Natalie Haycock

Hey guys! So this week was interesting! I was suppose to upcycle a tire, but I could not find one to my liking so I will just have to keep looking! Instead, I moved forward and upcycled some dresser drawers. I first made a stand for them using 2x4s and then screwed the drawers on. I had to measure everything out properly in order for the drawers to be even. I used tools that I was already familiar with, so this was not too hard, other than the drawers were just cheap dresser drawers that we had laying around the house so the screw was hard to drill in. But with the right amount of force I got all of the screws in there! After I got done with this, I proceeded to paint the drawers. I was going to sand the 2x4s and stain them, but I could not find the wood stain at my house, so I’ll have to do that some other time! All in all, I’m pretty proud with how I did this week. I go into every project thinking that it will be easy, but there’s always some difficulty, and that’s what I like! I hop...

Hey guys! Welcome back to my blog! This week, I upcycled an old birdhouse that my brother made over 10 years ago and made it into a planter birdhouse. This process was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be. I thought I could just cut the wood straight on, but after I did that, I then realize that I had to cut the wood straight down so the container would fit. First, I had to measure out the center of the top and measure around where the container would sit. Then I cut the section out that I measured. Then I had to sand the hole because my container would not fit. When I got done sanding the hole, I started sanding the actual birdhouse and scrape the paint off that was previously on there. Then, I painted the birdhouse purple and because I am not able to plant any flowers due to the weather, I just grabbed some weeds from the Farmshop Greenhouse and stuck them in the container. I would say that I definately learned a lot this week even though this project is one of the most si...

Hey guys! This week for my genius hour I had planned to watch videos of people upcycle different items that you could use to make a garden pretty. Already, this week wasn’t how I planned it to be. I searched and searched for different videos and tried searching different techniques related to the items that I will be upcycling, but could not find any. I did find some that we a bit different than mine though, and found that what I put on my action plan was realistic and was similar enough that I could do it as I planned. I am excited to start my genius hour and upcycle a variety of different and learn and practice some new skills involved in this process! Come back next week and watch me upcycle a birdhouse!