r/crafts May 21 '26

Welcome to r/crafts!

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r/crafts 12h ago

Work in Progress i need ideas for my last few jenga blocks!

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okay guys, I have about 10 blocks left. I need anyrhing rectangular that fits this vibe!! 80s 90s 2000s kids sound off. Or just anything silly really. I want to finish it for this weekend so we can finally play Dread with it!! TYIA ❤️❤️

EDIT: i looooove movies and TV and might even make another jenga tower just with that theme, so those are definitley appreciated!! it doesnt have to be rectangular either but bonus points!


r/crafts 11h ago

Finished Craft I Made I made some mask chains :)

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My partner recently started immunosuppressant infusions for a medical condition so we have to wear masks! You best believe I had to make sure it was fashionable and sparkly ✨

Edit!! Just wanted to clarify that these don’t poke any holes in the mask! They’re all secured with lobster clasps on the ear loops and in the first one it just hangs on the middle/doesn’t puncture :)


r/crafts 6h ago

Finished Craft I Made First time painting seashells despite sucking at painting and it honestly surprised me!

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My bff travels to seas a lot and brings a lot of shells and clams back home. Knowing that i like to craft, she gave them to me to think about something to turn them into gifts.

After lots of inspiration on Pinterest, watching tutorials, and some improvisation, i ended up painting them like sea bowls, one on a stand, and one as a closing version with sky and clouds as well.

I originally wanted to dye some resin blue and make it a resin filled sea with that trick of white resin and hot air gun to make a sea foam, but i didn't have the white pigment nor air gun, so i opted to try and paint it all instead.

I am a digital cartoon artist, so yes, i have skills for drawing, but painting? That's a big nightmare for me haha! Just the brushes bending, doing what they want, adding amount of paint as they please and simply not behaving was always a death of me! 😭

But painting sea somehow turned out to be actually very easy once i got the grip of it. Maybe because i didn't have to draw anything detailed and just dabbed waves in and blended premade basic colors. But still i love how i managed to create especially the white foam.

The golden edges were the biggest challenge though. I saw people using gold gell pens or already premade gold paint. I only had gold pigment powder. I ended up mixing it with a bit of varnish. It didn't want to stay mixed properly and made a gold crust on the varnish's surface, but in the end that was actually a helpful mistake that made it stick to the shell very well haha!

Then the pebbles and details were glued on with hot gun and super glue before coated with varnish again.

Either way I am absolutely planning to paint more shells now!


r/crafts 4h ago

Finished Craft I Made Uranium glass sacred heart necklace

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Rosary necklace with all vintage sacred heart rosary and puffy heart pendant and heart shaped uranium glass beads 💚


r/crafts 10h ago

Work in Progress Bell beastlings I am making

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Making these tiny bell beastlings from clay! First time i

worked with clay for almost a decade! (It did not go well last time).I think these are so cute!


r/crafts 9h ago

Finished Craft I Made Today is the international orange cat day ! 🐈

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Seems fitting to share some orange cats I stitched 😁

I mostly adapt old illustrations into cross stitch patterns ; the first cat is from an Ethopian manuscript from the 19th/20th century and the last one is from a medieval European manuscript.

The angry little burning one is self drafted :)

Ps : please snuggle your brainless oranges at home for me if you have some ❤️


r/crafts 10h ago

Finished Craft I Made Watching this little face come to life after adding color

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r/crafts 10h ago

Finished Craft I Made Crocheting Lucia Caminos while waiting for GTA VI! Hope you like her!

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r/crafts 3h ago

Finished Craft I Made My 9yo and myself made a thing

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r/crafts 6h ago

Finished Craft I Made Piano Painting Palette

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r/crafts 2h ago

How-do-I Tuesday I'm making my first ever wireframe doll, but how do I pad out the torso?

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The limbs were easy (wire, tinfoil and then plastic wrap) but is there anything I can use to pad the torso out?


r/crafts 1d ago

Finished Craft I Made Pipe Cleaner Sword

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It took me 12 hours to make this sword out of pipe cleaners for my sister's birthday. I'm super proud of how it turned out and she loved it!


r/crafts 1d ago

Finished Craft I Made Tufted cockroach wall hanging that I made

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r/crafts 1d ago

Finished Craft I Made Painted this lil treat shop for Halloween

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Picked up a cute ceramic treat shop for Halloween and painted it. The windows, the letters on the sign, and the faces of the jack-o-laterns are all painted with glow in the dark paint 🎨


r/crafts 1d ago

Finished Craft I Made Lampshades

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I recently made some lampshades with an antique map look. My mom liked them so much she asked me to do a couple for her house. I think these turned out even better.


r/crafts 6h ago

Material Monday I need some help! Leather-looking board replacement

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Crafty people, I'm new here but want to do a thing for my wife. I bought a writing desk and on it there looks to be a leather pad. The issue is that it's rather tatty looking and I'm wanting to either fix or replace. Are there any suggestions for what I can do with this?

Photo of dogs, just because!


r/crafts 1h ago

Discussion/Question DIY Greatest Showman magic Lantern

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I’d really love to make a magic lantern like the one Hugh Jackman a charackter gave his kids. I don’t know where to start and how to do that though. The basic technicality of a normal magic lantern yes but not with the way it’s spinning and throwing the light. Any ideas?
English is not my first language btw so sorry if there’s any confusion!


r/crafts 16h ago

Posting too frequently Boooo-Ooooo-oook!!!

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Twist the bones and bend the back... Itch-it-a-cop-it-a-Mel-a-ka-mys-ti-ca.... Trim him of his baby fat.... Itch-it-a-cop-it-a-Mel-a-ka-mys-ti-ca... Give him fur black as black.. Just...Like... This!

I made Booook awhile ago, but recently started posting on Reddit and wanted to share 🎃


r/crafts 6h ago

Discussion/Question Can I iron vinyl on top of vinyl?

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TLDR; can i iron vinyl on top of vinyl? need a white background for black QR codes.

i was tasked with making 60 shirts for my work - all with different sayings relevant to our work. i ordered 20’ of vinyl with all the different sayings we need, plus our logo and QR codes for our socials. i was dumb and had the QR codes printed in black :( our shirts are the dark navy blue underneath the one pictured. the QR can be read like 1 in 15 times.

so i’m thinking, if i buy white HTV and cut it into squares, could i iron the white patch on first, and then apply the QR code on top of that? i’m worried since it will be ironed onto only HTV that it won’t stick, and i don’t want to waste any money.

if you have any other ideas please let me know! my last option is reprinting the QR in white but trying to avoid that as we need these shirts in a week.


r/crafts 3h ago

Discussion/Question Looking for Adhesive recommendations ❤️

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Hi! Does anyone have any recommendations for an adhesive that works well for attaching photo paper to 80 lb or 110 lb cardstock without making the cardstock warp, curl, or wrinkle? I’d love to hear about your personal experience with what has worked for you.

Thank you.


r/crafts 1d ago

Finished Craft I Made A lamp I made from cherry wood and Danish cord

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I made the frame from cherry then designed and printed an inner frame to weave onto with the cord. I tried some more complex patterns but ended up going with something simple to keep the light emitted consistent. In the future though I’ll try some versions with more interesting weaving patterns


r/crafts 1d ago

Finished Craft I Made Made this spoon ring for my wifey

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r/crafts 1d ago

Finished Craft I Made Stadium bag

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Made with a plastic table cover, little jems, zipper, d rings and webbing


r/crafts 1d ago

Finished Craft I Made Clown buddies - paper mache

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Pretty proud of them 🤧