Other Craft Projects

Creative people use metal scraps and old junk to make some useful and interesting things. With a little bit of hard work and intuition, you can turn what was once trash into a treasure. Such is...

Chinese seals are decorative etched symbols and drawings carved in surfaces like wood or ivory. Making seal designs in FIMO brand polymer clay creates an authentic-looking reproduction using clay...

While modern perfumers often extract the perfumes of raw materials through high-tech, chemically intensive means, the older techniques still linger. Try either maceration, enfleurage or a home...

A snow crystal is a single crystal of ice. A snowflake consists of one or more snow crystals. Some snowflakes are made of hundreds of crystals that have collided, stuck together and have fallen to...

Popsicle sticks offer an inexpensive way to create stunning designs and structures. Use popsicle sticks to build a breathtaking arch or bridge structure to impress your family and friends.

With the dawn of online shopping, the supplies needed for making your own custom knives are more readily available than ever. One of the most popular designs in custom knife making is a hidden...

The Cricut Expression is a great tool for creating beautiful projects simply and quickly. You can use your Cricut to cut paper, chipboard, cardboard and even foam core with ease. To use your...

Home screen printing is a relatively cheap and easy project for kids, art students, or for creating gifts or small-run merchandise. The initial investment is slightly high ($30 to $60). However,...

Created in 1997 by the perfume house Coty to evoke a mythical Native American moon goddess, Nokomis perfume still boasts legions of fans despite the fact that it is no longer in production. With a...

Medieval times are filled with castles, battle lore, dragons and fantasy. Interest in medieval life is popular with re-enactments, tournaments and artistic endeavors. These castles were built with...

FIMO polymer clay is an oven-hardened craft clay known to be specially suited for projects involving a high degree of detail, due to the clay's stiff firmness. FIMO is an excellent craft product...

Making beaded dolls is part of many cultures. Dolls create entertainment for children and enable them to reenact stories and learn more about their culture. That's according to Native American...

If you want to remove excess ear wax and blockage from your ears, then consider using an ear candle. Ear candles work by placing the unlit end of the candle into your ear, and allowing the smoke...

A crazy quilt of mosaic china tile pieces mixed with small flat tiles on the exterior walls of bird houses is a fanciful site to behold. So fanciful that these wondrous bird houses have moved from...

If you love to paint as I do, this is pretty much simple to paint. It comes out cute too. I made up my own pattern. As you can too.

Parade floats are a great way to advertise a business or organization while giving something back to the community. In order to make an impression, your float will need eye-catching, large props...

Decide what kind of sky you like. "Sky blue" can mean a lot of different shades. Using acrylic paints or water colors changes the look of your sky too. Using acrylic paints, you can mix and match...

To make soap green, you can use a few different ingredients. Food coloring will work, but it has a tendency to fade over time. Green mica can also be used to make green soap, but you'll need a lot...

A lavender and ribbon wand is a decorative and fragrant collection of dried lavender woven together with ribbon. These wands can be used for the same purpose as general potpourri and sachets: to...

Using antlers to make crafts is fun and creates a recycled use for them. The following two crafts make perfect decorations for a hunter's house and are also great gift ideas.

Barn crafts are home décor objects that look like they were made in the country with rustic tools. Barn crafts are generally reflections of items that one would find on a farm. The items are...

Before buying a flashlight, consider making your own with a Styrofoam cup. Conrad Hubert patented the first flashlight in 1898. Since then, flashlights have continued to evolve, most recently with...

Encasing flowers in acrylic can be done while they are still alive. Acrylic encased flowers can also be dried or pressed to create a different look, but live flowers preserve the natural beauty of...

Melamine is used on a variety of surfaces, from walls to furniture to plastic accents. Melamine is also used as a plastic additive, as it is fire retardant. Melamine paint was developed to coat...

Artists, interior designers, and students find a creative color wheel very useful in their projects. Color wheels are a reference guide to create colors by mixing the three primary or adding black...

