouse, ball, and jumping jack to generate pure feline bliss. + READ MORE

Make a Pair of Sandals from a Tire By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Apr 4 2008 A heckuva lot of tires are produced each year in the United States-as much as 299 million tires in 2005 alone, according the Rubber Manufacturer's Association.While 82 percent of scrap tires are are consumed by end-use markets such as tire-derived fuel, civil engineering, and ground-rubber applications, you can still... + READ MORE

Make Durable Plant Markers Out of Soda Cans By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Apr 3 2008 Get another use out of that empty soda can before you pitch it into the recycling bin.By using some heavy gauge wire, some wire cutters, a hole punch, scissors, and a fine-tipped ballpoint pen, you can make cheap, corrosion-resistant plant-identification markers, so you keep track of what's growing where. + READ MORE

Rein in Your Cable Clutter By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Apr 1 2008 Ah, cable clutter, the bane of every non-Luddite's existence.Regain some modicum of control in your home (or on your person) by making simple cable spools out of the remnants of your last TV-dinner binge.Pizza Box Art has a template you can download and print to use as a guide, but the design is basic enough to freehand + READ MORE

Make Your Own Puffy Paint By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Apr 1 2008 These homemade puffy paints may not stand up to use on T-shirts, but they'll still provide oodles of rainy day fun for budding Picassos of all ages.Melissa Goodsell details her nontoxic, microwave-based recipe on her blog: DIY Puffy Paint 1 tbs self-raising flourA few little drops of food coloring1 tbs salt 1. + READ MORE

Dip Those Easter Eggs into Natural Dyes By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Mar 19 2008 One of the sad things about your children growing up is that they don't want to do crafts with you anymore.Red: Beets, cranberries Orange: Outer skins of onions Light Yellow: Carrot tops, orange or lemon peels Dark Yellow: Turmeric Blue: Blueberries, red cabbage leaves Beige or brown: Coffee or tea We always made up the + READ MORE

Make Hooks Out of Old Silverware By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Feb 12 2008 Got old silverware? The three-step process couldn't be easier: Use a titanium or cobalt drill bit to bore a small hole into the handle of your utensil, bend it into a U-shape, and then attach your brand-new hook to the wall with a hammer and a nail. + READ MORE

Buy Handmade Crafts from Local Artisans By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Feb 5 2008 When it comes to groceries and other food, library books and other small-mart-ables, buying local is the way to go. So, not only can you support artists who still create their work by hand, but you can help support your local art scene and your local community.And, if you find an artist close enough, you may even be... + READ MORE

Make Seed-Starting Pots From Recycled Materials By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Jan 24 2008 You don't need elaborate seed-starting biodomes or habitat-destroying peat pellets to get your greens to sprout. Newspaper: A little origami magic turns a single sheet of newspaper into a seed-starter pot that you can later plant whole into your garden in late spring or early summer. + READ MORE

Refurbish Your Lampshade By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Jan 15 2008 Give your tired, old lampshade a makeover-and save yourself the trouble and expense of buying a new one-with one of these quick and easy lampshade projects that you can finish in less than a day. + READ MORE

Turn a Used Seatbelt into a Belt By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Jan 4 2008 Pump up your indie cred by hacking a discarded seatbelt-check with your local auto scrapyard for the hookup-into a snappy-looking belt. + READ MORE