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No sew octopus from old T-shirts

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This is the no sew octopus I made. All you need are 2 large T-shirts (I'm thinking of my hubby's!), a pair of scissors, needle and thread, buttons, and help from your toddler! Just be wary of the length of your octopus' tentacles due to safety reasons. I think this would be even better with wool from old jumpers or scraps of wool, but because I'm living in the tropics, we don't knit!
I chose 2 large T-shirts, one black and one yellow and cut 8 long strips from the black T-shirt, and 16 from the yellow one.


Then, grab them at one end and tie them together. Insert a ball made of cloth and then make a head by securing the strips together with another strip of T-shirt material. Then braid the strips to get 8 tentacles! You can get your toddler to help! My son was busy counting how many tentacles we had left to braid :-)


Almost done! Sew on your buttons for the eyes and mouth. We're almost finished with ours, but my son wants to add on tacks (I think that's what you call them) to the tentacles to complete the look! Think that would be good to secure the braids too :-)

What to do with your detergent bottles 2

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Well, I've finally finished what I started. After cutting up the bottle, I used duct tape to cover the sharp edges.


I cut out my pattern and used this cute bug fabric which I had left over from making a nappy bag for my son (when he was a baby). I cut 2 pieces right sides facing each other.




You then sew them up along the top and sides. Turn it inside out and it will make a snug cover for the book/paper holder. :-)


DIY notepads

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Getting a lot of junk mail? You can use them as notepads in place of the post it notes. Very useful for jotting down phone numbers or reminders! :-)


What you need:
a) scissors
b) duct tape or masking tape (I prefer the former as it doesn't rip easily)
c) lots of junk mail!

Cut your junk mail into post-it-note sizes.

b) Take your tape and tape the ends. Run your pen or scissors along the edge to make sure all the paper sticks to the tape.

What to do with your detergent containers

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Some lad in my office had a brilliant idea on how to reuse these detergent bottles. He cut them up and they became document holders. I think you can go further and cut them in half and turn the document holders into book ends.

Here's my attempt:My container marked out with a marker.
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