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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: two people sat looking at a photo album together, smiling.

Scrapbooking a Memory Page: Dementia-Friendly Craft

Part of Dementia Action Week 2025

Main Image: A baby board book collage journal, the cover of the book is a grey tabby cat, with the title "Mog the Forgetful Cat, Judith Kerr"

Upcycle Your Baby Book into a Collage Art Journal

Main Image: A beautiful fabric collage bird, made using a variety of fabric scraps in blue and orange colours. Made using fabric collage techniques and slow stitching methods.

How To Turn Fabric Scraps into Beautiful Collage Birds

a white paper cut dragonfly made by Keeley Pearce

Paper Cutting a Dragonfly

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