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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: polymer clay canes, in multicolours, with a flower type pattern (or millefiori patterns) used for making jewellery pendants, for earrings, necklaces, keyrings and more.

How to Make Polymer Clay Canes

Main image: an eco friendly, foraged Christmas wreath, with holly, foliage and red berries, on a pale green door.

Eco-Friendly Christmas Wreath Making Tutorial

Main image: cute handmade Christmas card with three adorable reindeers faces on the front.

Make Cute Handmade Christmas Cards

Main image: a homemade modern weaved stool, in a black and white geometric pattern.

Modern Stool Weaving Techniques

Main image: two mini origami notebooks in red and blue stacked one on top of the other.

Easy Origami Art Book

Main image: three homemade scented candles with festive ribbon and decoration.

Easy Homemade Scented Candles

a close up of handmade candles with wax and a wick

Homemade candles

Main image: a selection of DIY kid's Halloween lollipop wrappers, in various different monsters, made with tissue paper, pipe cleaners and googly eyes!

DIY Kids’ Halloween Lollipop Wrappers

Main image: a paperback book turned into a cute hedgehog using book folding techniques and buttons as the eyes and nose, with a little ribbon accessory on the head.

DIY Hedgehog Book Folding Tutorial

Main image: playing cards collage wall art, made decorated with magazine clippings and coloured paper.

Playing Cards Collage Art Tutorial

Main image: a DIY pencil case/stationery pouch, made using upcycled junk mail, ribbons and fake flowers. With a beehive and 'life is sweet' moto.

DIY Stationery Pouch by Upcycling Junk Mail

Colouring book, scrap paper, scissors, paint brushes, coloured pencils lay on a black table, ready for a fun and creative art ideas using word prompts session.

Fun and Creative Art Ideas Using Word Prompts

Silver clay jewellery, handmade pendants in earrings and a necklace with a leaf design imprinted.

Make Silver Clay Jewellery Pendants

Main Image: Photo of handmade Easter collage cards, on blue paper with brightly coloured paper collage Easter eggs.

Handmade Easter Collage Cards

Main Image: Beautiful coffee filter art with multi-coloured tie dye effects.

Coffee Filter Art