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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: 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

Main image: a dragon eye made out of air dry clay and craft bead eyes.

How to Make Dragon Eyes from Air Dry Clay

Main image: a decorated seed storage box, covered with different papers and details using decoupage techniques.

Make a Decorative Seed Box - Decoupage Tutorial

Main image: a handmade, adjustable silver clay ring, with textured details.

Make Silver Clay Rings at Home

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