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Handmade crafts are fun to make and make lovely gifts too. Here you’ll find a wide range of craft projects to try, many of them using everyday, often recycled, materials.

 

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Mexican Inspired silver heart shaped foil decoration being held up

Mexican-inspired foil decorations

a close up of plastic water bottles

Recycled Bird Feeders

a person wearing a light blue summer dress standing barefoot in the garden holding a polka dot wicker bag filled with yellow flowers

Matchbook seed holder

Hand made seed paper labelled Basil made by Rachel Moore

Seed Paper

a painted purple and green plate by Rosie Johnson

Hand painted plates

a collage decorated vintage photo by Rosie Johnson

Glow up old photos

a woman wearing a red check shirt and sunglasses sitting on a friends shoulders at a festival with her hands in the air watching a concert

Festival crafts: Bottle carrier and sun cream pouch

a pink rose on a white wooden table

Festival crafts: Flower crowns

Recycled paper greetings cards in a variety of coloured paper with the header displaying the words "lots of love"

Handmade recycled greeting cards

Painted ceramic plant pots in a variety of colours depicting a painted image of Frida Kahlo's face with eyes closed

Painted plant pots

super easy circle wall hangings made with multicoloured yarn with rosie johnson

Easy Circular Wall Hangings

person holding a square parcel wrapped in brown paper, string and a leaf

Gift wrapping and making gift tags

Brown paper wrapped in brown twine in a bow

Make your own wrapping paper

Multi-coloured shadow box shrine made with a variety of materials displaying a paper image of the singer Dolly Parton with the word "Dolly" displayed to the left of her

Shadow box shrine

Matchbox Shrine in a variety of colours made with paper and sequins with air dry clay decorations in the shape of skulls against a pink and gold background

Matchbox shrine with air-dry clay decoration