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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 gold Christmas cracker with red ribbon bows on a white background

Homemade crackers

a person wrapping a Christmas present under a Christmas tree

Handmade gifts

a small wedding favour jar with a pink fabric lid filled with pink and white sweets

DIY wedding favours

handmade concrete plant pots lined up on a garden wall

Concrete plant pots

a handmade concertina artist book made by Rachel Moore

Concertina artist book

handmade chunky tope jewellery laid out on a table

Chunky rope jewellery

Autumnal items and a candle

Autumn candle luminary

Children's alphabet blocks

Baby shower gifts

an assortment of books

Easy paper making: Part 2

an assortment of colourful pressed flowers on homemade pressed paper

Easy paper making: Part 1

a dinner place setting with white plates and an amber water glass on a white table cloth

Rustic place settings

DIY oak leaf gift tags

Speedy stamps for gift tags

a pile of green leaves

Eco printing on paper

a green branch resting on an open paper journal

Gardener's journal

white and gold embossed paper with the letter R made by Rachel Moore

How to emboss paper and card