Framing is a simple task that takes a long time to do correctly. Set aside one to two hours in a clean, dust free room. Arrange all the tools that you'll be working with within reaching distance,...

Decorating your house for Christmas is a way of creating a cheerful environment for the holiday season. You can make your own Christmas decorations for a personal touch, by using bisque ceramic....

Lighted and draped columns make lovely decorations for a wedding reception or prom or any party. They can be made in various heights, but in general, will be smaller in diameter the taller they...

Converting a beautiful rabbit skin with its variable colors, patterns and textures into a fur that can be used in a variety of craft and sewing projects costs very little money and requires little...

Foam panels are used to build the frameworks for many types of craft and art projects. The lightness and strength integral to the quality of the foam make it an ideal material for building forms....

Ice skaters amaze the audience not only with their remarkablly athletic skating, dancing and talent, but also with their dazzling array of sparkling costumes. Glitz and glamour reign supreme at...

Asian cultures have a long history of using masks during celebrations (including during Chinese New Year festivities, when wearing Chinese zodiac masks is popular). The mask worn is determined by...

Lei in Hawaii are big business. Traditionally, floral blossoms, leaves, berries and nuts strung together in garlands, lei today may also be made of paper, silk, candy, alcohol, yarn and even...

Body part casts are a great way to preserve a part of your likeness as a keepsake or for the purpose of creating prosthetic extensions. There are many ways to make body casts, but the best way to...

Painting on ceramic tiles involves a specialty paint called overglaze. As the name suggests, overglaze provides decorative detail to a ceramic article already glazed and fired. Overglaze paint...

Ribbon headbands are beautiful accessories to add to a feminine wardrobe. Plastic headbands can be purchased inexpensively at craft stores and often several come in a package. The wide array of...

Creating small resin figures for your craft projects is feasible at home provided you take a few simple precautions. Polyester resin is toxic, so make sure you have the supplies needed for safely...

Knife kits provide amateur knifemakers with quality materials while eliminating the need for much of the smithing, grinding and cutting required to make the initial knife blank. They allow...

Image mugs make fantastic gifts or party favors. While you can commission image mugs through various print-on-demand services or photo-developing shops, buying in quantity becomes expensive....

You can use a drill press as a Dremel tool, but it will take nearly three times as long to grind, polish or shape your project. A drill press runs much slower than a Dremel or other rotary...

Beaded tablecloths add a touch of sophistication and chic to any occasion. Whether for everyday use or a special day, adding beads to ordinary cloth will make it into something you can be proud to...

T-shirt screen printing methods are easy enough to do, especially when the fabric is light colored. However, dark thick fabrics may need a little discharging or bleaching to make the screen...

Himalayan red rock salt is a beautiful and semi-transparent mineral that's also soft enough to shape without specialized rock carving tools. This makes it easy to create your own electric or...

Thanks to the invention of metal art clay, everyday crafters can make metal shapes and accessories at home. Metal art clay is essentially moldable clay that contains particles of metal and water....

Millefiori objects have been around since the time of ancient Mesopotamia. In ancient Rome and Alexandria they would fuse pieces of millefioiri canes together to make bowls. There have been...

Making beads, jewelry and other decorative items from Fimo clay is a fulfilling hobby that can also become a lucrative business. To create the interesting patterns you find on many clay items,...

Silk flower swags are bundled arrangements of silk flowers, other artificial plants and/or dried plants including branches, ferns, fruit, pine cones or sticks. They provide a colorful, natural...

Make this Scrabble board floral arrangement for a fun game night with friends and family. Place the arrangement in your entry way or use it to decorate game tables. Get your children involved by...

Few flowers can compete with peonies. Their lush ruffled petals have been revered throughout time for their beauty, inspiring countless artists to paint portraits of them and myriad of poets to...

Though originally intended for a more plain, utilitarian purpose, pipe cleaners are a great craft material for the creation of original sculptures. Like other four-legged animals, a pipe cleaner...