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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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Main image: a handmade twiddle muff, a sensory aid/device, made for a person living with dementia or Alzheimer's. Made with scraps of patterned fabric and various tactile items, like buttons, ribbons, zips.

Make a Twiddle Muff for a Loved One Living with Dementia

A beautiful painting by Artist Rachel Ruysch. A large white flower, with an orange flower and dark green leaves surrounding it.

Artist in Focus: Rachel Ruysch

Main Image; Beautiful bas-relief art work by artist and ceramicist, Mary Seton Watts, aka Mary Seton (Fraser) Tytler.

Artist in Focus: Mary Seton Watts

Painting by Swiss-German Artist Paul Klee. A combination of square and circular shapes, in reds, oranges, yellows, browns, greens and blues.

Artist in Focus: Paul Klee

A beautiful abstract art painting by artist Arthur Dove

Artist in Focus: Arthur Dove

Main image: two upcycled notebooks made with Japanese stab binding, one with an old postcard.

Japanese Stab Binding - Turn Postcards into Notebooks

Main image: sea glass bird art, cute little sea glass bird 'stood' on top of corks wrapped in string, with little legs, eyes and beaks drawn in marker pen.

Sea Glass Bird Art - Coastal Craft Idea

Main image: handmade enamel jewellery pendants, greens and pinks, with various patterns.

How to Enamel on Copper - Jewellery Pendant Tutorial

Main image: a mini altar, or DIY cardboard shrine painted in purple, with a photo in the middle and decorations.

How to Make a Mini Altar - DIY Cardboard Shrine

Main image: a peg doll, in a beautiful white vintage fabric dress with embroidered flowers.

How to Make a Peg Doll

Main image: a vintage fabric collage in pastel greens, blues and light browns, with embroidered flower details in dark pink and green.

Vintage Fabric Collage

Main image: handmade air dry clay decorations, with a textured clay using teabags. Painted with blue designs of a bird and a horse.

Air Dry Clay Decorations - Textured Clay Craft

Main image: an ancient face medallion made out of air dry clay, a Greek-inspired art style, coloured with metallic pens/markers.

Make an Ancient Face Medallion from Air Dry Clay

Main image: a photo of tulips in pink, orange, yellow, on a white background. For inspiration to paint on a Spring infinity card.

How to Make an Infinity Card

Main image: hanging felt Easter bunnies, easy Easter decorations DIY, in pastel pinks and blues.

Felt Bunny Craft Tutorial