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How to Make Your Own Natural Fabric Dyes
Whether you’re looking to create your own unique craft piece, or rejuvenate spare wool, cotton or linen, there are an array of natural fabric...
Make Your Own Birthday Cards
Handmade birthday cards are unique and personal; they’re special. They say, ‘I care enough about you to make the effort.’ And, in fact, the effort doesn’t even have...
Make Your Own Candles
Making your own candles can be a great craft activity for children and adults alike. Making your own soy candles is also a great eco-friendly alternative to the more...
Make Your Own Christmas Crackers
Christmas crackers are a festive staple. They’re surprisingly easy to make yourself though and making them at home means that you can make them very personal....
Make Your Own Christmas Decorations
P>Christmas is most often a time for families and friends to come together to celebrate. It's a chance to quite literally 'deck the halls' and bring the festive cheer...
Make Your Own Christmas Stocking
Christmas stockings make great decorations in the run-up to Christmas. They’re also lovely keepsakes for young and old alike. Although you can buy Christmas...
Make Your Own Cushions
Making your own cushions is a fantastic way to recycle old materials for a new, functional purpose. If you need replacement cushions, or are thinking up a new interior...
Make Your Own Easter Decorations
Easter time brings with it a great sense of renewal, a sense of things to come and things to look forward to. Easter coincides with spring, when it seems nature is...
Make Your Own Embroidery Patterns
Embroidery is a relaxing hobby. It’s also a great way to decorate a wide range of fabrics, such as clothing, bags, pillow cases, table cloths, napkins and more....
Make Your Own Fabric Flowers
Fabric flowers can be used for lots of things – for hair accessories or brooches, for example, or to decorate your home. There are a number of different ways to make...
Make Your Own Gift Wrap
There are a couple of very good reasons why you should try to make your own gift wrap. Firstly, it is thought that around 83 square kilometres of gift wrap paper ends...
Make Your Own Guitar Strap
If you play the guitar, why not make a personalised strap that's as individual as your tunes?
You can make the guitar strap as basic or professional-looking...
Make Your Own Halloween Costumes for Kids
Kids love to get dressed up and Halloween is an ideal time. These days, lots of shops such as supermarkets and toy stores sell costumes. However,...
Make Your Own Jewellery
They say that accessories make an outfit. Jewellery in particular can bring class, elegance, and a little something extra to help complete a look. You can make your...
Make Your Own Mosaic
By making your own mosaic, you'll be taking a lesson in art history. The art of mosaic has been around for centuries. The Romans were noted for their ornate floor...
Make Your Own Musical Instruments
Musical instruments are great fun to make with and for children of all ages. You can often create them from everyday household items.
How to make your own...
Make Your Own Perfume
Making your own perfume is a relatively cheap, fun and fulfilling hobby. It’s also a great way to develop your own personal ‘signature scent’ that people really...
Make Your Own Pinhole Camera
Making a pinhole camera is a great way to explore the basic principles behind photography. These days, digital cameras tend to do all the difficult work, helping...
Make Your Own Play Dough
Play dough is almost like a staple toy of childhood, and is still enjoyed by many children for good reason! It's fun, it's creative and can be used over and over...
Make Your Own Pot Pourri and Air Freshener
Pot pourri and air fresheners are great ways to not only neutralise or mask unpleasant smells, but also fantastic for helping to create a certain...
Make Your Own Puppets
Most children love playing with toys such as puppets. The process of making them is a great way to keep kids entertained as well.
Finger Puppets
The...
Make Your Own Recycled Art Supplies
If you're on a budget or simply don't like being wasteful, then why not make your own recycled art supplies? Getting your children interested in art from an early age...
Make Your Own Recycled Paper
We all know that paper comes from trees, and the more paper we use, the more trees that tend to be felled. Despite the fact that recycled paper is steadily become more...
Make Your Own Tablecloth and Napkins
Making your own tablecloths and napkins is both cheap and easy. It also means that you can make tablecloths and napkins to suit different occasions such as Christmas...
Make Your Own Tote Bag
It seems that the plastic carrier bag is becoming a thing of the past. Environmentalists and fashion lovers alike are swapping plastic for more eco-friendly reusable...
Make Your Own Valentine's Gifts
A home-made gift is the perfect way to show you care on Valentine’s day. You don ‘t have to be professionally skilled – there are things you can create whatever your...
Make Your Own Washing Powder & Fabric Conditioner
Making your own washing powder and fabric conditioner is preferable to using commercial products for a number of reasons. You may not realise that...
Make Your Own Website
These days it is cheap and relatively easy to get your own website set up. Often you can have your own website up and running within a day and you don’t even need...
Make Your Own Wedding Favours
The little details are often important at a wedding but accessories such as favours can get expensive, especially when you have a lot of guests. You could try making...
Quick and Easy Handmade Invitations
If you have ever considered making your own handmade invitations, here are some tips to help you save time and avoid frustration. Handmade invitations lend an air of...
Simple Curtains to Make Yourself
If you’re a ‘making your own’ newbie and you’re looking for a simple but useful sewing project, then making your own curtains is the way to go. Curtains prove not...
