Seven things to make from a yogurt pot
Bird feeders, pen pots, mini planters and a surprisingly good kazoo. All from the container you were about to bin.
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✏️ Craft ideas & DIY tips
Things to make on a rainy Ottawa Saturday
Free ideas from our craft table to your kitchen table. Everything here uses stuff you almost certainly already have — no special trip to the craft shop required.
Five cardboard builds you can start in the next ten minutes
The single best craft material in your house is currently flattened by the front door waiting for recycling day. Here's how to turn it into an afternoon.
We cover the three joins that hold cardboard together without a glue gun, how to score a clean fold with a butter knife, and five builds — a marble run, a castle, a robot suit, a doll's house and a working periscope.
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From the craft table
Fabric paint that survives the washing machine
How to set fabric paint properly so your child's masterpiece doesn't vanish in the first wash.
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Three origami folds every kid should know
The crane, the jumping frog and the fortune teller — with the fold that trips everyone up explained properly.
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Diwali diyas from air-dry clay
A simple pinch-and-press method that works for small hands, plus how to paint them so the colour really pops.
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Make your own seed paper
Turn junk mail into cards that can be planted. Messy, magic, and a genuinely good Earth Day project.
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How to help without taking over
The hardest part of crafting with kids is sitting on your hands. Here's what we do in the studio instead.
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