If you’re just getting started and want easy crafts to make and sell, this list is built for you. These are simple crafts that sell — beginner-friendly projects you can make quickly with basic supplies, then sell on Etsy or at craft fairs for real extra cash. No advanced skills needed: if you can follow a simple tutorial, you can make every idea below.
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From colorful and creative home decor ideas to fashionable accessories to easy DIY gifts that make super items to sell at holiday time, these simple craft projects all come with step by step tutorials and easy to follow instructions. Check out our list of easy DIY crafts to make and sell so you can get started selling your crafts on Etsy or at craft fairs. Easy enough for even the beginning DIY crafter to make, these project ideas will have you making and saving extra cash in no time.
DIY Made Simple
When it comes to easy DIY ideas, not all are exactly simple. I can’t tell you how many Pinterest craft ideas I’ve come across that touted being easy, but took hours, cost tons of money for craft supplies and were not destined to turn out looking anything like the cute project in the picture. Think Pinterest fail, and think again. No thank you to having to go to the craft store and spend money on difficult projects that may not be winners.
Crafting is fun when it is easy, so we say make the easy crafts. Whether you are a beginning DIYer or a serious die-hard crafter with the glue gun burns to prove it, we have 50 easy craft projects you are sure to love making. These easy crafts to make and sell are also perfect for making DIY Christmas gifts, last minute homemade presents for Mom or that DIY birthday gift idea for Dad. No matter what the occasion, you are sure to enjoy these crafty ideas.
Easy Crafts to Sell
1. Colorful Clothespin Trivets
Can you believe this are made from clothespins? I had to do a double take when I saw that, and think this crafty idea is genius. An easy way to make something creative and expensive looking while being budget friendly, those are my favorite projects! If you are looking for some simple ideas for craft projects you can not only enjoy making, but also sell at online market places like Etsy and Ebay or at your local craft shows and fairs? When it comes to crafts to make and sell, we think sometimes the simplest ideas are the best, and they certainly make things quick, easy and foolproof.
No artistic talent required for making these colorful DIY trivets, yet they look some artistic and will fit well in even the hottest designer kitchen. These take less than an hour to make, too, so you can have lots of things to sell on hand in no time. Paint them different colors for fun flair, then package them in sets ready for gift giving. I recommend doing some in muted colors to go with kitchens done in the super popular farmhouse style decor, and then also some colorful accents like the ones pictured above. Definitely one of my favorite dollar store crafts to make and sell, as clothespins are readily available at Dollar Tree and other discount stores.
Easy DIY Fabric Covered Pots
Learn how to make these fun and easy decoupage pots using only scrap fabric. Check out our latest video tutorial on Youtube to learn how. Perfect cheap idea to make and sell, but these cute and crafty pots also make super homemade gifts.
2. Rustic Wood Arrows
I love arrows, I’ve been collecting them for the past 5 years. When I saw this DIY wooden arrow idea on Pinterest I knew I had to make them. I still had some 1″ cedar planks left in my garage from the deck demo at my friend’s house. Most of them are bits and pieces and not really enough to build large projects, so I messed around and come up with some measurements. I laid out my scrap wood and found a combination that seemed the right size. These boards are 5.5″ wide, so I cut the center one (22″ long) down the center so I had two 2 3/4″ boards. I put them along my walkway to guide everyone back into the house.
3. Frame Pin Cushion
So, I was in need of a pin cushion for the craft room, and when I saw this adorable idea on The Dollar Store website, I had to make one. I had some small frames I had bought at Michaels, so I just threw on a coat of paint and I used steel wool instead of the recommended cork or cardboard because steel wool keeps the pins from getting dull. I covered the steel wool in a scrap of Liberty Printed fabric that coordinated with the frame color and it looked so fabulous, but the best part was I can have it standing up beside my sewing table so I can access my pins easily, this DIY pincushion idea is so practical and attractive.
4. Mini Succulent Planters
What do you do with a bunch of leftover plastic Easter eggs? This DIY mini succulent planter idea is your perfect answer. If you need some gifts for a group of teachers or girls at work this will work brilliantly and is cheap and easy to assemble. I used some old Krylon spray paint I had in the garage to paint the egg halves and glued them to little stands, then used succulent clippings I got from my garden. The whole project cost no money at all and looked like a really expensive, well thought out elegant gift. You can’t go wrong with this DIY mini planter idea.
5. Cute Yarn Balls
I made these as a child for Chrismas decorations, I remember sitting on the floor wrapping my balloons with embroidery floss and dipping them in liquid starch, then rolling them in glitter. This was my first really accomplished DIY project and it brings back such fond memories for me. This is a simple tutorial for a less holiday oriented version, any version is going to look great using this DIY idea.
DIY Phone Case With Nail Polish
Turn a phone case into a work of art instantly with this easy and quick DIY idea. You will be amazed with the way these turn out! No artistic talent required, either.
6. Dollar Store Picture Frame and Message Board
This is an excellent DIY someone made for the Dollar Store Challenge. The very first step in this DIY picture frame message bard project is to glue two of your candlesticks together. Flip one of the candlesticks upside down on top of the other candlestick, now glue the tops together using your epoxy (super glue will work too). This gives you two different sizes of candlesticks, one small candlestick, and one large candlestick. Next, you will wrap the two candlesticks in twine – use your hot glue to attach it. The outcome is fantastic, you are going to love this.
