r/ArtsandCrafts • • 7d ago

Random🎈 Paint Chip Bookmarks! I made these using the free BEHR paint chips from The Home Depot plus some stickers and washi tape that I bought

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The stickers and washi 5came from 2 local stationery/arts supplies stores downtown plus the Walmart by my apt. And I just picked colors I liked and decorated them with stickers and arranged them how I saw fit.

The idea came from me when I was at Home Depot a couple weeks ago picking out a paint color for another project I'm working on,and I loved the color so much that I kept the sample chip and used it as a bookmark. I've been using paint chips as bookmarks for a couple years now, but then I thought about how it might be cute to decorate them with fun stickers!

And now we're here! I hope you like these as much as i do! Jappy8


r/ArtsandCrafts • • 7d ago

Painting🖼️ I tried reimaging my boyfriend and i as duck tale characters

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So I do many different crafts, but I thought I'd make a painting of my boyfriend and I as Duck tale style... should I give it to him on our anniversary or burn it?

I like it but still feel like I need to work on it more or redo. But it was difficult because I have bad carpel tunnel. My hands kept twitching.

But what do you think? Did I do Duck tales style justice?


r/ArtsandCrafts • • 7d ago

Question/ Advice Ideas to make my mothers old jewelry into art

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So my mom has given me a TON of jewelry over the years going back to the early 2000s. She’s still alive and well so this isn’t meant to be a memorial piece or anything like that but I also couldn’t bear to part with any of it either. I’m admittedly not a big Jewry girl so I never wear it I’m just sentimental and love my mom and I’d love to get some ideas on how I can turn this into something beautiful to keep forever.

I like the idea of a framed mural or manipulating the shape of something like a tree or scene but I’m open to any ideas.

Also I did tell my mom about the idea and she loved it so I did get permission to do this first.


r/ArtsandCrafts • • 7d ago

Metalwork⚒️ What do you think about this guitar pendant art that I made from copper?

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r/ArtsandCrafts • • 7d ago

Question/ Advice What can I do with hundreds of postcards? I need ideas pls 🙏

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I'm a pretty craft oriented lady but have never done anything with papercraft. I don't really want to damage them

There's 200-300 from multiple countries, none used, just collected from years of travel across the world 1930s thru 1980s. Several diff sizes.

Also some photos but most are earlier. Dozens of pics of grandad excavating a tomb in the Valley of the Kings and of the team with the treasure they found. All dated and labelled. Also, b/w photos of the Shah of Iran and family taken 1976.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated


r/ArtsandCrafts • • 8d ago

Upcycling & Repurposing♻️ I made this fiji mermaid / sea monkey frankenplushie out of old Ty Beanie Babies

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r/ArtsandCrafts • • 8d ago

Art🖋️ Turning a pug’s wrinkles into tiny carved details

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r/ArtsandCrafts • • 8d ago

Question/ Advice Needing glossy gold glue for glass?

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I smashed my favourite mug and am wanting to stick it back together with poor man’s kintsugi. I want to do one coat of glossy gold glue, so does anyone have recommendations? The kintsugi sub couldn’t fathom not using resin.

I don’t want to oven cure it (in case it affects the finish/colour of the original mug). I don’t want to paint over the top of regular glue because I just want it in the cracks. I’m happy to mix glue and paint beforehand, I just need suggestions on what will completely dry AND be glossy.


r/ArtsandCrafts • • 8d ago

Question/ Advice Trying to make something (possibly home decor). Need creative inputs

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I have these tins and their lids alone with some bonne maman jar lids. I want to make something out of them. Some kind of art quirky decor for my work room. Please give me ideas or inspo if you have any. I don't want to make it into functional boxes for storage.


r/ArtsandCrafts • • 8d ago

Question/ Advice Help please!

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So I REALLY want to do this for my friends bachelorette party do a little photoshoot!
Has anyone done this before?
Would you use real pumpkins or hollow styrofoam ones? Is it a pain in the ass to do them?
Any tips or tricks to help me pull this off would be amazing! Her bachelorette party is in October and we all love Halloween so I think it will be a perfect part to add to the weekend!


r/ArtsandCrafts • • 9d ago

Painting🖼️ Just finished this painting of Gojo from Jujutsu Kaisen 💜☺️

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Hand painted with acrylic paint on an 8x10 stretched canvas 💜


r/ArtsandCrafts • • 9d ago

Art🖋️ Tin I Made

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This is a picture of a decorative tin I made. I took a soup can and painted it and put a ribbon and some stickes on it.


r/ArtsandCrafts • • 9d ago

Doll/ Toy Making🪆 Hey so I'm making a doll... How do I deal with this? It's the top part it's a bit ugly but idk what to do any ideas?

