Crafting with Versatool

Posted by admin on December 4th, 2009 at 04:43pm

In current times, landfills are increasingly crowded and anything we can do to help with recycling makes a difference. A good way to recycle is homemade crafts using things that are normally thrown away.

Before you throw something away, ask yourself: Can be used again in a craft project? Even if you do not intend to use immediately, or if an idea does not come to mind immediately, even if you think you save can be reused. Maintain box of some recycled items for your craft items, so if you find a project that already have the item you need on hand.

Of course it is much easier to get a boat if you have any ideas on what can be done. But always be creative and try to come up with new ideas too! Here are some ideas to get started.

Clean cans of soup or vegetable cans can be used for a variety of crafts. If they fill with water and allow frozen in the freezer, you can make holes in the side of the cans with a hammer and nails (the ice in the interior maintains the structure and keeps the can of dents). The holes can be drilled to form a design. The exterior of the can be painted and when light is added to tea, make beautiful lamps. These can be hung on a patio, lined along the driveway for a party, or use indoors and beautiful decorations.

Soup of the covers can be painted or decorated with decoupage, and became refrigerator magnets or Christmas ornaments. Photos can also be applied using decoupage, and they can become a family tree mobile.

Empty toilet paper rolls and rolls of paper towels can be used for a variety of crafts, many of the children right. Try taking a pencil sticking cupholders three tubes of toilet together vertically, and glue on a rigid cardboard base. Empty paper towel rolls, when cut into sections of an inch, can be done on napkin. Only paint and glue on the decorations, like sea shells or other ornaments.

The foam boards are under many types of meat from the store also can be saved and used for many different art projects. They also make great trays for mixing paints.

coffee cans could be in containers very simply decorate the outside of them. Children will be covered with construction paper and foam mounting outward forms. Adults can enjoy the decoration of cans to decorate with decoupage. You can take the cans to match the decor of any room in your house and then use these containers hand in your bathroom to hold hair materials in the garage to hold tools, or in the kitchen to hold spoons and spatulas … the possibilities are virtually endless. coffee cans aviaries could also become beautiful to work quite well.

Empty milk and cream containers are ideal for children’s crafts, which can be decorated to look like animals, like a duck or chicken. Old tennis balls can be turned into puppets by cutting a slit through side of the ball to become a mouth. And of course there is always a monkey sock puppet, a great utility for a sock that has lost its partner!

The cardboard is used in many art projects and should always be saved. It serves as a good surface for painting or drawing up projects to protect your work surface. Empty egg cartons can be turned into small animal or a bouquet of flowers carton of eggs.

Never pull very glass bottles or cans of tuna mint. These can be decorated with decoupage, with plenty of paper (such as decorative napkins or tissue paper) and give away bottles of soap or pill cases for purse. The People love homemade gifts.

Jars may be used to make beautiful vases candle. Trying to fill a bottle with sand and add some sea shells, and place a candle votive in the center. This is a quick summer centerpiece for your table. Or use the jars are filled with the dry ingredients cookie. This is a perfect gift to give a host or hostess at a party. Only covers the jar lid with a pretty fabric and a bow and ready to give away.

Have fun searching the Internet for other fun ways to reuse things that would normally be thrown away. You will feel good about helping the environment and make inexpensive gifts!

Karen Hunady is from Cleveland, Ohio and has enjoyed crafting her entire life. She created a craft website that has free craft projects for every season of the year. Each project has step by step instructions with lots of photos to help along the way. Please drop by for a visit at www.crafts-for-all-seasons.com

Lighting: Is there a tool for cutting designs in paper bags?

I want to make Christmas lights, so I bought bags paper, tea lights, cat litter, etc. Then I realized I do not know how to cut designs into paper bags with ease, as stars, trees, angels, etc. If I have to do one at a time with an exacto knife I will forever. Does anyone know of a special tool for cutting quick craft these designs and easily?

There are die cutting machines. Can be found at craft / hobby stores (Michael, Joann, etc.) Good luck

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