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

Sew a Wildlife Rescue Pouch from Fleece Scraps

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

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

4 min read 2023-02-13 19:12:33

Need a quick and easy, super simple homemade Valentine’s Day gift for your favorite valentine? This mini heart bunting is a low-key gift, since

4 min read 2023-01-29 02:40:56

Due to a regrettable incident while bleach painting some T-shirts, I was left with a bleach stain on my second-favorite but most precious Samoas

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

4 min read 2022-12-09 23:15:32

Here’s a craft that’s old enough to be a classic: the paper chain! Okay, hear me out: paper chains are AWESOME. Yes, you did them in preschool.

6 min read 2022-10-19 18:00:50

When you buy second-hand (or third-, or fourth-, or fifth-hand!), you have more options if you have the skillset to complete some small repairs. Such

5 min read 2022-09-01 18:00:21

My favorite stashbusting projects are the types of useful accessories that you can never have too many of. You can never have too many zippered

4 min read 2022-07-11 18:19:30

Some of my most-favorite people directly caused one of my least-favorite scenarios a few weeks ago, when I hosted a party for my Girl Scout troop.

5 min read 2022-07-05 17:26:06

Short of wearing chaps, what can one do to permanently solve the issue of those blankety-blank-blank rips that always happen in the inner thighs of

5 min read 2022-06-22 01:23:08

Last week, I wrote a tutorial for turning a pair of well-fitting pants into a pair of awesome bell bottoms. That tutorial worked perfectly on the

8 min read 2022-06-07 01:37:56

If you’ve got kids around, you need a few craft projects that you can pull out for summer break. I mean, maybe the internet will go down for the

5 min read 2022-05-13 21:49:15

Whether or not you actually feel nostalgia for the summer camps of your youth, I think you’ll agree that there is something special about a casual,