My dd needs some ideas

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I saw one on HGTV... dunno if its too much for your DD, but they went through this guys junk and found some old lamp bases and an old globe, cut the globe in half and mounted it as the lamp shade.. it looked AWESOME! 

Also, when I was SUPER poor in college we made collage end tables.  We took a couple of boxes, collected a ton of old newspapers from people and put them inside to make the boxes heavy and sturdy... taped the whole thing shut, then pasted photos of ourselves and places we had been all over the boxes.  Covered the whole thing with lamination... it held up pretty well for the 2 years we used em!

Vinyl records make cool bowls and lamps.  If you melt the record over a glass bowl in the oven  just til it's pliable then smash it down into the bowl then paint it if you'd like.  For a lamp base you could get a cheap old clarinet or something and use the record as the shade.

Gift Bows!!! and how to make them out of magazines...

Cell phone photo tutorial...
What you need:

magazine page, brass paper fastener/brad, something sharp, scissors.

1.) Cut mag page into strips


2.) Loop a strip like so:

Then loop the other end like so:


3.) Poke a hole in the middle with the sharp thing and slide it onto the brad.


4.) Make another one and put it on the brad too.

And just keep going.

5.) Once you've got about nine strips looped on there just split the prongs on the brad.

And you're done!


WARNING: May cause serious addiction. Craft at your own risk.



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Yeah, I could recycle magazines by putting them in my recycling bin, but this is way more fun...


(I also reused a pretty shoe box to put the gift in)


And two more...


They're super easy. You just need a magazine, scissors and those little brass paper fastener things (a stapler might work too).
1. Cut some different size strips from the mag.
2. Loop the strips and stick the paper fastener through the middle. (it might be easier to make holes in the strips with something sharp first and then slide them on the fastener. I used a seam ripper). Put the smaller strips on first and then the larger.
3. Pull the prongs apart when you're done and then stick it to your gift with some tape. Fluff it up a bit for flair and voila!

Homemade Citrus Household Cleaner

Fill a large, wide mouth jar with citrus peels (such as lemons, oranges, limes, grapefruits). Cover the peels with white household vinegar. Let brew for four weeks, shaking the jar occasionally (just to mix it up a bit). Strain (I did this twice).

Use as a laundry booster (I just tossed it in with the whites), window cleaner, floor cleaner, counter tops, appliances (Dilute in water-1/2 cup per gallon of water works well). For a stovetop grease buster I just sprayed it on undiluted. Test surfaces first before using.

Tips:

Before filling the jar, I made sure the citrus peels were scrubbed well in baking soda and water to remove any chemicals or pesticides. It's a lot easier if you do this before peeling the fruit!

To collect the peels, throughout the week store all the citrus peels in a baggy or airtight container and refrigerate. If your household doesn't go through a lot of citrus fruit in a week, just chop up what peels you have and fill a small glass jar (or even spray bottle) with peels and cover with vinegar. To make a big jar like above, you need a lot of peels. You could try freezing the peels and then thawing the bunch when you have enough, I haven't tested that though.

ILOVE this idea, my dd is 6 and we are going to do this!!! How AWESOME!

Quoting reluctantdragon:

Gift Bows!!! and how to make them out of magazines...

Cell phone photo tutorial...
What you need:

magazine page, brass paper fastener/brad, something sharp, scissors.

1.) Cut mag page into strips


2.) Loop a strip like so:

Then loop the other end like so:


3.) Poke a hole in the middle with the sharp thing and slide it onto the brad.


4.) Make another one and put it on the brad too.

And just keep going.

5.) Once you've got about nine strips looped on there just split the prongs on the brad.

And you're done!


WARNING: May cause serious addiction. Craft at your own risk.



-----old post-----

Yeah, I could recycle magazines by putting them in my recycling bin, but this is way more fun...


(I also reused a pretty shoe box to put the gift in)


And two more...


They're super easy. You just need a magazine, scissors and those little brass paper fastener things (a stapler might work too).
1. Cut some different size strips from the mag.
2. Loop the strips and stick the paper fastener through the middle. (it might be easier to make holes in the strips with something sharp first and then slide them on the fastener. I used a seam ripper). Put the smaller strips on first and then the larger.
3. Pull the prongs apart when you're done and then stick it to your gift with some tape. Fluff it up a bit for flair and voila!

My SO's cousin does some pretty awesome things from trash.  She melted a bunch of those blue bags w/ the smilies on it from Walmart and made a freakin blue shirt w/ a smilie, she made a large purse out of reciepts, and a large ball in chain made out of junk food wrappers. 

But i have to say that bow idea is pretty neat can use magazines or wrapping paper since it is that time of yr and all.  Could find a way to use the rings that hold a 6pack together and create a photoframe out of those glitter glue cardboard and heck could even use magazines or wrapping paper to give it some color. 

This is one of the coolest things I've ever seen!!! Awesome!

Quoting reluctantdragon:

Gift Bows!!! and how to make them out of magazines...