DIY Trash-to-Treasure Crafts Department
Reuse! Repurpose! Recycle! Upcycle Ideas!
Here it’s all about eco-friendly, recycled, upcycled, repurposed DIY crafts. It’s good for the environment and at the same time, puts some green back into your wallet.
As a thrifty crafter, one of my favorite, quickest and easiest source of free craft materials suitable for kids crafts as well as adult-oriented projects happens to be right at my fingertips.
Let our Trash to Treasure Craft department show you how to upcycle stuff around the house or heading for the garbage bin and turn them in fantastic crafts – turning trash into treasure. The Trash-to-Treasure Crafts departments motto is to Reuse! Repurpose! Recycle! Upcycle! Give it a try and take a look around.
Recent Videos and Tutorials
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![Altiod Tin Project with Recycled Calendars and Decoupage]()
Recycle Altoids tins and calendars into little party favors or favors for senior citizens!
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![DIY Plastic Plant Labels and Markers]()
Labeling Plants is Important! Learn how to make your own plant labels for seed starting of herbs and veggies by recycling milk jugs.
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![DIY Simple Lip Balm Holder Tutorial]()
This DIY Chapstick Holder (Lip Balm Holder) pattern is super cute, super easy and super quick to make.
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![Greeting Card Wreath - How to Recycle Greeting Cards]()
This cute holiday wreath is a great way to recycle old Christmas cards.
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![Learn how we use Newspaper in our Flower beds to Prevent Weeds]()
Newspaper is superior to using landscape fabric to prevent weeds in your flower beds and garden. Learn how we use it!
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![Recycle Old Christmas Greeting Cards into a Basket]()
Learn how to upcycle old greeting cards by making a greeting card basket that will look attractive anywhere in the home. Also Gift Idea!
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![Snack Wrapper Zipper Pouch Tutorial]()
Learn to make a zipper pouch out of a snack wrapper with this free tutorial. Any cookie, candy, chips, wrappers can be used to make recycled zipper pouches.
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![String Quilt Pattern and Tutorial]()
This page and video tutorial will show a completed string quilt and give ideas and tips for making your own. A scrap busting quilt.
Trending this Week
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![How to Make a Fidget Quilt]()
Learn how to make a fidget quilt with our free video and photo tutorial. A fidget quilt is a lap quilt which helps provide stimulation for the fidgeting hands.
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![How to Join Quilt Batting Pieces Together]()
What to do with leftover batting? Learn how to join batting pieces together with sewing machine.
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![T-SHIRT YARN CRAFTS]()
Learn how to make T-shirt yarn! We show you how to make T-shirt yarn, what to make with T-shirt yarn, and many T-shirt yarn projects to create!
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![How to Sew A Fabric Bookmark]()
Learn how to make a simple fabric bookmark with this video tutorial and written step-by-step instructions.
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![How to Make a Fabric Pocket Tissue Holder]()
Our pocket tissue holder pattern is super easy to make (under 15 minutes) with scrap fabric and basic sewing skills, straight machine stitching. Learn how here
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![DIY Glass Garden Flowers Tutorial (Garden Art)]()
Glass garden art dish flowers are popping up in gardens everywhere. Learn to recycle vintage dishes into beautiful garden glass plate flowers.
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![How to make T-shirt yarn Tutorial (T-Yarn)]()
This tutorial will show how to make t-shirt yarn. T-shirt yarn is made from cutting up old t-shirts and can be used to crochet and knit..
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![GREETING CARD CRAFT IDEAS]()
Find new and exciting ways to repurpose, recycle, reuse, and upcycle old paper greeting cards.
New Stuff
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This video shows and explains how to make an adorable holiday party dress for an 18" doll.
From
Needlepointers.com
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Learn how to make a quick and easy no-sew tee shirt for an 18" doll.
From
Needlepointers.com
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Fun ideas...
From
Wisebread.com
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Use your old Christmas Cards to decorate canning gifts.
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Scrap Reused and Recycled Art Projects
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Make these party crackers from recycled cards for your New Years celebration!
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Ruffles & Rain Boots
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An article on ways cassette tapes are recycled.
From
Recycle Scene
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Repurpose your old Christmas cards into ornaments.
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Lil Blue Boo
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Ideas on re-purposing old sweaters scraps into embellishments on t-shirts.
From
Make It & Love It
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Whether from concerts, sports teams, or other events, create a keepsake by turning favorite T-shirts into a memory-filled quilt. Sometimes t-shirt logos are different sizes. This t-shirt quilt top is assembled in seven vertical rows - four narrow and three wide.
From
All People Quilt
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Kids will have fun making bookmarks from old Christmas cards.
From
Hands on as We Grow