Trashmagination – Page 11 – "Trash is a failure of imagination."

Recycling our Broken Treadmill

Our family takes apart our broken treadmill to learn what was inside and to make it easier to recycle.

Three artists describe instruments they make from found objects in this Maker Camp Hangout.

Two green homes in the Bar Harbor area – super inspiring – amazing home owners!

Storytelling quilts, a tree made from mirrors and a fart machine combine to make a new family favorite museum.

For my Mom’s birthday, a story about how she is an example of on-the-spot creativity

A life-changing experience meeting Susan Barrett Merrill from Weaving a Life and weaving for the first time on a StoryLoom

The Happy Face Museum in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, is one woman’s way of spreading happiness in the world.

Plastic applesauce snack containers and old kids socks make a fun recycled craft for summer camp.

Taking apart an old mattress and box spring was the best workout I ever had while recycling.

See what happens when people work together to tell important stories.

How to sort through your Pinterest boards to make the best recycled crafts

My mom is a Trashmagination genius!

Who knew how much fun you could have recycling a few cardboard boxes into race cars?

Jen Athanas, from Jen-A-Fusion, recycles textiles into amazing purses and other fun accessories! She gave me lots of Trashmagination advice.

This year, we captured images of the Easter Bunny on a spy camera.

Our friend Juliene taught us how to crochet baskets from strips of old bed sheets.

Many wine cork mats are made only with glue, but I found they don’t last with kids. My design is “sewn.”

This rug reflects the nine colors of scarves at the Family Nature Summits, and it’s my first non-wool or yarn rug.

Do you have some ugly ties in your closet? Here’s how I taught myself to make crazy quilts from recycled ties.

We drew panels in a family comic book as a way to engage my children in our family history.

A presentation at my rug hooking guild about Newfoundland gets me wondering how much of trashmagination is cultural?

For our plastic animal toys, we wanted them to be strong, so we made them a spinal cord instead of using glue.

I made a giant Pacific octopus kit for my nephew’s birthday – all from recycled plastic caps.

Plastic caps can be a great material for recycled crafts.