Toilet / Tissue roll owl craft | Cardboard Roll Craft

Being a craft crazy family has its disadvantages! We are big time hoarders of junk.. nothing gets thrown in the anticipation that one day the junk will magically transform itself into something beautiful.. This thought is well mirrored by Lil p too.. Mummaaaaaaaa!!! don’t throw that! we will make something with it is my daughter’s […]
Upcycled bottle lanterns – a guest post by Patricia Torres

I’ve been really busy with work this week and thought about inviting artsy-craftsy people on board to do some guest posts.. Our first post in this series is from Patricia Torres who blogs over at Colors Dekor. Over to her ……. Eva had a school project last week ~ Trash to treasure… She […]
Earth day crafts from putti’s prapancha

Putti & her amma always come up with the most innovative ideas. Here are a few that will keep you engrossed 🙂 Salt paint Earth Paint chip tree, flowers and earth Paint Chip Flowers Paint Chip Earth
Nature Day Project From phasejumper

Our latest entrant to the Artsy-Craftsy-April challenge is phasejumper from frymanfour 🙂 Please welcome her to the artsy-craftsy family. Here is a roundup of her crafts. Do check out her blog for other stunning craft ideas. Follow the links below for other crafts and activities they did as part of the earth day month. Earth […]
Artsy-Craftsy-April-2011

The Theme for Artsy-Craftsy-April-2011 is “Earth Day” An unusual topic for this month. Link [ or email me ] posts related to Earth Day that’s on Apr -22nd. It could be a card , a craft , a poster that your kid designed. It could be a craft that u made […]
Artsy-Craftsy-July-2010 Winners

This was tough. Very tough. Here we go. UTBT with 14 votes out of 74 1st prize goes to Esther for her craft Jack and jill from a milk carton 2nd Prize goes to Shankari for her craft Windchime 3rd Prize goes to PVS for her entry […]
Making Flowers from Plastic bags

Ponz, the last date is up. But i’ll still consider them. The last date for entries is 22nd of each month. Pls pls do send them in earlier. Recycled Calendar Plastic Flowers
Windchime made from yoghurt lids & pudding cups

A stunning entry from Shankari.. Windchime
Plastic bag flowers

Another entry from Shilpa: Plastic bag flowers
Recycled bottles – stain glass work
Priya has send in some lovely crafts made by her sister for the July’s theme for Artsy Craftsy . I love the burst of color.. Don’t you?
Plastic and straw curtain, penguin stand from milk carton and egg shells

PVS from kadambam sent in her Treasure from trash crafts. 1. Plastic bag and straw curtain/wall hanger. 2. Penguin pen stand from used milk carton and egg shells. How cool is that?? 7 more days left. Send in your entries soon.
Fridge magnets from Recycled Gift tags

Shilpa sent in another entry to the Treasure from Trash challenge. Refrigerator Magnets from recycled gift cards Thank you shilpa for this lovely idea 🙂
Recycled CD craft

UTBT has sent in her crafts.. Really, one post doesn’t do enough justice. Take a look. http://utbtkids.com/2010/07/06/treasure-from-trash/ Recycled CD craft CD Many Ways (1)CD Coasters1: Children’s art work on one side(cut to size and laminated) and left over flannel scraps on the other side. A birthday gift for the children’s teacher. CDArt1 (2)CD Coasters2: BurlapCoasters (3)CD Coasters3: […]
Yoghurt container windmill

Treasure from trash #1 – Entry From Gayatri Anand Yoghurt cup windmill
Artsy-Craftsy July – Treasure from Trash

Presenting The theme for this month is “Treasure from Trash”. You can make crafts from any bio non degradable trash – Plastic, Bottles, milk carton, CDs, broken items, packing material lying around the house. You can search the net for some inspiring ideas. Be sure to credit the original site / source. If you have any […]