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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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multicoloured peg dolls made from clothes pegs and scraps of fabric by Kate Nisbet

Summer kid's crafts

Main Image: A simple stencil art collage in red acrylic paint - stencil of a lady, apple, crown and abstract shapes.

Easy Stencil Art Tutorial for Beginners

two handmade concrete plant pots made by Kim Searle

Upcycled garden decorations

Part of Upcycling Week 2022

multicoloured birthday balloons floating in the air

Party decorations

Spring Paper Flower Garland Kate Nisbet Istock 1487903884

Spring flower paper garland: Part 1

Recycled Scrap Paper Flower Bouquet, against a green background

Recycled Paper Flower Bouquet

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