Tag: craft

Step-by-step: Darn your woollens

Learn how to darn in just a couple of minutes so you can fix those holey socks and save your favourite jumpers. If you liked this video you might also enjoy: Step-by-step: Make a toy oven    Seen a great eco video? We’d love to know about it, so please email us the link.

Make seeded paper

Send a personal note with a green twist by making your own recycled seeded paper. Sam Judd shows us how.

A great craft idea for the school holidays

Green Ideas editor Greg Roughan discovers a kids' craft idea that's bound to take off – egg carton mini helicopters! Kudos to the nice lady at The Craft Train blog for this green idea – jump to the link for instructions on how to make them.

Re-purpose your tree prunings!

Reader submitted

If you have something important to communicate, why not say it with twigs? After trimming or pruning any trees on your property, make them into a decorative sign for your outdoor space – a great way to get rid of them and fun to do!  Here's one I did recently.