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It's the "best of" Unconsumption -- Easter edition! Links to various Easter-related posts: tips for egg-dyeing using natural materials, DIY baskets from paper, no-waste centerpiece ideas, and more. Eggshell chicken made by the ever-creative Kyle Bean: www.kylebean.co.uk/
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Dye #Easter eggs using natural materials -- beets, coffee, tea, blueberries, and more -- in your kitchen. This post links to additional info and DIY tips / tutorial.
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Clever repurposing of old Scrabble game boards into tabletop Christmas trees.
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Paint chips
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Unconsumption Paint sample cards cut into Christmas tree shapes -- decorate trees, gifts, and walls (and more!) with them.
Leftover Champagne, corks, wire cages, bottles — all can be reused! This post links to various recipes using Champagne, and DIY projects for corks, cages, and bottles. [Pictured: hooded wire cages (a.k.a. muselets) from the tops of Champagne bottles made into mini-chairs — good for use as place card holders.]
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Instead of throwing out those puzzles with missing pieces, turn what's left into a cast of holiday characters. Fun DIY crafts project for kids.
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Here are some ideas -- involving repurposed items -- that could help you store and organize holiday decorations.
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Now here’s a little Unconsumption-y holiday spirit!
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I love Michael Johansson's "Merry Mirror." #repurposed #Christmastree #art
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An easy (and fun) way to reuse old maps is to use them as gift wrap.
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Great use of old rulers . . . very cute #repurposing.
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Love this tea wreath idea! By Kojo Designs
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Bottles repurposed as a menorah. #Hanukkah
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Yes — a Christmas tree constructed from hubcaps!
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Amber Thigpen lol looks like something my dad would do
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Got scrap paper, cardboard, a chopstick, and something to hold the chopstick? Make a tabletop Christmas tree -- in 5 easy steps. (P.S. I made this!) #DIY #repurposed #crafts #fun
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Books = Chrismas trees! This 1,600-book tree sits in a library in Poland.
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Have you wondered what to do with 35mm film canisters? Make film canister holiday lights! #DIY #photography- and #Christmas-related fun.
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A cash-strapped city in Lithuania erected a 13-meter-tall Christmas tree made from 40,000 discarded plastic bottles. Click through to check out how it looks at night -- it glows.
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This is a favorite Christmas decorating idea: corks #repurposed as "reindeer." #DIY
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Corks made into garland: Attach mini eye screws and and jute twine to cork ends. #DIY
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Clever alternative Christmas tree: Wall-mounted "trees" made of scrap wood.
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Really love the look of #wreaths made of twigs. #DIY (Made by the talented Camilla Fabbri of Family Chic: cfabbridesigns.com)
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This is one of the nicer-looking wreaths that I've come across that's made out of newspaper. #DIY fun! (made by Camilla Fabbri: cfabbridesigns.co...)
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Use empty wine bottles as part of a holiday tabletop display. Tip: Epsom salt makes good-looking “snow.”
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How-to: upcycle an old bicycle into a “reindeer.”
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"Reindeer" ornaments made from peanuts! The eyes are Sharpie pen marks, the noses are map pins, and the antlers are bent wire.
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#DIY Christmas tree ornaments made from wine corks!
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#DIY recycled cellophane star garland made from packaging.
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#DIY origami star garland made from holiday ads and mailers.
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Tomato cage Christmas tree (strung with old lights). Brillz.
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#Repurposed corks! A cork "tree" could be hung as a wreath, or placed on a table.
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#Repurposed egg cartons -- great holiday ornament storage idea!
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![Leftover Champagne, corks, wire cages, bottles — all can be reused! This post links to various recipes using Champagne, and DIY projects for corks, cages, and bottles. [Pictured: hooded wire cages (a.k.a. muselets) from the tops of Champagne bottles made into mini-chairs — good for use as place card holders.]](http://media-cache5.pinterest.com/upload/169729479676219970_vsFFPbVR_b.jpg)
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