20 Recycled Crafts with Wine Bottles

January 15, 2016 by FaveCrafts 6 Comments

If your family is anything like mine, then you probably drink tons of wine whenever you get together. By the end of the night after a big party, you may have lots of empty wine bottles that you’ll just end up throwing in the recycling. Rather than letting all of those empty wine bottles go to waste, use them to make recycled wine bottle crafts. You can make all sorts of fun things with recycled wine bottles, such as chandeliers, vases, candle holders, and even decorative olive oil dispensers. Don’t throw away that cork either; you can use them to make all sorts of wine cork crafts for your home. This collection of 20 Recycled Crafts with Wine Bottles will leave your home looking like a gorgeously rustic vineyard.

Wine Bottle Crafts

Wine bottle crafts are a rite of passage for every wine lover. When you get to the point of not only drinking your favorite wine, but also decorating your home with the beautiful bottles it comes in, that’s when you know you’re a real wine connoisseur. Recycled crafts with wine bottles are great because they have the inexpensive quality of all recycled crafts, but they look so classy and elegant that one might think you had bought them from an expensive home decor store.

Wine Cork Crafts

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What’s your favorite way to decorate with wine bottles?

18 Recycled Crafts for Christmas

October 8, 2015 by FaveCrafts Leave a Comment

What’s not to love about recycled crafts? They’re budget-friendly and the materials are easy to find because a lot of the crafts feature daily household items. For example, toilet paper roll crafts put those toilet tubes to work and stashbusting crafts can often help you get rid of some of that leftover fabric or paper you have stored away. We can go on and on about our love for recycled crafts, but instead, we’ve put together a list of our favorite recycled crafts for Christmas.

Some of our most-loved recycled crafts for Christmas are crafts with toilet paper rolls. This Toilet Tube Christmas Wreath and these Easy Toilet Tube Star Ornaments are great toilet paper roll crafts for kids. Adults can enjoy crafts with toilet paper rolls too! You’ll never believe this Adorable Christmas Tree Décor uses this easy, budget savvy material.

You can also decorate your home with some DIY Christmas decorations made with recycled materials. The possibilities are endless when it comes to decorating for Christmas, but homemade Christmas decorations are simply the best! You can make handmade ornaments to decorate your tree or you can decorate your front door with a Watercolored Coffee Filter Wreath. Proudly show off all your holiday cards with a DIY Christmas Card Display or craft some Stunning DIY Lanterns from tin cans. All of these DIY Christmas decorations are so beautiful and extra special because they’re recycled crafts!

18 Recycled Crafts for Christmas

Kids Christmas Crafts

Paint Chip Christmas Trees

Toilet Tube Christmas Wreath

Precious Paper Cup Angels

Easy Toilet Tube Star Ornaments

Rustic Cardboard Christmas Ornaments

Egg Carton Candy Cane

Recycled Handmade Ornaments

Recycled Lightbulb Christmas Ornament

Simple Rhinestone Recycled Ornament

Upcycled Fabric Ornament

Scrap Paper Christmas Ornaments

Thrifty Light Fixture Ornaments

Mason Jar Lid Wreath Ornaments

Beautiful Rolled Paper Christmas Ornaments

More Recycled Christmas Craft Ideas

Darling Wrapping Paper Wreath

T-Shirt Stockings for the Holidays

Adorable Christmas Tree Décor

Stunning DIY Lanterns

Sheet Music Christmas Trees

DIY Christmas Card Display

Watercolored Coffee Filter Wreath

Plus, for more recycled craft fun, check out these awesome Mason Jar Christmas Crafts here!

What materials do you use for recycled crafts?

Recycling Craft Secrets: Crafting with Toilet Rolls

March 29, 2013 by AllFreeChristmasCrafts 2 Comments

Crafters are coming up with new ways to be thrifty every day by refashioning the items in their home into recycled crafts that look brand new. One of the most popular items we’ve seen this year is very common and surprisingly versatile; toilet paper rolls. Because of how much readers have loved them, the editors at AllFreeChristmasCrafts have put together a new collection of 11 Toilet Paper Roll Crafts that will show you many of the creative ways this recyclable can be used. Look below to see some of what you’ll find:

You can start on your Christmas ornament crafts early or make a DIY decoration to cheer up your room with one of these colorful toilet paper roll crafts. None of the techniques involved are complicated, but the results will be stunning. No one will be able to guess that your handmade Christmas ornaments are made of toilet rolls, especially with all of the creative ways you can embellish them.

