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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 close up of a stack of scrap paper on a work table

Scrap paper crafts

two recycled Christmas cards on a wooden table

Recycling Christmas cards

a picnic basket on a red and white check gingham pattern picnic blanket filled with wine and cheese and grapes

Posh picnic crafts

a white paper cut dragonfly made by Keeley Pearce

Paper cutting

a close up of a book used for origami

Origami workshop

a DIY table centrepiece made from mason jars, string, wire, candles and a slab of wood

Make an upcycled table centrepiece

multicoloured yarn tassels on a blue background

Left over yarn

various salt dough making tools on a blue table

Salt dough decorations

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