Trash to Treasure projects
At Namely Original, Emily has three younger siblings who need boxes for Valentines, this year. Remember making special boxes so that your classmates could deliver their Valentine cards to you? Well, Emily’s aunt gave her the idea of recycling tissue boxes for this project.
Dr. Sonia blogs at Cards, Crafts, Kids Projects. Just in time for valentine’s day, she’s figured out a neat way to turn styrofoam packing materials into flowers! This is a great craft/recycling project for getting older kids involved.
When Melissa, The Happier Homemaker, was challenged to create a desktop organizer from upcycled or recycled items, she went straight to the pile of scrap wood she’s got leftover from craft projects.
Over at OhOh Blog, Ama made a darling soap dispenser from a simple jar. It’s a great way to repurpose a glass jar.
Eliza of Eliza K tells us, “One of my New Year’s resolutions for 2013 was to focus more on Reducing and Reusing as opposed to Recycling. I decided to start this year off with a simple project that incorporates my goals and takes care of a need around the house.” For this project, Eliza avoided a trip to the store by using an empty can that she already had around the house.
At Redhead Can Decorate, Julie just figured out something that’s pretty nifty. ”It was 7 am and I was making my husband’s tea. My droopy eyes wandered onto the spice rack Rick gave me for Christmas 21 years ago.” Something about that spice rack caught her eye.
Elsie and Emma blog together at A Beautiful Mess. Recently, they purchased a gold leafing kit, and needed something to try it out on that was low risk. Enter the honey bears!
Yvonne of Stone Gable is warming up the beds and sofas at her home this winter with cozy pillows. She makes hers from old sweaters that she finds at the local Goodwill. ”If you can sew a straight line you can make these sweet sweater pillows!” Yvonne says.
