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A Dining Room Makeover Using Stuff I Already Had

April 24, 2025 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

We spend a lot of time in the kitchen and dining room. I spend a lot of time looking into the dining room from the kitchen. When we moved into the house four years ago there was no money for furniture, and with two kids in college and three more to go, that budget remains […]

Filed Under: DIY Tagged With: before and after, dining room before and after, dining room makeover, makeover on a budget, recycle, reduce, repurpose, reuse, upcycle

Trash to treasure. Turn a headboard into a…

October 1, 2013 by not your average mom 3 Comments

This is the end to one of the boys’ old bunk beds. I have four of them. I’ve had them for about four years. I’ve been saving them for something. I just didn’t know what. Until recenly… We took one and primed it. Then my husband built this out of scrap wood from his shop: […]

Filed Under: Decorating and DIY, Timesavers Tagged With: recycle, recycling a headboard, reduce, reuse

Way #947 to reuse a milk jug.

April 22, 2013 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

My kids love chocolate milk, but buying the already made stuff is way more expensive than mixing it myself. I used to mix my own in a Rubbermaid pitcher, but it was a real pain to clean. Especially in the handle. I could not get all traces of chocolate milk out of there. So now […]

Filed Under: Timesavers Tagged With: chocolate milk, milk jug, recycle, reduce, reuse

Make your own watering can.

April 21, 2013 by not your average mom 2 Comments

Today we made watering cans. It was pretty easy. Here’s what you need: a milk jug (make sure it has a screw on top) or small laundry detergent container a drill (you could probably use a hammer and a nail if you don’t have a drill) paint, if you want to decorate your watering can […]

Filed Under: Kids' Corner, Timesavers Tagged With: Earth Day, kid activities, laundry detergent, milk jugs, recycle, reduce, reuse, watering can

Easy milk jug bird feeders

April 18, 2013 by not your average mom 1 Comment

We made bird feeders today. The kids had fun, and they are pretty easy to do. Everything I used we already had here at home, so the only thing I paid for was the bird seed. Here’s what I used: sharp scissors milk jugs acrylic paint (because it’s water resistant when it dries) sticks found […]

Filed Under: Kids' Corner Tagged With: bird feeders, home schooling, milk jugs, recycle, reduce, reuse

start a garden with your kids :)

April 17, 2013 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

It’s that time of year again… Time to start planting! Wooo hoooo!!!! Since I kind of have a secret desire to homeschool my kids, we started yesterday and made it a multi-age activity. Thought I’d share in case you want to give it a try too. I saved my pumpkin seeds from last Halloween’s pumpkin […]

Filed Under: Kids' Corner Tagged With: gardening, homeschooling, reduce, reuse recycle, seed planting

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