I put together this post to kick off summer's first 3-day weekend, Memorial Day. As we stare down the unofficial end of summer with Labor Day weekend, it seems like a good time to revisit this mega project post. Over the summer I tackled a few of the DIYs but there are definitely a few more that I can knock off my list before the end of this weekend. I'm especially planning to leave time for #7.
1. Make a grill for your budding Top Chef – How To Make a Toy Grill for $20
2. Make a place to stash your pens and pencils – DIY No-Sew Colored Pencil Roll
3. Clean your bedroom – The Ultimate Guide to Green Cleaning Your Bedroom
4. Make your kid fly – How to Make Your Baby Fly
5. Create a charging station – An Upcycled Plastic Bottle Charging Station
6. Make a new clothes bar – How To Make a Rope Wrapped Hanging Clothes Bar
7. Go to sleep! – How to Nap (No, Really!)
8. Create an urban garden – Budget Friendly: DIY Cinderblock Planters
9. Stop the tangles – DIY Tangle-Free Headphones with Embroidery Floss
10. Make cushions, learn geography – Modular DIY Map Cushions
11. Make a window box – DIY Wood Shim Window Box
12. Add some detail to your frames – $5 DIY: Dress Up Your Frames with Tape
13. Cover an ugly light – How To Make a DIY Drum Shade
14. Make a headboard – 10 DIY Headboard Ideas
15. Stencil something – Put Some Pattern On It: Stencil Resources
16. Make new bedding – You Can Do It: Sew Your Own Bedding
17. Create some outdoor lanterns – DIY Leather & Glass Outdoor Lanterns
18. Make everlasting flowers – DIY Paper Flowers From Recycled Maps
19. Get your books in order – Fresh Start: How To Organize Your Personal Library
20. Dress up your can lights – How To: Make Can Light Luminaries
21. Put up a yurt – How To Raise a Yurt in Four Hours
22. Switch out your shower head – DIY Basics: Replacing a Shower Head
23. Join the terrarium trend – Buy or DIY: Trendy Terrariums
24. Stamp it! – DIY Wine Cork Stamps
25. Dress up a wall – How To: Create A Reclaimed Wood Wall
26. Weave a basket – DIY: Recycled Paper Sewing Basket
27. Dress a window or two – Making Your Own Curtains: Easy Instructions from Across the Web
28. Funk up your keyboard – Colorful Keyboard Makeover With Masking Tape
29. DIY an ikat mirror – How To Make an Ikat-Inspired Mirror
30. Build an outdoor dining set – Free DIY Plans: Simple Plywood Farm Style Table & Bench
Still need more inspiration? Check out last year's 30 Projects for the 3-Day Weekend.
Re-edited from a post originally published 5.25.2012
Images: As credited in individual posts.
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HA! Not on MY three-day!!! (Maybe on some regular weekend when I am caught up...)
I like 18 and 26 but I have my own projects to do this weekend...so I may try these another.
Thanks for the post.
I sadly spent Canada's Long Weekend (last weekend) doing a thorough spring cleaning of the entire house. Boring yes. But direly needed. These are great little inspirations for crafts when you need to get creative though!
I'm gonna need more than 3 days......
"Oh sure, you'll want to take some down time to drink beer and bask in the sun..."
Between drinking, basking, and DIYing, it might be nice to take a moment to honor the memory of those who have passed before us -- which is really what Memorial Day is all about.
I will make no sew curtain panels this week. We got new flooring earlier this week. Hardwoods in some places and carpet in others. New window treatments are in order.
Spending mine packing and shopping for an impending move... But once I'm moved, I may be doing a few of these!
I'm spending mine getting caught up with home projects. I spread mulch after lunch, ran errands all morning, and will bake up some zucchini bread and tomato bread this afternoon from my farmers' market haul this morning! I might get to painting one of the bathrooms tomorrow (let's hope, HAHAHAHA)
@RUSTYPATINA Hear hear.
Hmmm....too hot here! My husband did make a firepit in the back yard today though. Good on ya my love!
@rustypatina - thank you for not forgetting the importance or point of the weekend!
Lovely sentiment, all, but it's actually Labor Day weekend, not Memorial Day.
Leapkate, this is a re-post. It was posted originally before Memorial Day weekend and all those previous posts were from then.
If you'd like, we could start chiding people for focusing on self-indulgent DIY projects instead of honoring the sacrifices and contributions of the early labor movement and the current workers of the world!