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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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hand sewn vintage tea party bunting against a blue sky backdrop

Vintage tea party bunting

an assortment of books

Easy paper making: Part 2

an assortment of colourful pressed flowers on homemade pressed paper

Easy paper making: Part 1

a dinner place setting with white plates and an amber water glass on a white table cloth

Rustic place settings

DIY oak leaf gift tags

Speedy stamps for gift tags

a pile of green leaves

Eco printing on paper

a green branch resting on an open paper journal

Gardener's journal

white and gold embossed paper with the letter R made by Rachel Moore

How to emboss paper and card

a black and white handprinted seed packet made by Rachel Moore with yellow flowers resting next to it

Hand printed seed packets

a woman sat a table painting in an art studio

Folk art cards

A close up of furoshiki printing by Rachel Moore

Furoshiki

a close up of an assortment of colourful beads on a wire

Beaded windchimes

Scale model making by Steve Lindstone

Scale model making

a Frida Kahlo themed collage cardboard Christmas angel decoration

Cardboard Collage Angels

colourful embellished collage carboard decorations featuring pictures of Frida Kahlo, Dolly Parton and Catherine O'Hara

Cardboard Decoration