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How to Make Recycled Crayons from Broken Crayon Pieces

I always loved the idea of recycled crayons and every year for my son’s birthday party favors I have bought recycled crayons from Crazy Crayons…

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Giveaway: Eco Kids Art Supplies and Maggies Naturals Food Dyes

I don’t usually bake with food coloring – but, then again, I don’t really bake much apart from bread. I have, however, tried to use…

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Guest Post: 5 Summer Green Crafts Projects for Kids

Guest Post by Becky Striepe from Glue and Glitter and Crafting a Green World Temperatures are heating up, and before you know it school will…

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How to Make Your Own DIY Tomato Cage

I like to think I’m crafty, but I have more of a creative brain than nimble fingers. I can’t cut in a straight line and…

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Hipcycle Partners with Funky Junk to Launch U.S. Distribution of Cambodian Upcycled Fair Trade Home Goods

In developing countries, where garbage collection services are minimal and environmental awareness takes second place to basic survival, plastic bags are everywhere: clogging drains, choking…

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Shop to Benefit Women Worldwide with Global Girlfriend

Among my favorite eye-opening books is Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide. Through extraordinary stories about the lives of impoverished women…

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Upcycled Mother’s Day Picks from Hipcycle.com

Flowers for Mother’s Day isn’t just cliché, it’s pricy and predictable. Give mom something she doesn’t have to water with beautiful, upcycled floral arrangements that…

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And All the Fruits Again Would Fill the Garden

I’m ridiculously proud of my new little garden. Since last year when we knocked down the big creepy fountain installed by my home’s previous owner,…

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Cool Upcycling Idea of the Day – What to Do with Mint Containers

Mint containers make excellent snack packs. Toddlers get great satisfaction out of opening and closing these things. When my husband was a kid he used…

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Just Add Flour and Water: Free, Green, and Easy Kids Activities

Forget the trips to Toys R Us. As long as they are toddlers you can find plenty to do with junk around the house and…

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