crafty reuse

4 min read 2023-05-04 18:46:23

Animal Rescues Need You To Donate These 20 Handmade Items

Animal rescues need YOU to do some crafting for good this summer! Looking for something to make that will also make a difference? Here are some

5 min read 2023-04-27 18:49:47

Your local wildlife rescue wants your fleece scraps! Not as-is, of course, because what would be the fun in that? Rather, if there’s an

6 min read 2023-04-17 18:07:46

Cat toys are your second best friend. Your cat is your first, of course! I’m currently fostering a litter of kittens and their mama for my local

5 min read 2023-04-10 20:18:13

This upcycled cardboard cat scratcher is a great way to use up all your corrugated cardboard boxes. Cats love it, and it’s a useful donation to

5 min read 2023-03-12 04:45:17

A Memory game is one of the easiest and most versatile toys that you can give a kid. Little kids who can’t yet play a full-on game can have fun

3 min read 2023-03-05 19:02:11

You’ll never burn all of the wax in your jar candle. Whether you’ve made your jar candle or bought it, there will always be at least a little wax

6 min read 2023-02-04 23:08:50

Kid crafts can be SO CRAPPY! And I’m not talking about the finished products. We all know that kid crafts ought to be process-oriented, not product

5 min read 2022-12-27 19:50:50

Whether you’re refurbishing a kid’s hand-me-down building blocks for a new generation, or adding new interest to a current toy, painting building

5 min read 2022-12-20 03:46:30

Wooden building blocks are an heirloom-quality toy… IF you treat them correctly. Which my children did not do! For at least a full decade, I

3 min read 2022-11-11 02:23:13

You’ve picked out an old book and prepped its pages–what’s the next step in creating an altered book that you’ll love? Let your imagination

4 min read 2022-11-02 18:48:58

Tights feel like such a wasteful purchase sometimes. They can be so delicate, so easy to snag and rip, so quick to stain and so challenging to wash.

4 min read 2022-10-14 00:33:06

I have been on a zippered pouch kick lately, happily using up all my scraps and stash to make handy little pouches for pens in my backpack, or bobby

4 min read 2022-10-05 18:35:36

My family is SO hard on our stuff. We are the illustrated definition of not deserving nice things, because at any given time we are either muddy,

5 min read 2022-09-28 18:30:55

For my newest altered book project, I plan to make a junk journal for October. In it, I’ll combine cast-off papers and wrappers and other bits of

4 min read 2022-09-13 18:26:14

I’m fairly sure that I have made every mistake that it’s possible to make while trying to mail my handmade envelopes through the US postal