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Eco-Friendly Wrapping Paper {Make-It!}

Kid-Friendly Homemade Stampers {K-Cup Crafts}

These homemade stampers are so easy to make and they're uber customizable.  You can use them for pretty much anything, but my favorites are to let your child draw a small picture and you can transfer it to the stamper- saving their art forever!  Or use them as personalized stampers with your child's name or monogram- perfect for creating "no itch" name labels to stamp on the inside of shirts for your child who seems to lose everything at school or camp.  Just use fabric paint on the stamper instead of ink!

More K-Cup Crafts!

Being that I am (still) addicted to coffee, the K-cups keep coming.  Today I was in the mood for a somewhat mindless instant gratification kind of craft (as opposed to dress making and such) so I pulled out my old K-Cups and created 3 new ideas!  Read on to see them...

Save That Jar! {Glass Jar Craft Ideas}

Glass jars are quite possibly the most versatile recyclable ever.  From the age old penny jar to a DIY industrial looking light fixture, there is no shortage of uses for them.  Most people save their glass jars, but find that they pile up pretty quickly because aside from storing spare change, nails, screws etc. they don't know what to use them for.  Keeping things simple, I put together a few very doable crafts for those glass jars that have been snickering at you for the last few months.  Read on to see more...

Atlas Crafts... because who doesn't love a good map?!

I have a weird thing for maps.  They don't even have to be depicting anywhere remotely cool for me to swoon.  I don't know what it is about them, really.  Maybe it's the funky names, or the windy roads, or the fact that I'm pretty sure I was born to be nomadic (sigh... a life thus far unfulfilled)  Whatever it is, I don't care.  I love them, plain and simple.  Here are a few crafty ideas to showcase those lovely maps!

How to Make a Gift Bow {tutorial}

 

These are super easy to make and are sure to have their recipients ooh-ing and ahh-ing.   Read on for the tute ;)

Color Walk {Boredom Buster!}

Use those old paint chips for a super fun family activity!

Announcing... K-Cup Crafts!

I love coffee.  More than the average person, I think.  It all started about a year ago when Hubs came home with a Keurig.  Since then I've been known to describe my day by how many cups; e.g. "Oh god, it's definitely gonna be a three-cupper."  Life for me is all around better when there is coffee to be had, yet every time I pop a K-cup in the machine I feel a pang of guilt at how wasteful they are!  I feel like the convenience of them isn't worth the damage and waste. 

For months now I've been trying to think of ways to re-use them.  I even googled "K-cup crafts" and found like 10 blogs dedicated to saving and reusing K-cups in a crafty way, but ALL of them had only one blog post saying something along the lines of "I hate the waste of K-cups and decided to start a blog showing all the crafts you can do with them."  and then NOTHING!  So I dug deep into my {mommy mush} brain and found quite a few ideas.  The first one I did was a SMASH!  The kids absolutely love it!

 

Sound Memory Game!

 

Awesome Party Favors!

Have all your party guests bowing down to you and your ridiculously cute and clever party favors.  Fruit cocktail cans never looked so good!