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[ACSAPA]

Hi guys,

I know you guys probably read digital magazines or recycle all your magazines, but just in case some of you still have some magazines lying around, I found this blog post with 100 suggestions for crafts that can be made from old magazines. I like to make stuff and I thought some of these ideas looked fun so I'm just sharing the link. I like making my own envelopes from magazines because the envelopes you make from magazine or calendar pages look a lot cooler than the white ones that people buy. Just take apart a junk mail envelope, trace around it on to a magazine page with a beautiful picture, cut the envelope shape out and assemble it with a glue stick using the old envelope you took apart as a template to see where to fold.

http://chrysti.squar...-magazines.html

[aphil]

This is right up my alley! I love crafts and I have bookmarked the page. There are so many ideas and it will be fun to try them out and even put my own twist to them. I think my favorite may be the boxes. I need some creative boxes to store my threads and yarns.
A friend of mine made some paper beads before and shared the idea with me and they have a look. It just feels good to take something you would have thrown away and make something useful from it. Thanks for sharing.

[dissn_it]

Wow, there are a lot of ideas on that link! I had forgotten about making beads with them. I used to do that when I was a kid and they actually turn out really good. I've marked the page to come back to and explore it further when I have a bit more time. I would like to make Christmas presents this year and I am sure that I will be making some of the ideas on there. Thanks for posting it!

[Sandra Piddock]

This is a great link. I particularly liked the kids' ideas - making ornaments and weaving the  magazine paper. Much better than letting them slob out in front of a games console or computer, and it helps to teach them that lots of things can be recycled and re-used. The beads are good as well. I'm constantly amazed by what can be made from 'trash.'

[FlanneryCam]

I love reusing products before I choose to recycle them. Of course, I am reusing them which is good.

I do like donating magazines I've read to schools for craft projects, summer camps or office waiting rooms of non-profits. These kinds of places are always in need of donations.

[fancyfingers]

Nice find! Thank you for sharing. I have a stack of magazines that I turn to just for a couple of ideas and look at the rest because the pictures are pretty! Now, I can take what I want out of the magazine and reuse the rest! Goodbye stack of magazines, hello hours of crafting with the kids.

[FamilyTreeClimber]

Magazine pages are wonderful for children's art projects.  They are colorful and you don't mind them cutting them up.

I am in awe of people's creativity.  Take a look at this waste basket that was from one of the links.  I don't think I'd have the patience, especially if the paper kept uncoiling.  But, it does come out quite nicely, don't you think?

http://www.craftster...?topic=232043.0

[kalasin]

My stepdaughter would love this!  We have so many magazines around since our recycling truck only stops by once per month.

[steph84]

I get so many magazines and usually just give them to friends when I am done reading them, but this is a great way to reuse my old financial magazines that my friends don't want! Thanks for the crafting ideas. I like the magazine frame!