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You know what they say about idle hands. Put yours to good use — and spruce up your pad while you’re at it — with these easy-peasy projects.

Scrap Book
Jelly rolls aren’t just for home economics: Learn to sew the charming numbers, as well as plenty of other patchwork fabric projects, with Little Bits Quilting Bee ($16).

Good Herb
Hey, wino. Put discarded wine bottles to good use for a change with GrowBottle Upcycled Hydrogardens ($35 each). Simple instructions help you cultivate culinary herbs on your windowsill.

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Gather No Moss
If a woodland terrarium kit ($20), complete with oakmoss, bark pieces, and golden mushrooms, falls into one of your potted plants and makes it more lovely, does anyone hear?

Sunshine Cleaning
Natural ingredients like vinegar, baking soda, and olive oil mean the chemical-free products in Eco-Me’s home-cleaning DIY kit ($22) are almost good enough to eat. But please don’t.

Money Wall
Any surface in your home becomes a canvas with IdeaPaint’s water-based Cre-8 paint kit ($175). It turns walls into giant whiteboards ready for whenever inspiration strikes.

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