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Nov

Felt: What Can I Do With It?

Who would have guessed? I always thought felt was crappy – but that was before I found all of these kick-ass tutorials! I LOVE plushies Here’s my tutorial list!

Oh hey! Looking for more stuff that you can do with other fabrics or scraps? Check out my post: Extra Fabric or Fabric Scraps: What Can I Do With Them?

Stitching Tutorials:

Blanket Stitch Tutorials: FutureGirl

Tutorials:

Accessory Tutorials:

Home Decor Tutorials:

Halloween Tutorials:

Thanksgiving Tutorials:

Felt Food: Made

Christmas Tutorials:

Inspiration, Ideas, and Photos:

Felt Tree Wall Hanging: JavaMama on Craftster

I will be adding more felt tutorials to this post as I find them If you know of ANY other examples or tutorials, please comment below so I can add them to this list. Thanks!

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Nov

Wire Hangers: What Can I Do With Them?

Spoon gets all of his work shirts dry cleaned every couple of weeks, and when we get them back, there’s a white wire hanger on each one. We have accumulated more wire hangers than the clothes we have, so I started thinking about what could be done with them.

So far, all we’ve done with them involved cutting them and bending them to make stakes to hold down our Halloween decorations into the ground. They worked really well and none of our stuff blew away. Yay!

But hey – I still have a TON left, and more are coming. I did my homework – here are some fun and awesome things that you can make or do with your wire hangers. Yay!

Click on the photo to go to the tutorial.

Contents:

Home Decor Tutorials
Hanger Cover Tutorials
Mobile Tutorials
Toy Tutorials
Baby Shower Tutorials
Valentine’s Day Tutorials
Easter Tutorials
Halloween Tutorials
Christmas Tutorials

Home Decor Tutorials:

iPod Dock from a Metal Hanger: Instructables

Hanger Lamp: Instructables

Make your own vintage Wire Basket out of Coat Hangers: Associated Content

Tissue Box Hanger: Instructables

Tissue Paper Butterfly: San Diego Zoo

Wire Hanger Lamps: Cut out and Keep

Coat Hanger Wine Rack: Guardian.co.uk

Wire Coat Hanger Toilet Roll Holder: Instructables

Lion Face: San Diego Zoo

Wine Glass Dryer from Coat Hanger: Instructables

Simple Book Light: Instructables

Ergonomic Laptop Stand Made from a Coat Hanger: Instructables

Dream Catcher: San Diego Zoo

Multi-Purpose Clothespin Hanger: Instructables

Make Your Own Razor and Shaving Brush Stand: Instructables

Recycled Wire Hanger Yarn Dog: Thrifty Fun

Denim Jeans Windsock: Craftbits

Wire Hanger Book Rack: Someday Crafts

Hanger Cover Tutorials:

Yarn Covered Hangers: Exploring Womanhood

Handsome Hangers: Family Fun

Braided Coat Hanger: All Free Crafts

Stylish Cardboard Clothes Hangers: Instructables

Coat Hanger Cover: Craftbits

Personalized Wire Hanger for Baby Clothes: Instructables

Mobile Tutorials:

DIY High Contrast Baby Mobile: Instructables

How to make a stable Airplane Mobile: How Stuff Works

Pac Man Paper Mobile: Instructables

Whale Mobile: Enchanted Learning

3-D Fruit Craft: Enchanted Learning

Butterfly Mobile: Craftbits

Toy Tutorials:

Make a Whirligig in a Box: ThinkingFountain

Baby Shower Tutorials:

Baby Shower Room Wreath: Craftbits

Baby Shower Announcement Wreath: CraftBits

Baby Shower Baby Towel Pram: Craftbits

Valentine’s Day Tutorials:

Wire Hanger Fabric Wreath: San Diego Zoo

Key to My Heart Hangup: Craftbits

Easter Tutorials:

Baby Bunny Baby Basket: Craftbits

Halloween Tutorials:

Making Halloween Corpse Hands: WetCanvas

LED Spiders: Instructables

Wire Hanger Pumpkin: San Diego Zoo

Ghost Halloween Decoration: Cut Out and Keep

Recycled T-Shirt Door Witch: Craftbits

Fall Scarecrow Decoration: Family Crafts

Bat Mobile: Family Fun

Butterfly Wings: Cut out and Keep

Halloween Fairy Wings: Knitting

Fairy Wings: Cut Out and Keep

More Fairy Wings: Cut out and Keep

Bat Wings: Cut out and Keep

Wire Hanger Bow: Instructables

Christmas Tutorials:

Wire Hanger Christmas Ornament Wreath: eddieross

Glow Ball Ornament: Instructables

Recycled Coat Hanger Christmas Tree: All Free Crafts

Coat Hanger Christmas Tree: Kaboose

Christmas Card Mobile: How Stuff Works

How to make a Christmas Coat Hanger Wreath: Do It Yourself

Make a Christmas Wreath: Little House in the Suburbs

Wreath from Recycled Bags: Craftbits

Wreath from Fabric Scraps: Craftbits

Coat Hanger Christmas Wreath: All Free Crafts

Candy Wreath: Family Crafts

Pine Cone Wreath: Family Crafts

Wire Santa Mini Wreath: Family Crafts

I <3 the vintage wire basket. I must try it!

And, OMG – the corpse hand is genius. I mean.. how freaking creative! I will definitely mess around with that project for next Halloween

If you know of ANY other examples or tutorials, please comment below so I can add them to this list. As I’ve said above, I have hangers coming into the house every week, so I need to keep up with them in crafts – thanks!

Photo Credit: SilverFuture on flickr

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Oct

DIY Outdoor Halloween Decoration Tutorials

Tutorials:

DIY Halloween Wreath Tutorials from my previous blog post here
Lowe’s has several tutorials for outdoor decorations, which I have blogged about here
Looking for indoor or party Halloween tutorials too? Check out my post here
How to Make Glow Water: YouTube