Christmas presents: Inexpensive, personalized holiday gift baskets under $15

Holiday gift baskets make idea Christmas presents for everyone on your holiday shopping list. Gift baskets can be personalized and made inexpensively. Giving gift baskets cuts costs but also subtracts from your workload. Here's how: list every person who will get gift baskets and decide upon a theme for each, based upon favorite hobbies or interests. Streamline personalized Christmas gift baskets by including like items in each recipient's gift basket. Here are six items to include in everyone's gift basket, with variations personalized for each.  Christmas presents: Inexpensive, personalized holiday gift baskets under $15

Free Printable Father's Day Greeting Cards for Preschoolers and Dad Themed Craft Activities

At your wits end to know what to get dad for Father's Day? Make him something, using these free printable Father's Day greeting cards and dad themed crafts. Good for all ages, even preschoolers! Dad will love your creativity and thoughtfulness.  Free Printable Father's Day Greeting Cards and Craft Activities

Cheap, Homemade Easter Basket Fillers with Free Printable Crafts

Looking to make an Easter basket? You could get the ho-hum candy or you could be creative and fill the basket with nifty, useful toys and gifts. Here are cheap Easter basket filler suggestions. I've included free printable crafts, coloring pages, puzzles, toys and books. As the original minimalist mama. I do natural, sustainable, frugal, recycled. I keep holiday giving affordable and sensible. I've used these candy-alternative Easter basket ideas with our four kids. Inexpensive Candy Alternative Easter Basket Ideas for Little Girls

Teaching Children To Knit for Pleasure, Profit, Productivity

Knitting and Needlecraft for Children: Teach Them to Knit
Looking for a productive, inexpensive handicraft or hobby for your child? How about a craft activity she can take anywhere? Knitting and needlecrafts are portable, inexpensive, creative, user-friendly and relaxing. Knitted crafts are marketable, too. Read More

Father's Day Gift Coupon Ideas to Make With Children

Fathers Day Gift Coupons: Lesson Plans and Activities Gift coupons or love coupons make perfect gifts from children to parents. Here's a language arts lesson plan for homeschool or classroom use. Design and write love coupons for Father's Day as a writing, spelling and punctuation lesson plan. Read More

Great Kids Toy Companies and Childrens' Crafts

Best Toy Companies and Reasonably Priced Toy Products for Kids Gifts Most of us are counting our pennies. When we buy a kids gift, we want it to be creative, well-made and enjoyable. Some product and toy manufacturer's have a better reputation than others. Here are 'quality for price' gifts for kids. Read More

Cheap DIY Personalized Gift Basket Crafts

How to Create Inexpensive, Personalized Gift Baskets Holiday gift baskets have been a popular gift item for some time now. Some of us have found ways to create personalized gift baskets based on interest. What is more challenging is to create inexpensive gift baskets. Read on

No-Sew Recycled Curtains

Homemade No Sew Swag Drapes and Curtains with Recycled Bed Sheets
Frugal is my middle name. DIY are my initials and resourceful is my main character trait. I'm always looking for ways to create expensive decor with recycled materials. Today's tip: reuse top sheets for no-sew swag curtains. Read on...

Bike Decorating for 4th of July Parade

How to Decorate a Bike for a 4th of July Parade Want to decorate your bike for a parade? Here is an easy, inexpensive, 'green' diy guide. Make your bike patriotic in no time! Use recycled materials for decorations. Click here

Green, Non Toxic Jewelry and Silver Polish

Silver cleaning and polishing compounds can be some of the most toxic chemicals in your craft cupboard or home. Many of crafting friends use silver polish for their crafts. Here's a green solution for silver polishing and cleaning. Gel toothpaste. Cheap, non-toxic, safe and green. For even safer, greener toothpaste silver polish, choose Tom's of Maine, Kiss my Face or other organic toothpaste. Read on

DIY Moon Sand, Lint Dough, Silly Putty and More Recipes

Silly Putty, Lint Dough, Moon Sand and Other Science Recipes Science and math concepts sink in best when kids are making a noise and mess. Easy, green recipes for hands-on, hands-in fun! Use recycles materials. Make DIY craft dough at a fraction of the commercial cost. Here are several recipes for farting putty, oobleck or goop, green lint dough, Moon Sand and more. Read on

Beach Toys and Garden Tools from Milk Jugs

Green Crafts:Beach and Sand Toys or Gardening Tools from Recycled Milk Jugs Want to have a day of fun with only a milk jug? Here's a guide to make beach toys, sand toys and gardening tools from a recycled milk jug a pail, strainer/sifter, funnel, mold, garden rake, hoe and spade for the beach or garden using recycled milk jug. Perfect green crafts! Click here for details

Stations of the Cross Art Forms

Stations of the Cross Art Projects using different art media: Clay, watercolors, pastels, carving, mosaics. Perfect green craft for the Lenten and Easter season. Read more

Ash Wednesday Craft Project

Ash Wednesday approaches for Christians. In 2009, Ash Wednesday falls later in the year than usual, on February 25 (my dad's birthday- Happy Birthday, Dad!) Easter falls on April 12. Here's a great craft to bring us into spiritual focus for Ash Wednesday and the lenten season. Make a cross candle holder to commemorate the seven weeks of lent. It's like an advent wreath for lent! Use the trunk from your Christmas to connect Christmas and Easter. Children will process the tie-in between Easter and Christmas much better with this craft. (I should have posted this earlier when we still had our Christmas trees; sorry!) At any rate, read on

DIY Romantic New Year's Eve Dinner Date

Best Spot for a Romantic Dinner A recipe for romance that you can use wherever you are and regardless of your budget! A do-it-yourself romantic dinner with tips to make it your most memorable date, holiday or intimate occasion ever! Read more

Repurposed Furniture Makeover Crafts

Fabulous Furniture Improvs DIY guide to revamp and reuse furniture for new uses! Ultimate recycling home decor crafts! Need a dresser or place to store your clothes? Here are a few with a little twist! And no stuck or squeaky drawers!
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Make an Advent Wreath: History and Crafts

Advent Wreath Devotional: History, How-tos and Traditions Description of Advent Wreath practices, meaning, history and prayers.Easy, green, diy Advent Wreaths. Make with kids! View more »

Egg Carton Crafts and Lessons

10 Science Lessons Using Recycled Egg Cartons Reuse, reduce and recycle using egg cartons in the classroom with these 10 science crafts and activities. Use for sorting, storage, games, hands-on skill builders, math lesson plans and more. View more »

Clean Green: DIY Green Products

Clean Green: Replace Toxic Household Cleaners with Eco-Friendly Products for Safe, Natural Cleaning Crafts mean clean-up; green crafts require green clean up! Stock your cleaning cupboard with these simple, natural household cleaners. Keep the family and students healthy and safe by avoiding harmful chemical cleaners, disinfectants and polishes. View more »

Easy Cheap Holiday Gift Crafts

Easy Holiday Gifts to Make 25+ quick, easy,cheap projects you can make with anyone of any age! We've been doing this for 16 years with our family!These crafts make excellent gifts! View more »