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mothernaturenetwork:

Homemade laundry detergent

With these great DIY solutions, you can make your own detergent for less than half the cost of a store brand.

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An easy (and fun) way to reuse old maps is to use them as gift wrap.

(Photo via a Wooden Bee Pinterest board.)

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7 year-round uses for plastic Easter eggs

• Use eggs as refillable snack containers.
• Use as holders for jewelry, coins, screws or other hardware, or other small items.
• Fill with needle and thread, safety pins, and an extra button or two, and use as portable sewing kits.
• Turn eggs into bird feeders: thread string through hole in one end, then roll egg in peanut butter and birdseed.

If you have small children:

• Fill eggs with small objects and use in learning games (e.g., memory games, finding matching pairs of items).
• Tuck crayons into an egg for a portable activity option.
• Use eggs as sound shakers — fill them with paper clips or nuts.

Find other child-friendly ideas on the Playing House in Maryland blog.

(Credits: top, RealSimple.com; others, Playing House in Maryland here and here)

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wattlebirdblog:

DIY recy-can vase via Momtastic

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Cross-file under “uses of natural materials” and ”Easter-related things”:

To dye eggs using natural materials, consider using these food items:

• purple cabbage — turns white eggs blue; brown eggs = green
• red onion skin — makes a lavender or red coloring
• beets — turn white eggs pink; brown eggs = maroon
• yellow onion skin — turns white eggs orange; brown eggs = rusty red
• ground turmeric — gives a yellow coloring
• Celestial Seasonings’ Red Zinger herbal tea — provides a lavender color

Other tea varieties, coffee, blackberries, and grape juice are among other items that will stain eggshells.

For additional information, including how-to / DIY details, see Vibrant Eggs, Dyed Naturally | The Kitchn.

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truebluemeandyou:

DIY Naturally Dyed Eggs with Color Dye Chart. Using things like grape juice, tea, beets, carrots and many more, you can dye eggs (and other things?) in beautiful hues. Tutorial and chart from Two Men and a Little Farm here.

what a gorgeous palette

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unconsumption:

I always enjoy coming across reuse ideas on sites where I don’t expect to find such things … like Buzzfeed! But this post about what to do with pizza boxes is pretty cool:

So you can’t recycle them and they don’t fit in your trash can. Earn a few extra karma points with the earth by making these practical projects. 

Here they are: 15 Awesome Things You Can Make With A Stupid Pizza Box