Dinosaur Terrariums Inspired by Prehistoric Planet
After watching Prehistoric Planet on Apple TV+, we created these dinosaur-themed fairy gardens to study the different habitats that dinosaurs inhabited during ...
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How to Make a Hexagon Gift Box with a Bee Theme
Make a hexagon gift box using a piece of poster board, then add some bee details and your gift box will look like it's from a beehive. Fill it full of goodies ...
My Experience with Radiant Heat Flooring using the Cozy Winters Rug Heater
Learn about the types of radiant heating and an easy way to add radiant heat to any room with a rug heater
DIY Fingerless Leather Gloves
How to make fingerless gloves for a women’s steampunk outfit or any DIY costume with leather wrist guards.
Make a Pattern with Plastic Wrap and Tape
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How to Replace a Light Fixture
Learn how to install a new ceiling light and how to remove an old fan or light from this video tutorial. Remove a dated light fixture and replace it with m...
How to Add a Spice Rack to an Ikea Cabinet Door
Adding a spice rack to a cabinet door is an easy DIY home project, especially on an Ikea kitchen cabinet. It makes spices and jars easy to reach but hidden from...
Tardis and Dalek Costume: Simplicity Pattern 1095 Review
Use Simplicity’s 1095 pattern to make a TARDIS or Dalek costume for Halloween or your next cosplay, but alter it a little by adding your own details and touch...
Coiled Paper Picture Frame
Decorate a wood craft frame with coiled paper to make quilling designs from paper strips. Perfect for a DIY Instax photo frame.
May Pinterest Challenge Blog Ho...
Avengers T-shirt
How to make your own Avengers t-shirt, like this DIY Captain America shirt with the shield symbol on it. Learn how to use foil transfer without a cutting machin...
Clean Silver Without Polish
An easier way to clean silver without all the hassle of polishing. Remove tarnish and make your silver shiny with this easy DIY alternative to chemical polish.
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February Pinterest Challenge: DIY Journal Necklace
Welcome to the February Pinterest Challenge Blog Hop! The purpose of this hop is to motivate us to not just hoard pins, but to make it happen!
I just love lo...
Refinish an Old Globe with Chalk Paint
Refinish an old globe using chalk paint to create a beautiful and changeable piece of home decor.
In the post A Design Makeover, one of the best decor pieces...
Top 10 DIY Projects in 2017
Check out Simple Practical Beautiful’s most popular DIY Projects in 2017. A year of Do-it-yourself furniture, crafts, cleaning, succulents, and lots of projec...
Coco Guitar
How to make the Disney Pixar’s Coco Guitar into a miniature or key chain. Use foam to make Ernesto’s guitar from the movie Coco.
My daughter and I saw Di...
Herb Butter Spread
A recipe for delicious whipped herb butter with rosemary that makes a perfect gift with fresh bread. I’m excited to be joining the Handmade Holidays Bl...
DIY Bread Set Foodie Gift
Give a fresh bread gift basket with a cutting board and bread bag. Use a wood burning tool to decorate and customize the cutting board and the linen bread bag.
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DIY Spa Gift Set
How to make a DIY spa gift set with handmade lavender soap and bath salt that will make a perfect Mother’s Day, Christmas, or birthday gift.
Handmade Lavende...
Make a Jean Purse from an Old Pair of Jeans Pants
Make a stylish jean purse or bag by upcycling an old pair of jeans and an old belt. A great way to repurpose old jeans, plus you can make a cute gift by persona...
Ringwraith or Nazgul Costume
Create a Nazgul costume so you can become one of Sauron’s Ringwraiths this Halloween or at your next cosplay, including the distressed cloak, large sword, and...
How to Make a Sword from Wood
How to build a sword out of wood, then make it look metal and battle-worn. This sword was made for a Nazgul costume for a Lord of the Rings Halloween.
My hus...
The Lord of the Rings Costumes
How to make costumes for The Lord of the Rings characters, including Frodo the hobbit, Galadriel the elf queen, Arwen the elf warrior, Eowyn of Rohan, and a Naz...
It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown
Make a Charlie Brown shirt out of yellow polo shirt with easy instructions for how to make the zig zag pattern.
This post contains links to some of the produ...
How to Make Galadriel’s Crown
Make an elegant DIY crown for your Galadriel costume using a glue gun and a few simple craft supplies. Easy to make and great for any elf costume or cosplay.
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Toddler Frodo Costume for Halloween
How to make a Frodo costume, including Frodo’s sword and magic ring. A toddler hobbit Halloween costume from The Lord of the Rings.
Our family all dressed as...
