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Crafting at Home + Creative Recycling: Home

Get ideas and instructions for fun crafts you can do at home with supplies you already have!

Have you been stuck at home?
Need a last-minute project idea with no time to run to the store?
Want to save money on craft supplies?
Hoping to craft greener?

Explore this guide for craft ideas you can make with materials you likely already have around your home! Most primarily use recycled materials and common tools such as a ruler and scissors. Click through the tabs above or the links below for project ideas and instructions. Don't forget to check out More Ideas for Creative Recycling for a selection of topical books available at SSPL.

 

Note that certain projects* appear under more than one material type if they are to be made with either or both materials.
CARDBOARD FOOD BOXES: Cereal Box Puzzles, Miniature Piñatas, *Paper Beads, Woven Cardboard Baskets, *Wrapped Drawer Dividers
WRAPPING PAPER: Gift Card Holders, Paper Baskets, *Paper Beads, Paper Bows, *Wrapped Drawer Dividers
TIN CANS: Tin Can Lanterns, Vertical Wind Chimes