Recycle don't waste ideas/art

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There are some great craft ideas ty for posting

[Anna Michele]

You will need:

• Round non-stick cake pan (You could also use a heart-shaped pan)
• Vaseline
• Contact paper
• Old plates or saucers that you don’t need (I got mine at the thrift store)
• Glass gems
• sea glass (optional)
• concrete
• marine varnish
• Mosaic Glass Cutter (Optional. I did not use of of these, but if you want more precise cuts, this is the way to go.)
• chicken wire or other type of wire mesh
• safety glasses
• rubber gloves
• dust mask
• hammer
• bucket
• trowel
• water

Put your safety glasses on. Place a plate or saucer inside a cloth bag or cover with an old sheet or towel, and smash it with a hammer. If you have a mosaic glass cutter, use it instead.


Cut out the contact paper circle. Remove backing and place inside pan sticky side up. Add your mosaic pieces to the contact paper with the desired design facing down. Press each piece down so it is firmly stuck to the contact paper. Leave enough space between the pieces so that the cement can fill the spaces in between – but don’t leave too much room. (When I make my next stepping stone, I will move the pieces a bit closer together.)

Carefully lift the piece of contact paper and view your design. (This is the back of my design.)



If you are happy with your design, place the design back into the pan with the sticky side up. Head outdoors, put on your dust mask and mix up your concrete according to the instructions on the bag. It will be the consistency of porridge when it’s ready.
Meantime, cut a square piece of chicken wire or wire mesh to fit inside the stepping stone. This will help to support it. Also, line the inside rim of your cake pan with Vaseline for easy releasing.

Don your rubber gloves and spoon some concrete into your cake pan.



Spread so it evenly covers your design, about an inch thick.
Place your piece of wire mesh onto the wet concrete.

Spread another one inch layer of concrete over the wire.

Let sit for two days. (I set mine in the shed.) When it’s ready, turn it over and tap on the back of the cake pan. It should release easily. Slowly remove contact paper.

If there are holes, you can fill them with cement. You can use sand paper to smooth grooves in the cement. I took a wet sponge and cleaned the entire area after removing the contact paper, then I varnished it with marine varnish.

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Instant Bagel Lunch Box using an old CD spindle

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Bleach Bottle as Gardening Scoop


I've also seen this used in a sandbox

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You can make a non-dairy whipped cream from a can of organic coconut milk in just 5 easy steps
directions ::
1) take a “full fat” can of organic coconut milk & place it in the fridge for some time or best over night
2) then you can scoop out all the thickened coconut cream that rises to the top
3) making sure that just the water is left in the can (don’t discard the water, you can use it to drink or mixed in a shake)
4) after scooping the cream out, add a little cinnamon & vanilla
5) then whip the cream, cinnamon & vanilla in a mixing bowl until it begins to thicken


**you can also add a bit of cacao powder to your cream to make it a chocolate mousse

[Anna Michele]

you will need ::
1 pkg instant pudding
1 1/2c milk
2c cool whip

to make ::
1) dissolve pudding in milk
2) whip in cool whip
3) spoon into 3 oz dixie cups
4) insert popsicle stick
5) freeze

[Anna Michele]

make glow in the dark bubbles ::
1) break your glow stick so it glows
2) cut the end off the non-toxic glow stick &
3) pour into your bubble solution & gently stir
4) dip and blow bubbles like normal