How to Make Shoe Slips for Zumba Class

Zumba classes are all the rage right now. You can even buy DVDs and video games that teach you Zumba dance moves. Many people are trying it and I am no exception. I tried a class and loved it and then encouraged friends to join me regularly at an area class. I love how great of a workout I get and the fact that an hour goes by so quickly. It is also a lot of fun. My only complaint was that my ankles would ache after class. I soon found out that the running shoes I was wearing to class … [Read more...]

Make Fire Starters Out of Re-purposed Items

By Justin Weinger 4 Comments

Things like egg cartons, dryer lint, and leftover candle wax after the wick has burned away might normally be destined for the landfill or recycling bin. I am going to teach you how to make fire starters out of those three items by re-purposing them. The steps to this project are simple. 1) Gather your supplies: separated egg carton, leftover candle wax and dryer lint. To separate the egg carton, I just took a utility knife and sliced across the seams. You could also use an X-Acto … [Read more...]

How to Make Homemade Fabric Refresher

By Justin Weinger 6 Comments

I do not normally purchase a fabric refresher product like Febreze. It might be the $5 price tag that deters me, but I thought I would try out a homemade fabric refresher recipe to see how it works because with two cats sleeping on any and every couch and chair in our house I knew it wouldn't hurt to spray them down periodically. After hunting down an unused spray bottle in our house, I tailored the recipe measurements to fill this bottle. The only ingredients you need are water, vinegar and … [Read more...]

How to Make Homemade Foaming Soap

By Justin Weinger 9 Comments

If you have kids, you know how quickly they can go through a bottle of liquid hand soap by taking too many squirts to wash their hands or while making bubbles to play with in the sink. And when a $3 bottle of liquid soap costs approximately 30-cents an ounce, you start to explore options on how to cut those costs so you don't have to hover over your child at the sink to make sure they are not using too much. I found that when we switched to foaming hand soap, only 1 squirt was used (instead … [Read more...]

How to Make Homemade Wrinkle Releaser

By Justin Weinger 35 Comments

Did you know you can make your own homemade wrinkle releaser? Don't get me wrong, I love Downy Wrinkle Releaser, but instead of paying around $10+ for a bottle of wrinkle releaser from a leading manufacturer, how does only 4 cents for the same size bottle sound? I try to purchase natural and organic products when I can, but I have to admit that ironing is not something I enjoy and was willing to purchase and use this product in order to avoid ironing whenever possible. I decided it was … [Read more...]

How to Make a Dress-Up Tutu

By Justin Weinger 4 Comments

These tutus are so simple to make and can be done without any sewing needed and are loved by little girls. The instructions provided will make a tutu that will fit a young girl about a size 6. You can easily make adjustments to the length of the tulle and length of elastic waist (if you are sewing elastic.) The supplies needed to make a tutu include: 1" elastic (or a thin elastic headband), 25+ yards of tulle & thread. To embellish the tutu I used ribbon, felt, an alligator clip, … [Read more...]

Homemade Finger Paints – Four Ways

By Justin Weinger 5 Comments

Finger painting is fun, messy, and inexpensive (if you make your own finger paints). Instead of spending nearly $7 on some pre-made fingerpaints, my daughter & I decided to test out four no-cook, instant finger paint recipes and give you our best recommendation. We tried out four different mediums: baby wash, liquid starch, corn syrup and shaving cream. To give each color we tried the same color of food coloring and tempera paint in each medium. We were not very precise with how much … [Read more...]