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Junk Creation

Archive for June 2007

June 30th, 2007

Reuse CDs and Records

This weekend, I’m featuring the site that inspired yesterday’s post. It’s called Prime Time Together Crafts by Donna Erickson
(if the link didn’t work, try pasting this address into your web browser:
http://ivillagelive.ivillage.com/on_tv/0,,bkf18tfn,00.html)
This article has several fun activities to do with kids…though I am uncertain how many kids really ought to be putting non-food items in [...]

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June 29th, 2007

Reshaping Plastic

The bowl is a little crude, I know. However, it is a prototype (makes it sound like I’m planning to build a robot). Both the bowl and the spoon were formed from an old milk carton that I washed (yes, I do think ahead sometimes).
I know that a Tuesday I posted my failure [...]

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June 28th, 2007

Antenna Ball!

Above is a foam ball my wife caught while we were at an NBA game. We kept it around the house, and today’s post not only features her foam ball, but is also her idea. (However, the execution is all me, Mwa-ha-ha!)
I would normally post something like this “how to” on a Monday [...]

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June 27th, 2007

Medievalistic Ideas Parallel Societal Trends

I have been trying to figure out what makes people think that “trash picking” is a degrading and perhaps even disgusting thing. I mean, it’s not like those of us that do that sort of thing are less than them or come from another kingdom, phylum or class than the rest, right? (Don’t [...]

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June 26th, 2007

Indoor Plastic Recycling–Not a good idea

Over a year ago, I decided that a common material that I ought to harness for projects was plastic. I mean, we use 2-3 milk cartons a week and several juice containers a month, why not melt them into a new form? (Ha-ha, naive guy that I am, I thought this would work.)
There [...]

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June 25th, 2007

Making Simple Gloves–From Couch Leather to Work Horse

Alright, you can see that the gloves I made aren’t exactly designer. First of all, they use leather that is a bit higher quality than your average glove leather–I found what I believe to be an entire sofa’s worth of leather at the thrift store! (I don’t know for sure if it has [...]

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