Category: Recycle it

Soda Bottles into Ottoman

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Basically: Tape together soda bottles. Tape pieces of cardboard at top and bottom. Cut batting to fit as in photo. I would spray adhesive these suckers on at this point. Then cut fabric ( 2 circles for top & bottom and a long piece for the side) a little larger than needed. Pin and sew almost all the way around. Fit on, then whipstitch the rest closed.. or if you’re really sewing friendly, add a zipper so you can wash the cover.

The pic shows that the original creator crocheted a cover – which is also an option! via

p.s. I’m not sure what the bottom pic is showing us… any ideas?

Knock Down Molkky Game

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  • 2 1/4-inch dowel (or tree branch or trunk)
  • Pencil
  • Ruler or measuring tape
  • Saw and miter box
  • Sand paper or pad
  • Number stencils
  • Stencil adhesive spray
  • Craft paint
  • Stenciling brush
  • Detailing brush

Assembly instructions HERE

Game instructions:

The players use a wooden pin (also called “mölkky”) to try and knock over wooden pins (also called “skittles”) of almost similar dimensions with the throwing pin, which are marked with numbers from 1 to 12. The pins are initially placed in a tight group in an upright position 3–4 metres away from the throwing place

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Knocking over one pin scores the amount of points marked on the pin. Knocking 2 or more pins scores the amount of pins knocked over (e.g. 3 pins score 3 points). A pin does not count if it is leaning on the mölkky or one of the numbered pins (they have to be parallel to the ground to count). After each throw, the pins are lifted up again in the exact location where they landed. The first one to reach exactly 50 points wins the game. Scoring more than 50 will be penalised by setting the player’s score back to 25 points. A player will be eliminated from the game if they miss all of the target pins three times in a row. more HERE

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Butterfly Feeder

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Over at ehow; Bonnie says: “Take a ceramic or glass pie plate, plastic or terra cotta plant saucer—or any dish with a sloping rim—and suspend the plate with flower pot hangers or a macrame-style holder made from household twine. Decorate around the twine with the stems of silk or plastic flowers to make it visually appealing to butterflies, and hang the feeder from the bough of a shady tree…” read lots more HERE