If you love nature, you will love these nature craft projects! Browse through this collection of crafts made with a variety of items from nature and then start crafting.

You can use real flowers to make a flower crown or drawer sachet. You can craft a fairy house or photo frame using twigs. How about fashioning a colorful t-shirt or bracelet using leaves? Next time you head to the beach collect sea shells and even sand to craft with.

You can use nature crafts to help pass the time when you have to be inside, when you get to be outside, or just to celebrate Mother Nature. The hardest part might be trying to decide which crafts to make first.

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Even though today, May 22nd, is Buy-A-Musical Instrument Day, you don't have to waste your money... Instead of buying a musical instrument, you can make one!

To make great music, you do not need to be a professional musician and you don't have to have expensive musical instruments. You can create your own music crafts and then amaze your friends, your family, and yourself with all of the beautiful music you can make.

Pick your favorite musical craft projects and make a one-person-band. Better yet, gather all your friends together, make some instruments, and start your own orchestra!

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I thought I would share the unique graduation gifts I made for my 3 kids. When my daughter graduated from high school many years ago... (I feel so old!) ...I raided her t-shirt drawer and dug through boxes of schoolwork and mementos I had saved over the years and started working on a special quilt. Even though I had only been quilting for a couple of years I decided to create this quilt using no pattern and many pieces! To my surprise it turned out pretty amazing!

Of course, with one successful graduation quilt under my belt, I decided it must become a tradition so my two boys also got graduation quilts. Although they are made using the same techniques, all three turned out so different. Don't you think so?

Do you have a special graduation gift you have made for a special graduate or created a graduation tradition by giving? If so, please share your graduation craft project. If you have ever gotten a homemade graduation gift, whether you loved it or hated it, share your story.

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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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