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 As usual, I like using recycled materials.Here is an old pair of canvas pants that I am cutting up to make into a stuffed doll. I drew a simple pattern of a doll with a pencilon the cloth.  After pinning two pieces of cloth together, I cut it outleaving a bit of a...

 As usual, I like using recycled materials.Here is an old pair of canvas pants that I am cutting up to make into a stuffed doll. I drew a simple pattern of a doll with a pencilon the cloth.  After pinning two pieces of cloth together, I cut it outleaving a bit of a...

This is the second of a series of projects made out of Kitchen Clay.See the recipe here.After you have made a batch,use a sculpey mold and make faces.Of course you can also make your own faceby making an oval and painting the face in.Bake the face in an oven toastermaking sure it does...

This is the second of a series of projects made out of Kitchen Clay.See the recipe here.After you have made a batch,use a sculpey mold and make faces.Of course you can also make your own faceby making an oval and painting the face in.Bake the face in an oven toastermaking sure it does...

My mom always taught us to "recycle".When we were young, she made stuffed toys out of scrap cloth,  made "eggs" out of felt scraps,Christmas decor out of egg shells,banks out of big plastic bottles.Here's a project using yakult bottles.We're going to need a styrofoam or a wooden ball.Use either white glue or a glue...

My mom always taught us to "recycle".When we were young, she made stuffed toys out of scrap cloth,  made "eggs" out of felt scraps,Christmas decor out of egg shells,banks out of big plastic bottles.Here's a project using yakult bottles.We're going to need a styrofoam or a wooden ball.Use either white glue or a glue...

During the last election, a lady from a TV show called to ask me if I had a project to re-use the election banners after the elections.   Can you believe this scene? I like thinking positively and this seems like a gigantic "fiesta"!  But really, what are we going to do with all...