There comes a time in the life of any possession when it’s no longer usable as is. And that’s the time to get creative! Some ideas for what you can do with:

Extra buttons: Trim a pillow, napkins, lampshade or café curtains for a “cute as a button” accessory! Or best idea yet: make a caterpillar!

Baby clothes become a unique family record.

Old jeans and flannel shirts? Who could possibly let them go? Here’s what to turn them into:

And then of course there’s the old stand-by, a cast-off dress shirt as a child’s craft smock. Even easier and more comfortable: a pillowcase art smock!