How-To: Spinning Tops From Plastic Bottle Caps
Sara of Creative Jewish Mom shares this brilliant and quick project for turning plastic bottle caps into spinning tops, perfect for Hanukkah games and general fun for kids and adults alike.
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Kids Crafts: Play Scene Diorama
With the rainy and cold weather lately, sometimes it’s hard to find things to do with your little ones at home. I love this idea by Christie from Childhood 101 to make a fun play scene diorama using found objects, tiny toys, or whatever you want to recycle.
Core77’s Cardboard Christmas
Core77’s having a Cardboard Christmas contest: In the spirit of surviving the festivus season on a budget this year, we’re calling on the Core77 Design Community to create the most inspiring, unexpected and fun cardboard ornaments and accessories for the home. Whether your entry is high-end or kitsch, functional or decorative, the only constraint is […]
Junkyard Kitchenware
i3 Detroit’s Dustin White turns old flatware he finds at second-hand stores into bottle openers. How do you recycle old kitchen items?
How-To: Bows from Candy Bags
Jessica at Zakka Life shows you how to make these pretty upcycled bows for presents using old candy bags. Related: Recycled Wrap Art
How-To: Make a Potluck Dish Cozy from an Old Sweater
By Diane Gilleland I got this idea from my Mom — when she brings a hot dish to a potluck, she usually wraps it in old towels so it stays warm in transit. So I decided to refashion a felted wool sweater into a kind of padded envelope to carry potluck dishes in. The food […]
Egg Cup From a Fork
Matt @ Make: Online writes: I’m not even a big fan of boiled eggs, and I want to make my own copy of Scott Bedford’s egg cup from a bent fork. Luckily, in addition to the neat idea and beautiful photo, Scott also drew up an excellent illustration explaining how to do just that.
