There are several benefits to linking Facebook and Pinterest.

Easy login via Facebook

If you are always logged into Facebook on your PC or mobile device, you can log in to Pinterest via the Facebook button, which saves you time.

Auto-publish your activity on your Facebook timeline

With the two accounts linked, the pins you publish will appear in an activity box on your Facebook profile page. This will be visible to your Facebook friends, who will be able to like and comment on your pins. This encourages more people to know about your Pinterest account and it gives you more engagement on Facebook itself.

Bear in mind that this only works with your personal Facebook account, so if you are running several Pinterest accounts, decide which one is your personal one.

Creating a Pinterest tab on your Facebook page

Most users of your Facebook page will only ever look at your status updates, so I won’t pretend a Pinterest tab will make a massive difference, but there are intangible benefits. First, it’s good to let people see how to find you on other networks, if they do navigate to your page to check you out. Second, the Pinterest content in the Facebook tab does invite more engagement, which is important if you want to maintain visibility for your content on Facebook.

The best benefit of Pinterest is often overlooked

When you publish content on Facebook or Twitter, that content has a short shelf life. Status updates will attract comments for a short time but then they are forgotten and hard to find. On Pinterest, content is evergreen. You will find pins being discovered and shared long after you post them.

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DIY Treasure and Trinket Boxes

All you need to make your very own DIY Treasure box is some empty makeup or hair products jars, some small toys, glue and spray paint.

Step 1: Wash your jars.

Step 2: Apply the toys (puppets) to your the top with glue.

Step 3: After the glue has dried you can spray paint the jars. The paint can be very messy and small bad so paint outside.

Step 4: Put the jars on a tray with paper to protect them. Apply thin coats of paint, at least 3 times.

Step 5: Let the jars dry and they are ready.

Try painting the jars a different color from the lids for a different look.

It seems that every year, once Thanksgiving dinner has been cleared away and the first Christmas songs start their radio broadcasts, we all go into a holiday frenzy. Between shopping, cooking, party planning, and more, sometimes we need to stop and take a deep breath. A great way to unwind as the holidays approach is with an inexpensive, DIY craft project. The following instructographic details a fun way to turn old jars of any size into snow globes your whole family will love. This can also be a great project for kids who are home and bored on a snow day, or just want to help decorate. While adult supervision is definitely required, your kids can have a wonderful time selected jars, picking out figurines, and choosing the perfect ribbons to add a pop of color to their DIY snow globes.

And of course, once this year’s holiday season concludes, these snow globes will last through the years and become a fun and meaningful part of your family’s holiday décor. Follow the steps outlined below to create a winter wonderland and display your jars on a mantel, windowsill, as a table centerpiece, or anything else you can think of.

Not to mention, this project is incredibly budget-friendly and requires just a few items you can pick up at any craft store. So, in a season that’s often overshadowed by consumption and material possessions, this DIY project is the perfect way to reconnect with family over crafts, upcycle your old jars, and just have fun making something festive.

Thanks to eCollegeFinder.com for this festive instructographic on building your own snow globe at home.

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This week’s instructographic can help you decorate the your interior home or the outside of your home. These pom pom garland vines are from Oncewed.com and have a playful quality about them that makes them great for any festive occasion and not for just outdoor wedding decorations. They can easily be used for any party or gathering you may have at your home. and they are extremely easy to make and will make a big statement.

They are also easy to move around and work in a variety of places, trees make the most sense outside but on your front porch. Inside you can hang from your ceiling or light fixtures or even strand them horizontally for a whole new look.

Let us know if you give this pom pom garland a try or send us pictures of your pom pom garland, we would love to post them on coolinstructographics.com.

Find more pom pom art and wedding decorations at OnceWed.com

Our newest instuctographic shows you how to make your very own refrigerator magnets using photos of friends, family, travel destinations and anything you want to use as a magnet.The gimmick of using small Polaroids as the face of the magnet is 70s retro and sure to be a conversation piece the next time someone visits your kitchen’s refrigerator.

Supplies you will need for your tiny polaroid magnets:

• Stiff white cardstock or cardboard
• Opaque white marker
• Craft knife
• Metal straight edge/ruler
• Spray mount
• Adhesive-backed magnet tape
• Adobe Photoshop
• Photo paper
• Printer

The instructuctions are in the graphic but you must have access to Photoshop to use the template provided below. Otherwise you will need to create the Polaroid frame in an image editing program on your own, which should be too difficult considering it is a simple white box with a larger bottom frame border.

Aren’t these Polaroid fridge magnets adorable.

You can visit Ambrosiagirl.com and download the Photoshop template she has provided here. OR you can visit this site and read through the Photoshop tutorial.

Send us your instuctographics if you wish to be featured on CoolInstructographics.com.

Why must all gardens be horizontal? What about a vertical garden? Takes up less space, looks cool and impresses your gardening buddies; it is a great idea and this instructographic will show you how, literally.

You’ll need a few supplies:

• a wooden pallet
• sandpaper
• staple gun
• staples, obviously
• hammer & nails
• landscaping paper
• planting soil
• plants
• 1/4 inch thick MDF

The steps are outlines in the instructographic above but here are the highlights of building your DIY vertical garden wall:

1. Prepare the Pallet – sand it and nail the MDF to it.
2. Staple Paper to Pallet – double the paper up and staple to sides.
3. Fill Pallet with Soil – fill the pallet with soil leaving room for planting.
4. Start Planting – Star at the bottom and make sure plants are packed tight.
5. Water & Leave for 2 Weeks – This allows time for plants to take.
6. Stand up right and impress your gardening friends.

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Three all-time favorites for kids and adults – Play-Doh, Gak and Silly Putty – can be made with these DIY recipes. This instructographic is from preparewise.com and gives you the ingredients and stops to create all three squishy toys you enjoyed as a child.

Another DIY craft instructographic from CoolInstructographics.com

A fun, unique and creative DIY craft project that might be a great mother’s day present, especially if you can find old photos of your Mom’s house or her relatives. But don’t assume this project is just for gift giving, you can also make a conversation piece for yourself in your own home with these decorative “light houses” – using electronic votive candles, of course, for your light source.

Have some fun and build a small city to display on your fireplace mantle or end table. Choosing a Victorian scene makes for a wonderful Christmas landscape. Using more modern building for your light shades will change the feel dramatically. And consider using landscapes without buildings – mountain ranges look beautiful as the light shines through the lighter areas of the photograph.

Please send in any pictures of your designs, we would love to post them.

There are a few helpful tricks to make this DIY craft project a success:

• Take or use a picture of a house that is from the front. Printing previous photos is a great idea.
• The print should have extra space on either side of the home so you have plenty of paper to wrap around back.
• Choosing a building that has a higher facade in the middle makes for a more dramatic piece.
• Select a home or building that has windows as it adds to the depth of the photograph
• Be sure your photo or print has nothing written on the back.

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DIY gummy worms you can make at home – all you need is some imagination, jell-o brand gelatin and some straws. Want to go big? Then you’ll need a large hose, but the looks from your friends will certain be worth it. Another creative instructographic showing you how to get a little more fun out of life, this time with food and worms…gummy worms. A simple gummy worm recipe with simple picture instructions; how much easier can it get. Thank you instructographics!

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