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03

Oct

Paper Bags: What Can I Do With Them?

For some reason, I still have hundreds of paper lunch bags from when I used to take my lunch to school. Since I don’t go to school anymore and they’ve just been sitting in my kitchen drawers, why not DO something with them?! YES!!

Not gonna lie – the MAJORITY of these tutorials are for kids.

However, there are a lot of other awesome ones mixed in! I tried to separate the tutorials in a better way so that you could search freely through the post. Enjoi!

Tutorials:

Piano Hinge Paper Bag Book Tutorial: AlteredBookLover Blog
Paper Bag Scrapbooks: Family Crafts
Paper Bag Album: Leapin’ for Stamps
Paper Bag Scrapbook – with Personality: The New Homemaker
The Paper Bag Scrapbook: Make-Digital
Brown Paper Bag Scrapbook Album: Craftbits
Recycled Paper Bag Art Journals: Creative Kismet’s Blog
Gift Certificate Holder: Michaels
Brown Paper Bag Card: Enchanted Learning
Creepy Crawler Bug Box: Better Homes and Gardens – also could be used as a cute packaging source. They look like Chinese take-out boxes!
Owl Gift Bag: d.Sharp
Paper Bag Book Cover: Family Crafts – I remember making these to protect my books in school! They’re really easy, you can decorate them however you want, and they are fun to make.
Paper Bag Pinata: Family Crafts
Paper Bag Monster Pinata Craft: Enchanted Learning
Pikachu Pinata: Making Friends
Brown Bag Kites: KinderArt
Fiesta Table Decorations – Place Mat and Sombrero Centerpiece: Making Friends
Animal Litter Bag Craft: HowStuffWorks – Help out your community – pick up trash!
Brown Grocery Bag Crafts Resources: Teach-nology – Includes a ton of listed resources for paper bags

Animal/Figure/Decoration Tutorials:

Puppet Tutorials:

Accessory Tutorials:

Paper Bag Apple Pin: Family Crafts
Paper Machet Dinosaur Hat: Enchanted Learning
Big Hat Craft: Enchanted Learning
Paper Bag Poncho: KinderArt – This tutorial also tells you how to make a poncho out of fabric.
Grocery Bag Outfit for Earth Day: DaniellesPlace
Paper Bag Purses: Creative Itch
Paper Bag Purses: Small Fry & Co.

Home Decor Tutorials:

Paper Bag Apple Magnet: Family Crafts

Pet Tutorials:

Kitty Condo: Making Friends

Valentine’s Day Tutorials:

St. Patrick’s Day Tutorials:

Easter Tutorials:

Independence Day Tutorials:

Halloween Tutorials:

Fall Scarecrow Decoration: Family Crafts
Haunted House Treat Bag: Making Friends
Last Minute Trick or Treat Bag: Mod Podge Rocks
Paper Bag Scarecrow: Fun Room
Outer Spacers Costume: Family Crafts
Make a Ladybug Costume: Enchanted Learning
Recycled Grocery Bag Vest: Free Kids Crafts
Paper Bag Bowls: The LongThread
Paper Bag Treat Bag: Family Crafts – You could also use this idea for party favor bags, or for any holiday really!
Paper Lunch Bag Pumpkin Craft: Family Crafts
Paper Bag Pumpkin Craft: Kaboose
Paper Bag Pumpkin Patch Craft: Crayola
Paper Bag Pumpkin: Plaid
Paper Bag Trees: Family Fun
Paper Bag Trees: KinderArt
Paper Bag Gargoyles: Family Fun
Paper Bag Scarecrow: Associated Content
Stuffed Paper Sack Pumpkins: ActivityVillage
Trick or Treat Bags: Craftown
Black Cat Hat: Enchanted Learning
Paper Bag Crafts for Halloween: Craft Jr.
Halloween Loot Bags: Making Friends
Halloween Friends: Making Friends – print these guys out, color them, and glue them to a lunch bag for gift bags!
Paper Bag Luminaries: CraftZine

Thanksgiving Tutorials:

Christmas Tutorials:

Inspiration, Ideas, and Photos:

Yep. I’m excited. I was SUPER excited to find the inspiration sites – they are just so interesting.

I’m going to definitely try the first half of the general tutorial list. And, as usual, I will post the results in this post when I do so!

If you know of ANY other examples or tutorials, please comment below so I can add them to this list. Thanks!

