I recycle any plastics I have on hand, either to our community recycling center (which takes only types 1 or 2 plastics) or I use cleaned plastic jars and containers for storing buttons, screws, hooks and what not.
I've finally got more than enough rooting pots and drip catchers for my plants, so what to do with extra plastic lids if they can't be recycled?
Make plastic lid crafts for Earth Day. Try these five frugal ideas, then dream up your own green crafts for left over plastic lids.
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Home Made Green Gift For Dads
Dads always seem to have a pocket full of coins at the end of the day. Make a coin holder or spare change bank for Dad with this printable sticker and easy to follow instructions.Dad's Spare Change label makes a nice gift for Father's Day, birthday or a special holiday gift. It's a green craft, too, if you make it from a recycled box or jar.
Dad's Spare Change gift instructions and printable label.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
#1 Fan Mask Craft
I love recycled crafts and Halloween so this mask making project is a favorite. You may have seen flat cardboard fans given away at county fairs and political rallies. These masks are basically the same thing, except they've got your favorite musical artist's face on the front.
If you have no album covers, take heart. You can still make a #1 Fan Mask from a photo or a cereal box ... read on.
How to Make a #1 Fan Mask
If you've got a bunch of old vinyl record album jackets hanging around, you can recycle the jacket fronts into celebrity masks on sticks. You could also use cereal boxes or magazine photos if they've got celebrity faces in jumbo head shot sizes. You'll need a face image that's approximately life size, so it will cover your face ...
Cut the face out of the album cover, cereal box or magazine page leaving just a slight margin around the face and hair.
Glue the face image to card stock; trim excess card from edges after glue dries.
Gather up some wooden paint-stirring sticks (the kind you get at the hardware store when you buy a gallon of paint). Or, if you've got some old wooden rulers around, they'll work too - and you'll be doubling your recycling efforts. You could even cut a wooden yard stick into 3 fan-mask holders. (Side note: Years ago roller-type window shades had wooden sticks in the bottom - if you have any of those hanging around, recycle those into handles.)
Paint the sticks if you wish, or leave them natural. Let paint dry.
Attach the cardboard cut out faces to the sticks using tacky glue or duct tape.
Enjoy your celebrity status by holding up your fan/mask to disguise your face ... or keep your cool. You can get really fancy with this project and attach a sign or another face to the back side of the stick.
Celebrity Photo Fan Masks
For another version of this project, print out enlarged photos of anyone - family, pets, celebrities. Find lifesized portrait pictures or enlarge them using a color copier, scanner or your computer and a good graphics editing program. Print the enlarged photo onto card stock or heavy paper and proceed with the project instructions above.
The best results come from photos that are life size with the subject facing straight ahead (or you can get silly and use a back of the head picture instead!).
Here are links to a few photos of famous faces available at Wikipedia.com that you can use to make your own celebrity face masks or mask-fans:
Barack Obama
Pres. Bill Clinton
Pres. George W. Bush
VP Dick Cheney
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
Angeline Jolie
Hillary Clinton
PS Don't throw the vinyl albums away! You can recycle those into nifty bowls and wrist cuff bangles ... directions to follow in a future post.
If you have no album covers, take heart. You can still make a #1 Fan Mask from a photo or a cereal box ... read on.
How to Make a #1 Fan Mask
If you've got a bunch of old vinyl record album jackets hanging around, you can recycle the jacket fronts into celebrity masks on sticks. You could also use cereal boxes or magazine photos if they've got celebrity faces in jumbo head shot sizes. You'll need a face image that's approximately life size, so it will cover your face ...
Cut the face out of the album cover, cereal box or magazine page leaving just a slight margin around the face and hair.
Glue the face image to card stock; trim excess card from edges after glue dries.
Gather up some wooden paint-stirring sticks (the kind you get at the hardware store when you buy a gallon of paint). Or, if you've got some old wooden rulers around, they'll work too - and you'll be doubling your recycling efforts. You could even cut a wooden yard stick into 3 fan-mask holders. (Side note: Years ago roller-type window shades had wooden sticks in the bottom - if you have any of those hanging around, recycle those into handles.)
Paint the sticks if you wish, or leave them natural. Let paint dry.
Attach the cardboard cut out faces to the sticks using tacky glue or duct tape.
Enjoy your celebrity status by holding up your fan/mask to disguise your face ... or keep your cool. You can get really fancy with this project and attach a sign or another face to the back side of the stick.
Celebrity Photo Fan Masks
For another version of this project, print out enlarged photos of anyone - family, pets, celebrities. Find lifesized portrait pictures or enlarge them using a color copier, scanner or your computer and a good graphics editing program. Print the enlarged photo onto card stock or heavy paper and proceed with the project instructions above.
The best results come from photos that are life size with the subject facing straight ahead (or you can get silly and use a back of the head picture instead!).
Here are links to a few photos of famous faces available at Wikipedia.com that you can use to make your own celebrity face masks or mask-fans:
Barack Obama
Pres. Bill Clinton
Pres. George W. Bush
VP Dick Cheney
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
Angeline Jolie
Hillary Clinton
PS Don't throw the vinyl albums away! You can recycle those into nifty bowls and wrist cuff bangles ... directions to follow in a future post.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Printable Earth Day Flag Card
Celebrate Earth Day with cards,crafts and decorations that celebrate nature, recycling, green living and Mother Earth. Here's a list of Earth Day printables and nature-related craft resources:
Friday, November 23, 2007
Easy Gift Wrap the Green Way
It's not hard or expensive to wrap gifts creatively without making a dent in your carbon foot print. There are many ways you can use recycled materials to dress up your presents, or you can find patterns to make cool boxes and wrappers from old cards and papers. You can also use fabric, containers and even junk mail to wrap up your gifts. Click here for dozens of ideas and links to free gift tags, labels and gift wrap resources.
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