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Tree Hugging Family - Living Green

October 4th, 2008

Oodles of Free Recycled Halloween Craft Ideas

All Free Crafts has cool craft ideas all the time, but I didn’t know about their Halloween Crafts. Many are recycled, super cute and spooky, and look like loads of fun.
For example:
Egg Carton Bat…

Plus other Halloween crafts like:

Recycled Lightbulb Witch
Recycled Frankenstein Can
Recycled Pumpkin CD
Egg Carton Pumpkins

Visit to see all the fun recycled crafts. Also, don’t […]

By Jennifer -- 1 comment

September 25th, 2008

Homemade Recycled Holiday Luminaries

With all the holidays coming up, it’s the perfect time to make luminaries. You could buy some; they’re not always expensive. For example, this three piece Chelsea Luminaries set (below) from Improvements is almost half off right now; (and they’re pretty).

Still, even if you can get them on the cheap, why not make them yourself? […]

By Jennifer -- 2 comments

September 22nd, 2008

Recycled Autumn Kid Crafts

With rainy and or cooler weather setting in, now is a good time to stay inside and make some eco crafts. I’ve collected a few that fit the season.
Recycled Blooms: Ok, this may seem like a spring-based craft, but consider making some autumn toned blooms for the Thanksgiving table this year - cheaper than real […]

By Jennifer -- 1 comment

June 12th, 2008

Great Summer Projects, Crafts, & Nature Activities for Kids…

With summer here, maybe you’re looking for something new to do. We’ve posted lots on fun kid activities, so I thought I’d round up a good bunch of stuff that you and more importantly, your kids, might enjoy. Don’t forget, if all else fails, there’s always a picnic at the park.

Nature based fun:  

Nature Experiment […]

By Jennifer -- 3 comments

June 7th, 2008

Green Science Fair For a Better Planet

Instructables and Discover magazine have joined forces and right now are running the Green Science Fair For a Better Planet contest and event. I actually meant to post on this sooner (bad me). The contest is complied of every sort of green project you can think of, but each project needs to be instructions, a […]

By Jennifer -- 2 comments

June 7th, 2008

Creative Reuse Art Projects

Recycle Works has an excellent page of creative reuse project links - perfect for kids and adults. Some of what you’ll find includes:
Colorful envelopes made out of old magazine or calender pages.
Bird feeder from a milk carton
One of their links will take you to the KinderArt Art From Recycled Materials page, which is great. You’ll […]

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