Showing posts with label recycling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label recycling. Show all posts

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Dollhouse on a Budget

Here is something my daughter is just going to love. She and her dad are building a real dollhouse, but that is going to take a while to get up and running, because she is on a kid budget, and the furnishings are a little expensive. Here is something she wants to do in the meantime.

The Perfect Dollhouse- a cardboard dollhouse that can fit under the bed, filled with recycled creations. This site has directions on how to make many of the accessories, and although they are heavy on the tea boxes, they look very simple to make. (I'm mostly kidding, I know you can use other boxes. It's just funny to me that everything starts with a tea box!)

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Works-For-Me Wednesday: Old Gift Bags

I always to save and reuse the pretty gift bags from Christmas, birthdays, and other holidays. Sometimes the bags become a little wrinkled and banged up from use, and they are not really gift-worthy anymore. When that happens, there are other uses for them.


  • The smaller ones make great lunch bags. Or use a larger one for a picnic lunch for the family.
  • Tote bag for a crochet or knitting project to take along with you.
  • Keep in the car as a semi-permanent trash bag.
  • Lay a larger bag flat for slipping a covered dish inside to bring to a potluck. Slip the serving utensil inside the bag too.
  • Organizer bag for a kids' toy with small pieces, such as a puzzle.
  • Emergency diaper bag, just to hold a diaper, wipes, and a juice cup.
  • Organizer for student "center" for kids. Keep scissors, staples, pencils, glue and markers all together in one place for daily use.
  • Hang a bag over the hook of a coathanger to hold the scarf, hat and mittens to go with each coat.
  • Keep one in the laundry room for mismatched socks while they wait for the next round of laundry to get done.
If you have any more uses, I'd love to read them in my comments section. For more tips, visit Rocks In My Dryer.