Week #3 of the current craft challenge is just beginning, have you started working on a shrink plastic craft yet? Take this opportunity to try working with shrink plastic if you never have; or, if you are like me and have childhood memories or using shrink plastic, have some fun sharing it with your kids or grandkids. When I was searching around, I could not believe how many different colors and sizes of shrink plastic that are available (compare prices). Make anything from jewelry to sun catchers and submit them to be included in this craft challenge.

Work on a shrink plastic craft and then submit it to be published here. You can also links to shrink plastic projects:

• If you are submitting a craft project, use this simple form.

• If you are submitting a link to a craft project, use this simple form. Make sure you mention that your submission is for a Make-it-Over Craft Challenge. Also, make sure you let me know whether it is okay to use a copy of a picture of the project.

Would you like some crafty inspiration before you get started on your shrink plastic craft? If so, browse through projects submitted for past craft challenge:

• Stick or Twig Crafts
• Film Container and Pill Bottle Crafts
• Plastic Jug Crafts
• Flower Pot Crafts
• Drink Bottle Crafts
• Clothespin Crafts
• More Make-It-Over Monday Crafts

If you have questions or comments about this craft challenge, use the comment feature below. Suggestions regarding this feature? Again, use the comments feature to post your suggestions; and, thanks for playing along. If you want a reminder when Make-It-Over challenges are posted, sign up for the Family Crafts newsletter.

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This week you can learn how to make a piggy bank, a teepee in your garden, a photo magnet, and much more. Which craft will you try first?

• How to Make a Piggy Bank - This craft how-to video will show how you and your child can make an adorable piggy bank that will dazzle the change right out of your pocket.

• String Bean Teepee - Sheila Ellison explains how to create a teepee in your garden using string beans. What better place to hide from the summer sun and imagine lands unknown than inside a teepee covered with green vines?

• Printmaking with Cardboard - Find out how you can use cardboard to make fun prints. Use these ideas to make gifts, t-shirts, wrapping paper, and more.

• Wearable Graduation Cap Craft - Follow these directions and you can make a graduation cap big enough to wear.

• Flat Marble Photo Magnet Craft - Discover how you can create fun photo magnets using flat glass marbles. The magnet looks like a little bubble that magnifies your picture just a little and shows it off!

• Re-Fashioned Bangle Bracelet Craft - I love this project submitted by Sangeetha from India. She shares her technique for giving new life to a bangle bracelet she had that was broken.

• Kite Mobile Craft - Discover how you can make this neat kite mobile using paper, a wire coat hanger, and a few other supplies.

Enjoy, and remember, if you complete any of these crafts, take a few moments to send me a picture and it can be featured here too!

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Despite having reusable bags to use when I have to go shopping, I do sometimes end up with mounds of plastic bags. (Mainly because I have such a horrible memory and forget to bring my reusable bags!) I also save plastic bead bags, produce bags, etc. So, what do you do when you have way too many plastic bags? You make crafts!

Believe it or not, you can make a large variety of crafts using plastic bags. You can use crochet techniques to make a plastic bag hat or a fashionable tote bag. You can make some home decor items, such as a wreath or a comfy ped bed. You can find these and many more craft ideas when you browse through this collection of plastic bag crafts. Check out all of the crafts in the collection and then you can even submit your ideas to be published using this simple form.

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This week, I am working in my garden, planting the last of my vegetables. That is what inspired this week's fast craft project! Kids, young and old, will love making a necklace that they can watch grow.

All you need for this craft is an empty pill bottle (or other small, see-through container), some cotton balls, a piece of yarn about 24-inches long, and a flower or vegetable seed. I chose a green bean seed because it was large and easy to see through the container and it started growing fast. You can read the back of the seed packages to see how fast the seed will grow.

Start off by putting one or two cotton balls into the pill bottle. Sprinkle a little bit of water on the cototn balls, and then place a seed on the cotton balls. Top it off with one more cotton ball. Moisten that cotton ball with a little more water. Tie the center of your piece of yarn around the top of the pill bottle, and then tie the two ends together so you can wear it!

You can wear your necklace and watch it as it changes and grows. When you aren't wearing it, you can easily hang it in a sunny window. Make sure you keep the cotton balls moist, but make sure you don't add too much water. Once the plant ourgrows the pill bottle, you can transplant it into a larger pot or the ground and then add another seed to the necklace!

I hope you enjoy this fast craft. If you have a fun, fast craft to share, please take a moment to submit it using this simple form.

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