Green Crafts, Going Green Department
Reuse! Repurpose! Recyle!Green is the new black. With gas prices on the rise and climate change the new political buzzword, saving the environment is a growing concern, but you don’t need to live in a tree for two years like Julia Butterfly Hill to do you part and you definitely don’t need to give up your love for craft.
Let our Green Crafts department show you how to reuse stuff heading for the garbage bin and turn them in fantastic crafts – turning trash in treasure. The green craft departments motto is to Reuse! Repurpose! Recycle! Give it a try and take a look around.
Our green crafts department will put some green back into environment and at the same time, put some green back into your wallet.
“I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want to own.” Andy Warhol
Recent Videos and Tutorials
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Do you have lots of scrap batting tucked in a drawer or container? Piece the leftover quilt batting together into a larger piece using a sewing machine. Learn how with our video tutorial and photo tutorial with step-by-step instructions.
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Don't throw away an old birdbath. Recycle it into birdbath planters. This project is so easy and only requires about a half hour to complete. Learn how to make a birdbath planter by watching our video tutorial and reading our step-by-step instructitons.
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Looking for a quick and easy rainy day or snow day craft for kids? Look no further than this fun decoupage postage stamp container.
This tutorial will show how to make a fun storage container using an old grit container, used postage stamps, and decoupage.
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A unique photo frame craft for kids to make for Dad or Grandpa on Father's Day, Christmas or birthday. A Father's Day Frame made by repurposing nuts and bolts.
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Do you have furniture with scratches, dings, and gouges? Find out what ordinary item around your home you can use to camouflage furniture scratches and make them less conspicuous.
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This patriotic flag wall plaque made from patriotic postage stamps is a wonderful decoration for the 4th of July holiday, Memorial Day or Labor Day. Make one yourself from recycled postage stamps with our tutorial.
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The perfect eco-friendly alternative to disposable paper towels.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! Learn how to recycle an old towel into reusable un-paper towels that can be used instead of paper towels.
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Turn your empty snack wrappers (cookies, candy, chips, etc) into recycled zipper bags with this zipper pouch tutorial. Turn your empty snack wrappers (cookies, candy, chips, etc) into recycled zipper bags with this zipper pouch tutorial.
Book and Magazine Recommendations
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Marta DeckerRecycle books into beautiful folded sculptures. This book gives an overview of the art of book folding and includes a detailed instruction chapter that will teach you how to recycle books into folded book sculptures.
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1 Year, 7 issues - Birds & Blooms Magazine offers bird and flower photos, amazing reader-shared 'Bird Tales,' and tips.
New Stuff
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Lots of ideas for using men's ties.
From
Phoebe Moon quilt Designs
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How to recycle audio cassette tapes.
From
My Zero Waste
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How to fuse plastic bags into material for making projects.
From
Needlepointers.com
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Learn how to make handmade paper in 10 easy steps.
From
Pioneer Thinking
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Free neck tie projects.
From
Needlepointers.com
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Recycle envelopes by writing your craft shopping list on the outside of the envelope and placing coupons, fabric swatches or other items inside the envelope for handy reference.
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Needlepointers.com
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An articles on how to recycle old beads into something new.
From
Beadage
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A video on how to join two pieces of t-shirt yarn together without sewing. This is a quick method for joining t-shirt yarn.
From
Needlepointers.com
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A video showing how to join two pieces of t-shirt yarn together using a few small stitches.
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Needlepointers.com
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From
The Kitchn