Fabric upcycle: make a chicken door stop
September 11, 2014 – 5:55 am | No Comment

To make this chicken door stop I used the template kindly offered by Bake and Sew. I adjusted the sizes in mine to make it a little larger by adding 4 cm on each …

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X is for xylophone
May 14, 2012 – 3:28 am | One Comment
X is for xylophone

After the success of our peruvian drums, we built a colourful xylophone with some old pencils, polystyrene and cardboard.  It is very easy to make and you can easily find all you need for this …

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How to make herbs pots from ice cream tabs
May 3, 2012 – 3:44 am | 2 Comments
How to make herbs pots from ice cream tabs

Lately we have been consuming large quantities of ice cream so we are left with so many ice cream tabs to transform into useful things. I have already shared the storage containers decorated with comics, …

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Upcycle crafts: how to make a pretty vase with a plain glass jar
February 23, 2012 – 7:41 am | 2 Comments
Upcycle crafts: how to make a pretty vase with a plain glass jar

Today’s project is a blue vase that we made with a glass jar, a piece of cotton gauze, vinyl glue, paint and colourful elastic bands. The process is very easy. Coat the vase …

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Upcyle crafts: how to make a bin with an old pair of jeans
January 9, 2012 – 4:54 am | 2 Comments
Upcyle crafts: how to make a bin with an old pair of jeans

At the weekend we had a good clear out so you can just imagine the amount of potential crafts we are going to do with all those unwanted goods. We started our crafty upcycle with …

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Upcycle and recycle: how to turn a washing detergent into a vase
January 6, 2012 – 4:29 am | No Comment
Upcycle and recycle: how to turn a washing detergent into a vase

Here we are again at the start of a new year, Happy 2012 everyone! We have been a little quiet at FabMums over the holidays, but we are back now and what better way to …

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Christmas crafts: how to turn a used envelope into a gift bag
December 20, 2011 – 7:21 am | No Comment
Christmas crafts: how to turn a used envelope into a gift bag

I am very excited about the transformation of this used envelope into a Christmas gift carrier. To make this Christmas gift pouch you need a used bubble envelope, Christmas wrapping paper cuttings, glue, scissors, a …

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Christmas recycled crafts: cardboard stars decorations
December 15, 2011 – 6:56 am | No Comment
Christmas recycled crafts: cardboard stars decorations

Every year we make new Christmas decorations to hang around the house. This year we made some hanging stars cut out of discarded cardboard boxes, which we painted silver on one side and gold on …

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Upcycle with kids: how to make a ring folder with a piece of carboard
November 25, 2011 – 4:05 am | One Comment
Upcycle with kids: how to make a ring folder with a piece of carboard

Today’s upcycle project is the transformation of a basic piece of cardboard into a useful colourful ring folder. The project is very basic so school kids should be able to carry out alone, but if not …

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Loo roll reindeer and Santa Claus
November 18, 2011 – 2:50 am | 4 Comments
Loo roll reindeer and Santa Claus

Meet the loo roll Father Christmas and his reindeer with Rudolph leading the pack. This is a very quick craft that we intend to use for our festive animation series. To make the reindeer you …

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Magazine pages Christmas tree
November 9, 2011 – 6:25 am | 2 Comments
Magazine pages Christmas tree

Crafting with junk is one of my favourite ways to get creative and when it comes to recycling I am partial to magazine pages. In the past we made coasters, table mats and napkin rings. …

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Halloween snakes and ladders
October 31, 2011 – 8:27 am | No Comment
Halloween snakes and ladders

Snakes and ladders is one of our favourite games so we often adapt it to special themes and Halloween seemed like the perfect occasion to slightly modify it. Our haunted snakes and ladders is very …

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Halloween crafts: Frankenstein lantern
October 25, 2011 – 3:44 am | 2 Comments
Halloween crafts: Frankenstein lantern

To complete our homemade set of Halloween lights this year we made a Frankenstein lantern to join the pumpkin and vampire from last year. Only this time instead of painting the jars we opted for …

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