Frugal craft and gift ideas to keep your fingers busy.
Instructions for making a snowman kit for your kids or to give as a gift.
Hang on to those soup cans! They can be used to make soup can candles.
Stitch your way to savings with this round-up of frugal sewing projects:
Like to craft, but hate to spend on craft supplies? Then, try shopping at thrift stores. Here are several second-hand materials that you can use to jump-start your next craft project:
Looking for cheap ways to entertain your kids? Then, consider this round-up of fun crafts and recipes.
Have a pair or 20 of too-worn-to-wear jeans? Then, you're in luck! Here's are several fun and functional things you can make out of them:
Do you have a jar or box full of buttons that you've accumulated over the years? Well, now's the time to put them to use. Here are several fun craft projects that start with old buttons:
Free and cheap gift ideas for kids.
Food gifts are easy on the budget and the taste buds. Give one or more of these tasty gift ideas a try:
Instructions for turning t-shirts into tote bags.
Turn your never-worn sweaters into fun sweater bags and totes.
Sweater pillows are just the thing to cozy up a sofa or bed. Scavenge some sweaters from your favorite thrift store, and stitch up a few for yourself.
Recycle a bunch of old sweaters into a warm and wonderful blanket.
Don't throw out that old sweater! Turn it into a pair of mittens instead.
Transform a seldom-worn pair of jeans into a stylish yoga bag.
Turn your stash of spare buttons into colorful button magnets.
Transform your ratty old jeans into a cute new purse.
Turn your worn jeans into a beautiful quilt.
Learn how to make hundreds of stickers for less than a quarter.
Turn your old Christmas cards into a new set of Christmas placemats.
Don't toss those Christmas cards! Turn them into coasters instead.
Transform ordinary safety pins into a beautiful bracelet.
A beginner's guide to candle making.
Wow friends and family with this bundt cake candle that looks and smells good enough to eat.
Recycle corks into a one-of-a-kind wreath.
Create free rubber stamps using materials that you have around the house.
Enjoy stamping? Try this simple trick for making your own foam stamps.
Looking for a cheap way to keep the kids entertained on a snow day? Then, make them some snow paint
Homemade felt boards are easy to make, and fun to play with.
Turn crayon stubs into colorful new crayons.
Spruce up your garden with whimsical painted rocks.
Recycle coffee cans into stilts for the kids.
Learn how to make chocolate spoons to give as gifts.
Turn odd buttons into a beautiful floral arrangement.
Learn how to create popsicle-shaped soap for gift giving.
Melt and pour your way to a batch of treasure soap.
Clever and cost-effective ways to package all your edible gifts.
Use some of your yarn scraps to knit a small, reusable gift bag.
Use up the leftover bits of yarn in your knitting stash with one or more of these projects.
A cheap and easy recipe for craft paste.
Suggestions for inexpensive scrapbook embellishments, storage, tools and more.
Learn how to unravel a sweater, so you can use the yarn in one of your knitting projects.
Craft ideas for recycling all sorts of household items.
Instructions for transforming Scrabble tiles into a funky bracelet.
