{"id":5597,"date":"2010-04-12T10:42:27","date_gmt":"2010-04-12T17:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/?p=5597"},"modified":"2010-04-12T10:42:24","modified_gmt":"2010-04-12T17:42:24","slug":"recycle-stained-clothes-into-baby-toy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/2010\/04\/recycle-stained-clothes-into-baby-toy\/","title":{"rendered":"Recycle Stained Clothes into Baby Toy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/babytoy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5617\" title=\"babytoy\" src=\"http:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/babytoy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/babytoy.jpg 420w, https:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/babytoy-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a fact of life that baby clothes, cute as they are, can get stained pretty easily. And once they&#8217;re stained beyond saving, they&#8217;re no good for donation or hand-me-downs. I took some unsalvageable clothes and made them into cute crinkly baby toys by covering the stained areas with dollar store ribbon. And know what? This is my six month-old son&#8217;s favorite toy! For this project, I busted into my old baby clothes stash and my stash of baby wipes envelopes (yes, sadly I have a stash of them&#8230; I just KNOW I can do something with them! Or maybe I need to join a support group for trash hoarders.) [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazingmoms.com\/htm\/earth-day-craft-recycled-clothing-crinkly-baby-toy.htm\">Get the details on how to make this toy over in my post at AmazingMoms<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m going to bring you more clothing remake projects this week, so if you have any good ones, feel free to leave a link in the comments here!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Project Materials:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Old stained clothes, on hand<\/li>\n<li>Ribbon, on hand or $1 and up<\/li>\n<li>Baby wipes envelope or crinkly cellophane, on hand<\/li>\n<li>Sewing stuff, on hand<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Total: FREE and up<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/pixy.gif?x-id=4e08b78f-806d-8666-8d41-c55bcbe3ad0c\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a fact of life that baby clothes, cute as they are, can get stained pretty easily. 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