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Best of the Backyard: Games, Grills, and Gear for Your Great Outdoors

Best of the Backyard: Games, Grills, and Gear for Your Great Outdoors

The backyard used to be a place (remember places?) to hang out from time to time. Now, thanks to the pandemic, it is the place to go. Why not make it an awesome place to be?Fortunately, there are loads of products — everything from water toys to playhouses to outdoor speakers to grills —  that can help enhance the backyard experience for the whole family. Only the most outstanding of those offerings made this list, which contains the absolute best gear for making your backyard into a summer camp, restaurant, bar, beach, and park all rolled into one.This is the...

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In this video, I show how to use a square weaving loom to make a pot-holder shaped item

In this video, I show how to use a square weaving loom to make a pot-holder shaped item

I call it pot-holder shape because I'm using fabric loops that aren't ...

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When you need a potholder or a dish towel, you need it right away! You can keep both handy with this combination Potholder Dishtowel

When you need a potholder or a dish towel, you need it right away! You can keep both handy with this combination Potholder Dishtowel

To use, simply wrap the ...

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Pot holders are a simple and approachable sewing / quilting project for beginners

Pot holders are a simple and approachable sewing / quilting project for beginners

You can make several in one day and use up smaller cuts of fabric from your ...

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12 Beautiful DIY Paper Mache Projects For Beginners

12 Beautiful DIY Paper Mache Projects For Beginners

Paper mache (from the French term papier-mâché) has been used since 200 B.C. China evolving over time to become more useful and versatile than ever. The term literally means chewed paper which references the textures resulted after mixing in bits of paper and glue. There are a lot of different uses for this unusual composite material, mostly in arts and crafts. The best thing about it is that you can do everything from scratch and you can shape the paper mache mixture into just about anything. Below you can find a few ideas that you might like to try for...

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