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Tag: fall crafts

Posted on September 8, 2019September 24, 2020

How to make easy concrete pumpkins

DIY Concrete Pumpkins with Jute Handles

Make easy and inexpensive concrete pumpkins by putting a layer of Henry FeatherFinish skimcoat over Styrofoam pumpkins from a thrift store.

Posted on August 29, 2019September 24, 2020

Building a junk turkey from thrift store parts

junk turkey made from vintage kitchenware

Junk turkey season is here! I'm digging into my cache of collected kitchen castoffs and assembling them into something resembling a Thanksgiving bird.

Posted on November 23, 2018September 24, 2020

Making another thrift-store junk turkey

Metal turkey parts joined together and

You know how some people look at clouds and see animals or objects in them? That's how I look at thrift store kitchen gadgets. Except instead of seeing animal or objects, I see turkey parts.

Posted on November 10, 2018September 24, 2020

Building a turkey-bot assemblage from vintage kitchenware

Turkey assemblage made from metal and aluminum kitchenware and garden trowel feet

If it's November, it's time to make the Thanksgiving bird. Here are the ingredients I used to make mine: And here's what he ended up looking like when he was all done: I call him "TurkeyBot 2018." The idea for this guy started with a vintage aluminum juicer that I found in a thrift store. …

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Posted on October 26, 2015September 24, 2020

Halloween | Joker costume from a thrift store suit

I made a Joker costume out of a few thrifted suit pieces and two bottles of purple paint.

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Welcome to Wisconsin Magpie. I’m Lisa, the creator of this site.

A history nerd and profligate collector, I spend way too much of my free time at thrift stores and garage sales, salvaging other people’s castoffs. When I’m home, I’m attempting to use power tools I have no idea how to operate and undertaking craft projects well beyond my skill level. Sometimes they actually turn out.

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