Homemade gifts and crafts using recycled valentines, wrapping paper

Did your little Miss take her neatly-labeled valentines to school and arrive home with reciprocal Valentine cards from friends? So now, what to do with these prized missives? Clean freaks will toss when she isn't looking. Sentimental (ahem, packrat) parents will urge saving. Artsy (messy) moms won't know what happens to valentines because they will filter into general room litter. None of these is very satisfying considering cost, work and love put into valentines. Here are five cheap, homemade crafts using recycled and repurposed children's valentines. Perfect to use as gift crafts for Easter, Teacher Appreciation Month, Mother's Day, Father's Day or Grandparent birthday gift.   Mothers Day gifts, homemade crafts using recycled valentines

Cheap, Recycled Gift Craft for Kids--Decoupage Vases

I empathize with moms of little ones--too cold to play outside for long. How about a cheap, chilly day craft for housebound kids? Most everything you need comes from your recycle bin. It's an easy retro crafting technique called decoupage or Mod Page.  Cheap, Recycled Gift Craft for Children

Easy Ceramic Dish Design Craft

My daughter designed a platter for me for Christmas. She copied a recipe from my grandmother in my grandmother's handwriting on it. As grandma is now deceased, God rest her soul, it's very special. I was thinking how perfect it would be for bored, snowbound kids or adults to make. Shut-in seniors might like making these too. All you need is permanent markers, glassware and an oven. If you're designing a surface that contacts food, use food safe markers.  Snowbound this Winter? Make This Easy Craft My Daughter Made

Blessed Mother Mary Crafts for Feast of the Immaculate Conception

Advent began December 1 for Catholics and Orthodox Christians. This season counts down to Christmas. As a homeschool family, we did Christmas crafts all through Advent and gave them as gifts. I set up a craft station using our portable kidde picnic table (cleaned it up and brought it inside). Several holy days and feast days fall during Advent. Here are crafts for Dec. 8-9 Feast of the Immaculate Conception, based out Our Lady Mary Mother of God. Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Advent Activities

Homemade Photo Frames for Gifts

Cheap Homemade Mothers Day, Fathers Day Photo Frame Crafts
Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May and Father's Day, the third Sunday in June are excellent occasions to make crafts as gifts. For Mother's Day and Father's Day, we like to decorate photo frames and insert pictures of the family. Read More

Free Printable Mothers Day Craft Activities and Gifts

Free Printable Mothers Day Craft Activities Mothers Day, celebrated the second Sunday of May, is a perfect holiday for children to make crafts, cards and presents for mom. Here's a list of free printable crafts, greeting cards, decorations, activities, games and presents for Mothers Day. Perfect for any special woman in your life. Read More

Recycled Gift Crafts

Recycled Gift Crafts, Earth Day seed planting Green, inexpensive Mothers Day gift craft. Paint a recycled jar. Plant a seed or flower. Ideal craft activity for Arbor Day, Earth Day, religious education, scout troop, VBS, science class or summer camp. Makes a great gift for teacher appreciation, bus driver, mail men, day care providers, grandma, babysitter. Read on

Free Printable Mothers Day Greeting Cards

Mothers Day; the perfect season for green crafts! And what craft is more green than free printable greeting cards for mom, grandmother, aunt, godmother and all mothers? Here are links to hundreds of free printable Mothers Day greeting cards. Some are personalized, some can be printed in black and white and hand colored. Read on

Stations of the Cross- Green DIY Devotional Craft

Here's an easy, interactive lent lesson plan that combines instruction in the Catholic faith with some green recycling activities. Design dioramas from recycled materials around the house. Make a set of dioramas featuring scenes from the Stations of the Cross. Arrange around your yard for an outdoor Via Dolerosa grotto. These make a beautiful devotional garden. Perfect for Catholic school, homeschool or CCD project. Read more

Homemade Treasure Box

Create a Valentine's treasure box easily with all green recycled materials. Use any theme you like with wallpaper samples and scraps, leftover wrapping paper, magazines, greeting cards and more recycled materials. All you need to learn is little craft trick called decoupage! Fun for all ages! Use for school, home, day care, senior centers, nursing homes and scout troop projects. For a complete how-to guide, click here...

Easy, Inexpensive Valentines Day Crafts

Oriental Trading has been a leading supplier of inexpensive craft supplies for years. The cool thing about Oriental Trading is that craft kits come in sets of 12. Supplies are all counted out and instructions included. Oriental Trading crafts kits make excellent party and classroom activities. Every holiday features useful inexpensive crafts sets. Many of the crafts are useful and make nice gifts. You can paint, bead, glue, sew and assemble all kinds of goodies. Make hats, tee-shirts, jewelry, mugs, photo frames, and more! For the youngest crafters, OTC features color-your-own toys and craft activities. You can purchase dozens of holiday craft kits for $-$6 for a set of twelve. Check out their after-Christmas clearances for loads of craft sets priced at 12 for $1-$2! Read more for Valentines Day crafts...

DIY Picture Frames

Math Skills Practice with a Mother's Day Craft lesson plan for putting math skills to use making picture frames with recycled materials for Mother's Day. Read more

Gift Crafts for Dads

All-Occasion Gift Crafts--Quick, Easy and Inexpensive Complete guide to three easy, inexpensive craft projects. Children of all ages can participate. Great for any occasion or holiday! View more »

Green Recycle Bin Picture Frame Craft

Math Skills Practice with a Mother's Day Craft Haul out that recycle bin and get your craft scissors ready! Here's a green craft that's user-friendly and easy. Makes a great gift for any holiday or birthday! Picture frame and math lesson rolled into one! View more »

Milk Jug Bird Feeder Crafts

Recycled Milk Jug Bird Feeder, Bird House Crafts Easy, step by step guide to making a fun and useful summer craft from recycled milk jugs. Perfect for birders, senior citizens, preschool kids, disabled people and special needs children. View more »