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Dinosaur Eggs, Treasure Tubes and other effortless Gift Wrap

Don’t you hate it when it’s time to wrap your carefully thought out gift to find it is more difficult to wrap than you imagined? You can just imagine what this looked like after it had been wrapped tightly for

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How you can make various cheap ★ Christmas Decorations

How to make Baubles from Roll-on Deodorant balls Option A: For months now I have wanted to repurpose some empty roll-on deodorant bottles.  Finally, it came to me;  but first I had to remove the ball ! I had to

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How to build a cost effective Christmas Tree

  So, you want a Christmas Tree that is cheap, recyclable and repurposed from items you already own.  The beauty of this project is that the whole family can get involved. I have been reading online recently that a lot

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How to Decorate your Tree

  This week’s project gives the final instructions to complete the  Make your own Christmas in July Tree for the table in 10 easy steps   My tree has gone from a naked ugly duckling and emerged as a colourful swan

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Make your own Christmas Tree for the table in 10 easy steps

Requirements: Scissors Cardboard Wooden skewer Spring loaded Clothes Pegs Kraft Paper – Deli or Butcher’s Paper Wood glue – thinned down a little, 3:1 glue to water in a small jar. Keep the original glue bottle handy; you will need

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How to make Placemats with Junk Mail

It is time to Repurpose your Junk Mail, Catalogues, Magazines & / or Kraft paper again Whether you are having a World Cup Party, getting ready to Celebrate the 4th of July;  Bastille Day;  mid-year Christmas  or a  Children’s Party,  here is

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How to Repurpose Plastic Bottles into Gift Boxes

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