Looking for a unique wreath to hang on your front door this Valentine’s Day?  Follow the steps below to make a cute Valentine’s wreath using fabric and ribbon scraps you may already have at home.

Materials:

1. Wire

2. Fabric and/or ribbon

3. Wire cutters

4. Pliers

 

 

 

Instructions:

1. Cut wire and form into a heart.  You might need to use the pliers to connect the ends of the shape tightly.

2. Cut strips of fabric and/or ribbon into pieces about 3-4″ long.

3. Tie the strips of fabric onto the wire frame, covering the entire shape.

4. Add a piece of wire on the top to use as a hanger.

5. Hang and enjoy!

 

I found an old dresser in a shed when we bought a house. The wood was in good shape but the dresser was dirty and the paint was scratched. It did not take much work to turn that old dresser into one I can put in my office.

MATERIALS:

• Sandpaper
• Primer
• Paint
• Scrapbook paper
• Thick glue
• Drop cloth

INSTRUCTIONS:

If the handles are wood like mine, just paint them or you can replace them with new knobs. There you have it a new dresser with little effort or cost.

 

Easy to make bib!  Make them for extras at home for your own little one or as a great gift!

 

Materials:

1. Receiving blankets

2. Towel

3. Thread

4. Sewing machine

5. Pinking shears

6. Snap closure and tool or Velcro

7. Pencil or skewer

 

Directions:

1. Layer the materials in this order: towel on bottom, two layers of receiving blankets with right sides touching on top of towel.

2. Find a printable bib pattern or use a bib you already have.

3. Place the bib pattern on top of the receiving blanket.

4. Trace the outline of the bib onto the top layer of fabric.

5. Remove the pattern and pin the layers of fabric together inside the outline.

6. Sew along the line, leaving a 3 inch opening on one side.

7. Using pinking shears to cut along the sewn line, leaving a bit more fabric at the opening so that it can be sewn closed.

8. Turn the bib inside out, using the skewer to help with tight corners.

9. Fold in the fabric at the opening and pin.

10. Sew around the edge of the bib.

11. Attach a snap closure or piece of Velcro on the tab of the bib.

 

 

 

 

This is a cute place to hang your keys. It is a quick project to do and I was able to use some things I already had around the house.

Materials:

• Wood plaque
• Scrapbook paper (mine has keys on it)
• Vise
• Plyers
• Paint
• Glue
• Keys
• Heat source

Instructions:

1. Paint any part of the the wooden plaque that will not be covered with scrapbook paper
2. Glue a piece of scrapbook paper to the plaque
3. Put a key in the vise, heat it with a torch and use plyers to bend it how you want it
4. Glue or screw the keys to the plaque

Hang it up and you have a cool place to hang your keys.

 

Simple and cute snowflake to make as winter decorations or crafts with the kids!

 

Materials:

1. Puzzle pieces

2. White paint

3. Glue

4. Ribbon

 

Directions:

1. Paint the puzzle pieces white.

2. After they dry, place one puzzle piece in the center to use as a base for the points of the snowflake.

3. Glue 6 puzzle pieces onto the center base in the shape of a snowflake.

4. Glue a ribbon hanger to the back.

5. Hang and enjoy your wintery decor!

 

 

 

Paper snowflakes are fun and very easy to make. You can make them all different sizes and shapes and hang them up to get in the mood for winter! There are many sites that have free templates. Here is the site where I got the templates I used for this post: Paper Snowflake Template

Materials:

• Paper
• Template
• Scissors

Instructions:

• Print templates
• Cut out marked square
• Fold paper on lines
• Cut out gray areas

You can make this  an easy craft for young children by cutting out a square, fold on the lines and then draw a simple cutting pattern with only straight lines for the children to cut.

It’s time to take down all your Christmas decorations and store them away until next  year.  But where should you put all those ornaments?  Here is a quick project to create safe storage for Christmas tree ornaments.

 

Materials:

1. Plastic storage box

2. Cardboard boxes/large pieces of cardboard

3. Hot glue gun

4. Plastic drinking cups

 

Directions:

1. Cut the pieces of cardboard to the size of the plastic storage box.  My box had rounded corners, so I had to cut the corners of each piece so it would slide down in the box.

2. Glue the plastic cups onto the cardboard.

3. If you have larger ornaments, you can cut the plastic cups in half (top/bottom) and glue the top onto the cardboard.

4. Now you are ready to take down your tree and store your ornaments!

 

 

I used a piece of 2×4, some ribbon, paint and stones to make this cute snowman. You can set him on your door step to welcome visitors all winter long!

Materials:

• Piece of 2×4 (mine was about 18″ long)
• White spray paint
• Black stones
• Ribbon of your choice
• Hot glue
• 2 sticks (for arms)
• Jigsaw (if you want to make a head shape on the 2×4)
• Sandpaper
• Black felt or foam (for hat)
• Drill (to drill holes for the arms)

 

Instructions:

1. Cut a head shape on the top of the 2×4 with the jigsaw
2. Sand the 2×4
3. Drill a hole on either side to put the arms
4. Paint it white with the spray paint
5. Glue on the black stones for eyes and buttons
6. Cut a piece of ribbon for the scarf and hot glue it around the neck
7. Form a hat and hot glue it on the head
8. Glue the sticks in place to be the arms

 

Make a cute Christmas tree out of buttons you have laying around the house!

 

Materials:

1. Green, brown, and yellow buttons in different sizes.

2. Thread or baker’s twine

 

Directions:

1. Stack 3-4 brown buttons to make the tree trunk.

2. Stack the green buttons in order from small to large to make a tree shape.

3. Thread the string or baker’s twine through the top of 3-4 yellow buttons, then through the top of the green and then brown buttons.

4. Once the thread is all the way though the buttons, thread the string back up through the brown, then green and then yellow buttons.

5. Tie the string together at the top of the yellow buttons.

6. Tie a knot at the top of the threads to make a loop to hang the ornament on the tree.

7. Hang and enjoy!

 

 

 

I used leftover scraps of wood and some old jingle bells to make this tree.

Materials:

• Wood
• Spray paint
• Bells
• Hot glue
• Star

Instructions:

1. Cut wood in descending lengths to fit the amount of bells you want per branch
2. Clue the branches onto the trunck
3. Paint the wood tree
4. Glue bells onto each branch alternating bells on each branch
5. Glue on star

You can hang it on the wall, put it in a pot or make a base for it to be free standing.