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20 Uses for Cardboard Tubes Beyond the Bathroom

20 Uses for Cardboard Tubes Beyond the Bathroom

Of all the necessities in my house, two things disappear more quickly than all else: food and toilet paper. It amazes me how quickly a house with only four people goes through TP. Such quick turnaround means plenty of empty, unloved and seemingly useless cardboard tubes. The entire situation reeks of waste (no pun intended). [...]

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Craft Activities – Eco Friendly Ideas for the Holidays

Craft Activities – Eco Friendly Ideas for the Holidays

This holiday season, green is the color of choice as more families are thinking of ways to incorporate saving our planet with craft activities. Giving a gift to the planet may be the best way to show your love and joy as the holidays quickly approach. Crafts are not only a great way to bring [...]

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Painting Wooden Furniture – How to Make Budget Friendly Distressed Furniture

Painting Wooden Furniture – How to Make Budget Friendly Distressed Furniture

My wife and I decided to head out last week and explore some of the local antique stores in Fort Worth, we had a vague shopping list in mind but one thing we settled on looking for was some extra storage for our downstairs living area. We are expecting our first child in December, a [...]

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Make Paper Decorations Using Old Newspaper

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Do you have lots of old newspapers or magazines waiting to be sent off for recycling? As the holidays draw closer we wanted to share some of our tips on how to make paper decorations using recycled paper. You will need: Some old newspapers or magazines A couple of used wire clothes hangers Strong wire [...]

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Creative Homemade Halloween Potions!

Our Green Halloween Potions

Halloween is almost here and we have been trying to find creative ways to green our Halloween! Have you got lots of old spotlight bulbs ready to be recycled? We replaced all of our old incandescent spotlights with Compact Flourescents and had a cupboard full of old burned out spotlight bulbs… But what could we [...]

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Top 10 Green Halloween Costumes!

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It’s almost time for the ghosts and ghouls to haunt our streets again so we put together the Our Everyday Earth top ten list of green Halloween costumes! These spooky Halloween “get-ups” either spread an eco friendly message or are made from recycled materials; #10: Captain Recycle! We loved this idea, he’s a mean green [...]

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Going Green in the Fall With the Kids

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Fall is my favorite time of the year. I love the cool crisp mornings, although we haven’t had many so far this fall, more will be here soon.  This is a great time to get out the bike and take a ride. It’s also a great time to take walks. Our neighborhood has several walking [...]

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Small Eco Artwork with a Big Impact

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My sister, Rachel, lives and works in Manchester in the UK and on a recent visit to sunny Texas she brought with her some belated birthday presents for me. Rachel has her own hand made pottery business and she enjoys bringing home work from other artists whenever she frequents the local arts and crafts shows. On this [...]

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Can we Celebrate a Greener St. Patricks Day?

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With St. Patricks day fast approaching our minds turned to our top priority for March… “Re-using”! We already have a very eco-friendly Easter ritual which involves a family craft-a-thon where we re-use egg shells, news paper, cardboard etc. to create special Easter decorations but can we do the same thing for St. Patricks day? As [...]

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