Crafts & DIY
Don't toss your old things. Here are 25 nifty ways to breathe life into them
D.G. Sciortino
03.20.17

We spend a lot of money on our things, so when we no longer have a use for them it’s nice to be able to stretch your dollars and recraft them into something new.

Here are 25 new uses for your old things.

Socks to Toddler Leggings

With a scissor and some stitches, you can turn adult socks into leggings for a toddler.

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Sew 4 Bub
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Sew 4 Bub

Cassette Tape Case Gift Card Holder

Jazz up a cassette case and use it as a gift card holder.

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Mod Podge Rocks
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Mod Podge Rocks

Dish Rack File Folder

If your dish rack’s days of drying dishes are over it can retire to a life of file folder holding.

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Cozy Little House
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Cozy Little House

Glasses Picture Frame

If you’ve scratched up the lenses on your glasses you can pop them out and turn them into a picture frame.

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Ashley's Thirfty Living
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Ashley's Thirfty Living

Window Frame Art

Turn an old beat up window frame into a work of art.

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Shabby Story
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Shabby Story

Eyeglass Case Sewing Kit

Over the years your eyeglass cases can pile up, but you only need so many. Convert them into a cute little sewing kit? How adorbs is this!

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Tea Rose Home
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Tea Rose Home

Phone Receiver Book End

Most of us no longer have a use for those old phone receivers. Why not make it into a cool retro book end.

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A Beautiful Mess
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A Beautiful Mess

Toilet Paper Roll Art

Recycle your toilet paper rolls and makes some cool art.

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Personal Creations
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Personal Creations

Produce Bag Into a Sand-Free Beach Tote

Produce bags make the perfect bottoms for a beach bag because they are durable and leave sand behind.

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Giddy Giddy
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Giddy Giddy

Cable Knit Sweater to Pillow

You can chop up a cable knit sweater and with a few stitches, it becomes a pillow.

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Infarrantly Creative
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Infarrantly Creative

Necklace Camera Strap

Create a classy strap for your camera with a necklace and a brooch.

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Personal Creations
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Personal Creations

Shoe Box Art

Deck out some shoe boxes and hang them on your wall.

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Spunky Junky
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Spunky Junky

Paper Towel Rack Bracelet Holder

Your old paper towel racks make the perfect bracelet holders.

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Spunky Junky
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Spunky Junky

Bread Box Charging Station

You bread box can be transformed into an organized station for your charging devices.

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Gabriel Good Tidings
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Gabriel Good Tidings

Baking Sheet Magnet Board

Glue some magnets on the back of a baking sheet and stick it on your refrigerator. You can also ditch those magnets and hang it from a wall.

Then use more magnets to attach things to it to the front it.

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Mom and Wife
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Mom and Wife

Cheese Grater Earring Holder

Paint a cheese grater a funky color and use it as an earring holder.

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Personal Creations
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Personal Creations

Newspaper Gift Bags

Save the environment and create cute gift bags with your old newspapers.

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Silly Simple Living
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Silly Simple Living

Lightbulb Candle Holder

Burnt out light bulbs are still good at reflecting light. Turn them into this cute candle holder.

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C Fabbri Designs
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C Fabbri Designs

Pool Noodle Boot Holders

Cut up some pool noodles and use them to fill your boots so they keep their shape.

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Angie's Lookbook
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Angie's Lookbook

Necktie Necklaces

Unwanted neckties make adorable new necklaces.

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artstar
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artstar

Garden Hose Wreath

A garden hose can be turned into an adorable wreath.

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Create Craft Love
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Create Craft Love

Eyeshadow Into Nail Polish

Your old eyeshadow can be turned into brand new nail polish. Here‘s how.

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Never Too Much Glitter
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Never Too Much Glitter

Old iMac Aquarium

Hollow out an old iMac and make it into an aquarium.

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inhabitat
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Tie Cellphone Case

Old ties can be altered to make a cute cell phone case.

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Be Spangled Jewelry
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Be Spangled Jewelry

Pillow Case Makeup Bag

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Two Cheeky Monkeys Designs
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Two Cheeky Monkeys Designs

Make a makeup case using some old pillow cases.

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