The projects included in our collection cover more than just ornaments; you can use your thrifty design skills for any room in your house with some recycling craft and green craft decorations. You can learn to make a garland, add an extra pop to your table, and much more, and all for less.

Whether you’re a crafter looking for a new material for upcycling or one trying to find new projects that you can do with your family, our list of 11 crafts with toilet paper rolls has something for you. Young crafters will enjoy working with a flexible material that can be painted, reshaped, and covered in all kinds of materials, and you can gain access to a number of new ways to not only recycle your toilet rolls, but also reuse your other leftover materials.

There’s no better way to get a fresh start on your crafting in 2013 than with recycled crafts made from toilet paper rolls. You can plan ahead for the holidays with Christmas ornament crafts and DIY Christmas decorations, or you could just spend an afternoon with your young crafters showing them how useful your own household materials can be. With 11 Toilet Paper Roll Crafts in your possession, you’re on your way to being a green crafting master.

What recyclables do you like to use to make crafts?

Let’s Celebrate Earth Day with a Twitter Party!

April 19, 2012 by FaveCrafts 2 Comments

We love recycled crafts here at FaveCrafts! And to show our appreciation of all things recycled, we will be hosting a week long celebration right here on the blog with new recycled craft projects and ideas so stay tuned for that! But what’s one of our favorite ways to celebrate? By throwing a Twitter party of course!

We are super excited to be discussing eco-friendly crafts with all of you and we’ve invited some of our favorite eco-focused bloggers to join in too! So join in on April 24th at 3pm EST using #craftychat to learn some new tips and tricks for turning those phone books into creative home decor! We will be brainstorming about creative uses for old things in case you’ve hit a wall in your creative process. You’ll definitely want to join in on the conversation when we discuss how to overcome challenges in being green and staying green with advice from some of the best recycled craft bloggers!

Never been part of a Twitter party you say? No worries! We’ve pulled together a blog post that explains it all.

Giveaways!

And you definitely won’t want to miss out because we’ve lined up some giveaways from eco-friendly and green companies that you’ll love! All you have to do to be entered is follow along and chat with us! Just send out at least one tweet during the chat with the hashtag #craftychat and you’re automatically entered to win -easy right? You can start entering right now by using #craftychat! Contest ends April 24th 4pm EST. Winners will be announced at the end of the chat.

Classroom-Inspired Jewelry

August 10, 2011 by AllFreeJewelryMaking Leave a Comment

It happens every year. Summer finally comes after what feels like a never-ending winter in Chicago and before I know it, fall is here. Regardless of where you live and what the weather has been like, summer is unfortunately coming to a close for everyone and for many of us, that means heading back to school. Either you are a teacher returning to the classroom, or you have little ones at home that must get back to the daily grind of riding school buses, packing their lunches and doing homework. To make the return to the classroom a little bit more exciting for yourself and the kids, try your hand at some of these fun, homemade jewelry pieces from AllFreeBeadedJewelry. Maybe wearing classroom-inspired items will make August a more happy time of the year for everyone!

Although many of today’s classrooms have made the switch to dry erase boards or are possibly even incorporating iPads into lesson plans, this Chalkboard Pendant Necklace is a great way to celebrate the classic chalkboard that was once a staple in every classroom. This adorable necklace is easy to make and would make a great gift for that special teacher in your life. Plus, you can change the chalkboard message whenever your heart desires, making it a great personalized gift. Teachers, it might also be fun for you to customize the message to correlate with what you are currently teaching in the classroom!

These Cute Computer Key Pendants are sure to shift anyone’s focus from swimming at the beach, back to working with letters and words. The pendant itself can used in a variety of different ways; they can be made into rings, bracelets, or even earrings. Kids will appreciate seeing their teachers incorporate language and the use of technology into their outfits!

Transform silicone pencil grips into some funky Pencil Rubber Beads! You can then use the beads to create a unique necklace, bracelet, or even a pair of earrings. Your students will be amazed and inspired by the creative use of an everyday classroom object.

Celebrate learning the alphabet with this colorful DIY Alphabet Necklace. Kids will be drawn to this bold statement piece and will hopefully be excited to learn their ABC’s with you!

The first thing that comes to my mind when I hear the word classroom is those classic No. 2 pencils used for most standardized tests. Put them to new use with this Pencil Cuff Bracelet. It’s super easy to put together, and it’s very budget friendly, as well. If you are a teacher, you most likely have plenty of pencils already lying around. Why not use them to jazz up an outfit? You can either keep the pencils classic yellow, or feel free to paint the pencils to give the bracelet a different look.