Photo Credit: St0rmz on flickr

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30

Sep

Prescription Bottles & Film Canisters: What Can I Do With Them?

I’ve been collecting pill bottles for unknown reasons. I WANT to do something with them, but I just don’t know what. I have beads, but don’t really need containers. hmm… argh.

I also know that there are a lot of crafts that you can do with prescription bottles AND film canisters (since they are basically the same shape and such.)

SO! I looked up pill/prescription/pharmacy/medicine/drug bottle and film canister crafts on Google as well as asking peeps on Twitter and DIYscene, and this is what I’ve found:

Tutorials:

Tutorials for Christmas:

Tutorials for Halloween:

Jar-o’-Lanterns: Martha Stewart: Although we aren’t using jars, you could still totally use your pill bottles for this! A variation could include adding some kind of material on top for a hat or hair, or even a head on top, as a free-standing figure.

Inspiration, Ideas, and Photos:

Some vet’s offices take empty pill bottles to cut down prescription costs – Absidy
You can also use them for plant starters when planting season comes around – Absidy
Pill bottle chandelier – Found by MTCoffinz
You could also make doggie poop bag holders with some of the pill bottles – DingoGirl66
You can cover the pill bottles with fabric/beads/paper/etc and make a necklace small case – Noadi
You could put something noisy in the pill bottles and sew them into something for a cat or dog toy! Hey – you could sew them into a toy made out of a tie!!! – TheSaraInitiative
Sewing in Circles: CraftStylish
Melt them and make jewelry: Garden Web
Craftster has a pretty awesome thread on pill bottles
There are endless amounts of storage options for little things, such as beads, barbie shoes, paperclips, etc.

YAY FOR RECYCLING TRASH!

When I figure out what I want to do, I’ll post my results in this post. Woot!

If you know of ANY other examples or tutorials, please comment below so I can add them to this list. Thanks!

Photo Credit: Charles Williams on flickr

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29

Sep

Neckties: What Can I Do With Them?

I have neckties. A lot of neckties. I recently asked the question, “What can I do with neckties?” on twitter and DIYscene, and got a bunch of different responses. I also hardcore looked up tie crafting for a good couple of hours. Here are the results!

Accessory Tutorials:

Home Decor Tutorials:

Necktie Daisy Pins: Craftzine – Could also be made as magnets!
Necktie Pillow: Carol Sews’ Blog
Necktie Chair Seats: Tool Girl’s Blog
Necktie Snakes: Dave’s Garden – Make some necktie snakes as part of your home decor!
Necktie Switch Plate: Craftzine

Cat Toy Tutorials:

Necktie Snakes: Dave’s Garden – Make some necktie snakes for your kitty’s enjoyment! Fill them with catnip!

Valentine’s Day Tutorials:

Necktie Pin Cushion Valentines: CraftStylish – Although this tutorial doesn’t SPECIFICALLY say that ties are used, you could totally use them to make an ultra awesome heart pin cushion. Or any pin cushion for that matter!
Necktie Valentine Pins: CraftStylish – Could also make cute magnets!

Easter Tutorials:

Halloween Tutorials:

Necktie Snakes: Dave’s Garden – Make some necktie snakes for part of your Halloween decor!

Inspiration, Ideas, and Photos:

Artful Ties Blog: Necktie Art
The Purse Project Blog - Be sure to use CTRL+F and type in ‘necktie,’ she has so many pictures and wonderful ideas!
Necktie Card Holders: CraftStylish
Necktie Bibs: CraftStylish
Etsy Seller Glamarita makes a ton of necktie clothing
Sewing With Neckties: Flickr Group – Tons of pics of crafts made from ties
Necktie Project Photos on Flickr including dog collars, kid’s clothing, and a Christmas Tree Skirt from abracapocus_pocuscadabra
Necktie Ottoman Photo on Flickr from Meg Jewell
Necktie Hairbands Photo on Flickr from nancygamon

For even MORE ideas, type in “necktie” when using the ‘search’ option on CraftStylish.com. Their ideas are ENDLESS!

As I find more sites for tie crafting, I will add them to this specific blog post. No reason to make multiple posts for the same freakin’ topic!

When I do make something with the ties, I will totally add them to this post as well. So check back!

If you know of ANY other examples or tutorials, please comment below so I can add them to this list. Thanks!

Photo Credit: Gato Azul on flickr

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Paper Bags: What Can I Do With Them?

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