[photo by Rachel at 5 Crafty Little Birdies]

[Meg’s Activity Book]

General Crafty

• Meg made the most adorable placemat Activity Book posted at A Little Knick Knack.
• Remember those colorful bamboo placemats I mentioned liking at Dollar Tree? Aimee Made Bamboo Vases posted at In THIS Life.
• Jan cleverly used placemats as flower adornments on a wreath posted at the simpler life.
• Sarah F. made a pretty and colorful Spring Hanging Decoration posted at Sewing and Crafting with Sarah, saying, “An easy inexpensive decoration that all craft skill levels should be able to make.”
• My neighbor, friend, and crafting buddy Holly M did a great Placemat Frame Update posted at Art, meet Craft.
• Heather presents My Dollar Store Challenge: Placemat White Board posted at Wax Eloquent.
• Lea-Ann W. shared how she made a Place Mat Valance posted at flicted sewing room.
• Laurie E. presents a REPURPOSED PLACEMAT PARADE: posted at Scene of the Grime with 3 ideas for using placemats: Window hanging, table runner, pillow cover. Laurie also submitted this great idea: “SCHOOL” ON PLACEMATS that features cool study books made from plastic placemats.
• Audra presents placemat challenge: Activity Book posted at SIMPSONized Crafts… And then SOME. Each page has a different activity theme (such as motor skills, arts & crafts).
• Sarah J. presents Homemade Craft: Small Tote from Placemat posted at Sarah’s Deals, saying, “this was fun and easy!”

[Ina’s Red Placemat Purse]

Sewing

• Tiffany B, made a Traveling Placemat Tutorial posted at Simply Modern Mom, saying, “Traveling placemat great for eating on the go, restaurants and picnics.”
• Jackie sewed a nifty Placemat Bag posted at Blessings Overflowingand provided a tutorial.
• Angie shows off her adorable daughters in her post about Placemats turned Toddler skirts posted at Our Hallberg 6.
• Marsha D. presents cute stuff inside: KICK IT INTO GEAR posted at cute stuff inside.
• Ina made a fab Placemat Purse posted at Feathering a Nest, describing it as a, “red clutch purse made from a placemat, embellished with some ribbon hand embroideries.”
• I love Rachel’s project, an EASTER Chick Treat Bag posted at Five little Crafty Birdies. She said it’s, “Fun, easy and super cheap way to decorate and make a gift for Easter!” This project would be fun to make for a wheelchair or walker too.
• Joy N used a really cool placemat for her Toiletries Bag posted at Spool {}.
• Heather used dollar store belts as handles on her cool Place Mat Beach Bag posted at My Frugal Family, saying, “A $4 beach bag with sparkly straps!”
• Wendy G. twisted the challenge to use welcome mats in her nifty Astroturf Picnic Bag posted at Old Days – Old Ways, saying, “This is not my original idea, as the post says, but it’s carried out in a dollar store manner!”
• Wendy G. also shared how to make a Christmas Stocking from Placemat posted at Old Days – Old Ways, saying, “This is one of several dollar store Christmas stockings, I’ll link them all together!”
• Jeri presents several different unique Placemat Handbags posted at My Life in the Craft Lane. My favorite is the blue and yellow plaid purse! Love the placemat fabric-covered button, too!
• Darcy made a Dollar Store Trashcan posted at Sunshine Lollipops, saying, “A car trashcan for the front seat of your car. Big enough to fit a couple water bottles, a months worth of ATM receipts, and a few empty packs of gum.”

[Tiffany B’s Traveling Placemat]

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