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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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A beautiful abstract art painting by artist Arthur Dove

Artist in Focus: Arthur Dove

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

A pair of white canvas shoes / trainers with a colourful fabric marker polka dot design, with a pink fabric POSCA marker next to them on a wooden chair

Decorated Trainers

Recycled Tin Decorations with white and red striped string, on a pattered background

Recycled Tin Decorations

A leporello memory book adorned with colorful flowers and a vintage key resting on top, creating a charming and whimsical scene.

Leporello memory book

Three bars of soap

Melt and pour soap making

a close up of someone using a needle and thread to sew a white doily decoration

Doily crafts

a present wrapped in brown parcel paper with a red gift tag next to it

Stained glass gift tags

FABRIC SCRAP SWEETIE BOWLS Rachel Moore IMAGE

Scrap fabric sweetie bowls

a six pack of beer bottles decorated as reindeer

Christmas on a budget: Gifts for adults

two colourful interaction oil pastel animal cards made by Rosie Johnson

Oil pastel interactive animal card

a small blue Pride themed clay pinch pot decorated with rainbows and rainbow hearts made by Olivia Hardman

Clay Pinch Pots: Part 2

Part of Pride Month 2024

a small blue Pride themed clay pinch pot decorated with rainbows and rainbow hearts made by Olivia Hardman

Clay Pinch Pots: Part 1

Part of Pride Month 2024

a close up of needle felting

Felt Jewellery

a handmade snowman Christmas gift for kids made by Kate Nisbet

Christmas on a Budget: Gifts for Children