How to Make Foam Gauntlets
Make costume gauntlets out of foam and paint them to look like solid metal, including a free pattern for these Lord of the Rings Nazgul or Ring Wraith gauntlets...
How to Patch a Hole in the Wall
Patch a hole in your drywall or plaster wall with these easy steps. Repair any hole of any size with the right equipment and make your wall look like new.
Pa...
How to make a shield
It's easy to make a shield out of a pizza pan and a few simple supplies. Watch the video tutorial for all the details.
We made 10 of these shields for our Pe...
Self-Watering Planter
Make a self-watering planter or wicking-bucket to keep your plants healthy and well-watered. Perfect for a patio garden or any yard.
I learned how to make a ...
How to Keep Brass Shiny
A few simple steps to keep brass shiny permanently. This process works for copper, stainless steel, and other metals too. Never polish metal again.
After res...
Kitchen Demolition
Our kitchen demolition and some of the lessons we learned while demolishing our kitchen.
I was so excited to demolish our old kitchen. The cabinets were fall...
How to Make a Friendship Bracelet
Friendship bracelets are a fun, inexpensive, and easy summer project for kids to make. They can make them to wear or make them to share with friends.
My 9 ye...
Cars 3 Felt Race Track
The Disney Pixar Cars 3 movie inspired this easy DIY felt race track and city with roads and a dirt track. It's perfect for your Mattel Cars toys to drive on.
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Framing a Wall in Place
Framing a wall is an easy do-it-yourself home improvement project. Build a small interior wall by framing it in place, then add drywall, mudding, texture, and p...
A Carved Wood Journal
Make a custom carved notebook or wood journal out of plywood. It makes the perfect personalized gift or treasured keepsake.
Last year, I saw Serena from Thri...
How to Make a Kite: Inspired by Born in China
Make a kite by reusing an old magazine and watch Disney’s “Born in China” to celebrate Earth Day.
Our family went to see DisneyNature’s Born in China...
Refinish a Piano with Chalk Paint
Make your own chalk paint to refinish furniture. See how this old, beat up piano gets new life with a few coats of chalk paint.
If you read how my sister gav...
Refinishing a Wood Bookcase
Learn how to refinish any piece of wood furniture, like this bookshelf, with simple latex paint. Give new life to old wood in any color paint.
My uncle ...
How to Install a Bathroom Faucet
Install a new bathroom faucet in just four simple steps, or remove an old faucet the same way. Just be sure to buy a faucet that fits on your sink.
Our old ...
Beauty and the Beast Rose and Glass Cloche
Make a miniature version of the floating rose and glass cloche from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast using an old wine glass and an etching tool.
My oldest daug...
10 Succulent Planter Ideas
Here’s ten ways to showcase your favorite succulent plants. Each succulent planter would make a great gift or beautiful decor for your home.
Succulents ha...
A Design Makeover
Five steps to the perfect interior design makeover. Learn how to give your home a charming and finished look, in the style that best fits you. For today'...
Midcentury Lighting: A Sputnik Chandelier
An affordable sputnik light is a fun lighting accessory to add to any mid-century room. It looks great and really lights up the room.
I love our mid-century...
How to Make a LEGO Batman Helmet
Make a DIY LEGO Batman helmet out of foam from The LEGO Batman Movie. This detailed tutorial includes a printable template.
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Use Adobe Illustrator to Plan a Room Layout
Adobe Illustrator can create precise shapes so it’s perfect for planning a room layout, especially for a kitchen or bathroom remodel.
Planning the layout of ...
How to Clean Fireplace Bricks
Cleaning soot, ash, and smoke off fireplace bricks is possible and not too hard. You just need a cleaning product that is made specifically to clean soot and sm...
2017 Home Improvement Resolutions
Our home improvement goals for 2017 are ambitious, but if we work hard and keep up with our timelines, we'll get them done and have some great living improvemen...
Restoring a Midcentury Table
How to restore a vintage wood table, a DIY tutorial explaining how to strip off an old finish, clean and repair the wood, then add a stain and protective finish...
Deathly Hallows Shirt
Use craft inks to make a deathly hallows t-shirt or design your own customized t-shirt.
Remember in my post about the Personalized Water Bottle Holders, I sa...
14 Gift Ideas to Make for Teens and Tweens
A round-up of DIY gift ideas for teens and tweens that you can make and they will love.
Now that my kids are getting older, the things they want for Christma...
Moana’s necklace
Learn how to make Moana's necklace with hemp, and how to make a charm that looks like Moana's locket. A great DIY jewelry and gift idea.
My daughter and I just...