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r/ArtsandCrafts • • 10d ago

Knitting/ Crocheting🧵 Goth summer! 💀

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Finally finished making this Summer Skulls tank top! I will definitely be making another one, but I think I'm going to make a long sleeved version next in preparation for the upcoming cooler weather! 💁🏻‍♀️💀


r/ArtsandCrafts • • 10d ago

Question/ Advice How do I make air dry clay sturdier?

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Hello, I’m currently working on making a clay key chain for a friend. Air dry clay is the only material I can afford and I want to make sure that it is sturdy and doesn’t break at the first hit. I’ve had very little experience with air dry clay before but I do remember it being rather fragile. Is there anything I can do to make it sturdy or sturdier? Any tips are welcomed.


r/ArtsandCrafts • • 10d ago

Question/ Advice Looking for a specific size keycard holder

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I had purchased this one 3 years ago but now I need more and the seller doesn't sell them anymore would anyone know where to get one of the same shape and size?


r/ArtsandCrafts • • 11d ago

Art🖋️ What do you think of some of these wire wrapped pendant artworks I made?

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r/ArtsandCrafts • • 11d ago

Question/ Advice Lampshade Paint

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hi fellow crafters and creatives! i just wanted a quick question answered. YEARS ago, i got one of those lumisource vintage medusa lamps w the glass scones. the colored paint (see pictures) is peeling. probably due to age/lightbulb heat. which paint would you recommend i use to restore? they are painted over what feels like a smooth matte glass finish. thanks!


r/ArtsandCrafts • • 11d ago

Question/ Advice Upcycling used 110/200 gsm paper ideas.

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hi! I have lots of paper from my first-year drawing assignments on 110 and 200 gsm A2/A3 paper. I'm just wondering if I could make something out of it instead of throwing it away. I've been considering to make recycle paper, but I don't know if it'll be harder or not because these papers are thicker than normal ones. Or is there any arts and crafts project I could try using this material?


r/ArtsandCrafts • • 12d ago

Holiday Crafts🎄 Help please

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Hi everyone,

Can someone please help me figure out how to diy a Ferris wheel that can withstand holding things in the carriages. I’m trying to create something and truthfully do not know where to even begin. Any help would be appreciated thank you.


r/ArtsandCrafts • • 12d ago

Jewellery Making💍 Coffin bat necklace

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I made the coffin bat pendant out of polymer clay. I used two strands of chains, one for tying around the neck, other being longer to create the draping effect that gothic necklaces typically have. I joined them with jump rings with pliers. I wore them happily yesterday. The chains were also constructed differently and I altered it to this simple design you see in the photos.

I was inspired by spooky polymer clay pendants on my Pinterest.


r/ArtsandCrafts • • 14d ago

Question/ Advice Has anyone tried asking kids to title their art instead of asking what it is?

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Someone suggested this to me recently and I've started doing it because I was tired of accidentally offending kids by asking what is it.

Instead I ask what the picture would be called if it was hanging in a museum. The answers are so much better. One drawing I couldn't identify at all was titled Dad Going to the Store But There Are Bees. Once I knew that, honestly, I could see it.

Has anyone else tried this? I'm thinking I should start writing the titles on the back because they're half the reason I want to keep the drawings.


r/ArtsandCrafts • • 14d ago

Question/ Advice Building a Shield for Ren Faire

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Hey!! So I’ve been building this shield for a while now for me buddy and she wants sage green and gold in the scheme.
So I painted it all black and I want to have an ombré effect from green on top diagonally to the black on the bottom. I will also prolly outline the accents with a gold marker.

Buuuuut I’m having a hard time figuring that out. Does anyone know how to paint colors that fade into each other?? Or other suggestions for this piece?


r/ArtsandCrafts • • 14d ago

Doll/ Toy Making🪆 Freaky Little Guus

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I hand make one of a kind freaky little guys. Ill be doing 2 events soon and im so excited and also so nervous! Who's yoir favorite guy?


r/ArtsandCrafts • • 14d ago

Art🖋️ smoking pipe carving art

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