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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: magazine cut out charms - made into DIY paper earrings. In a variety of images, shapes and sizes.

Magazine Cutout Charms

Main image: a button flower bouquet, using a salt shaker as a vase, and buttons and felt in different colours and sizes - an easy DIY gift for someone special.

How to Make a Button Flower Bouquet

Main image: beaded fringe earrings, in cream, yellow gold, white and black seed beads with gold metal connector frame.

Beaded Fringe Earrings

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: a selection of handmade, embroidered felt heart sachets for Valentine's Day. An easy embroidery craft you can make for someone special.

Felt Heart Sachets for Valentine’s Day

Main image: an air dry clay trinket dish, painted brown, with red, blue and purple funky patterns.

Easy Air Dry Clay Trinket Dish Tutorial

Main Image: a cute decorative wire tree, made with florist wire, buttons and beads.

How to Make a Wire Tree with Beads

Main Image: Black lettering and floral illustrations on white paper letters

Handmade Christmas Letter: Victorian Letterlocking

Main image: hand painted floral design with a blue butterfly from Kate's painting on glassware for beginners session.

Painting on Glassware for Beginners

Main image: brightly hand painted, air dry clay pendants.

Air Dry Clay Tutorial for Beginners

Homemade Air-Dry Clay Pendants and flowers on a black background

Homemade Air Dry Clay Pendants

Main image: a photo of rolls of wallpaper from above, used to makeover an old lampshade.

DIY Wallpaper Lampshade Makeover