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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: easy DIY butterfly, in yellow floral fabric with brown string.

Easy DIY Butterflies - Fun Summer Craft

DIY Woven Bookmark Tutorial Rachel Moore IMAGE (1)

DIY Woven Bookmark Tutorial

Main Image: cute handmade paint stamps in different designs and shapes, made using cardboard, cork and other everyday materials. A fun and easy craft for kids.

Crafts for Kids – Handmade Paint Stamps

hand sewn vintage tea party bunting against a blue sky backdrop

Vintage tea party bunting

a close up of someone peeling blue masking tape of a white painted wall

DIY around the home: Painting basics and how to use masking tape

a close up of someone filling in a crack on a white wall

DIY around the home: Filling holes and cracks

a close up of someone checking a door handle and lock

DIY around the home: Locks and door handles

a woman putting up a DIY shelf at home using a drill

DIY around the home: Shelving

carious DIY tools like a hammer and nails and measuring tape on a wooden background

DIY around the House: Introduction to tools & fixings

Main Image: underwater paper collage - blue paper with light blue paper sea creatures.

Paper Collage Art – Create a Coral Reef

Main Image: A yellow paper folding fish with googly eyes, craft for kids.

Crafts for Kids – Paper Folding Animals

Main Image: close up of a collage art journal made with colourful scrap paper, on a dark wooden table.

Make a Collage Art Journal with Scrap Paper

two small painted pebble cactus

Painted pebble cactus

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

Homemade Air-Dry Clay Pendants

Main Image: Person wearing friendship bracelets using paper bags, holding their hand up to the blue sky on a sunny day.

How to Make Friendship Bracelets using Paper Bags