7. Mirror Boxes
I finally found the perfect DIY craft idea that brought back my love of the glitzy 70s! I love all 70s decor from mirrored disco balls to plush velvet chairs, you can’t forget plants though and mirrored furniture. You can imagine my excitement when I found this DIY mirrored cube plant holder! I got some cheap little-beveled mirrors from Michael’s craft store and just glued them together with my hot glue gun. I put an ivy in my cube, and set it in my 70s room with my Hifi!
8. Dotted Sharpie Mugs
I needed to make 25-holiday mugs for our Christmas luncheon at work. I have made mugs before, but this time, instead of doing just an initial on the mugs, I decided to put words and some festive pictures on them. I also made them in bulk. 25 mugs to be exact, so I’ll sprinkle in a few making in bulk tips that I learned along the way. I used an oil-based Sharpie to trace around my holiday greeting I wrote in tape. Everyone got to drink their holiday mulled cider out of them and then take them home. The DIY mugs really made the whole event a success.
9. Dog Station Holds Leash And Mason Jar Treats
During the holiday season, you have to remember our furry friends, doggies need gifts too! This dog treat and leash holder makes giving your dogs treats so convenient! I don’t know about you, but when I come in from taking my dogs out I can get sidetracked and forget to give them their treats, while they’re still giving me a look like “did you forget something?” This took care of that problem! Now I’m not a bad dog owner anymore! Don’t get me wrong, my dogs have me wrapped around their little paws! They could probably use a lot less in the treat department!
Easy String Art Projects
If you can hammer nails and twist string, this just may be the project to add to your Etsy shop. Print your choice of graphics or use these for inspiration. String art is super popular right now, and no artistic talent is required to make it. Plus, this craft idea is fun to make. Get creative with your colors and art on these.
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10. Easy Nautical Coasters
I saw these DIY nautical coasters on Pinterest and had to make them. I found these great cork coasters at Dollar Tree and I knew I wanted to give them a quick nautical makeover for my office. I’m always bringing in coffee, water or even wine when I’m working and I hate messing up my pretty coastal desk, so I came up with a plan to give these inexpensive coasters a quick makeover to match my boat themed decor at my bay house on Dickinson Bay where I grew up.
11. Washi Tape Upcycled Mint Tins
Empty mint tins wrapped in washi tape become gift boxes, pill cases, and tiny treasure holders that sell in sets faster than you can empty the mints. The tape covers the branding in one satisfying pass, and pattern mixing across a batch makes market displays irresistible. DIY Candy shows the wrap-and-trim that keeps corners clean. Material cost per tin approaches zero if you were eating the mints anyway. Small, cheap, and adorable is the craft fair trifecta, and this one checks every box.
12. Ribbon Bookmarks
Sparkles of Sunshine assembles ribbon bookmarks from elastic, ribbon scraps, and button accents, and they are the definition of a profitable pocket-money craft. Each one takes minutes and pennies, sells impulse-priced, and bundles into gift sets with a paperback for markets. The elastic loop hugs the book cover, which readers immediately prefer over flat markers that slide out. Seasonal ribbon patterns keep the line fresh year round. Book lovers restock these like consumables, which is exactly what a seller wants.
13. Iron Transfer Tote
Plain canvas totes plus iron-on transfers equal a customizable product line limited only by your pun tolerance. The transfer process takes an iron and a firm press, and designs can be hand-drawn, lettered, or printed depending on your toolkit. Totes sell everywhere reusable bags are winning, which is currently everywhere. Batch production runs a dozen an hour once the designs exist. The Crafted Life covers the transfer technique that survives washing, which is the difference between product and refund.
14. Ceramic Bowl Succulents
Thrifted ceramic bowls planted with succulents become living products with built-in margin: the bowl costs a quarter, the cutting costs less, and the assembled planter sells for real money. Craftberry Bush styles the pairings – trailing varieties spilling over vintage patterns – that make each one feel curated. Succulents forgive shipping, market days, and forgetful buyers alike. Drainage gravel under the soil handles the no-hole bowls. Propagate your own cuttings and the inventory literally grows itself.
15. Pottery Barn Inspired Decorative Mirrors
16. Oversized Sleep Mask
So Sew Easy patterns an oversized sleep mask with full light blocking and genuine comfort, which puts it a category above the freebie airline version. The generous coverage is the selling point – it works for side sleepers, travelers, and shift workers, three markets that buy on sight. Soft cotton fronts and silky backs sew from fat quarters. Each mask uses minimal fabric and elastic, keeping unit cost tiny. Package with lavender sachets from elsewhere in this list and the gift set upsells itself.
17. Vintage Bandana Bowl Covers
At the market table, bandana bowl covers sell themselves the moment a shopper realizes what they replace: a lifetime of plastic wrap. Elastic-edged and washable, they fit mixing bowls and casserole dishes, and the vintage bandana fabric gives each set a nostalgic, farmhouse-market look that mass-produced covers cannot fake. Sell them in graduated three-packs tied with twine for the strongest price point. Sourcing vintage bandanas cheap at estate sales protects the margin. Sadie Seasongoods originated the pattern, and eco-minded buyers have kept it selling ever since.
18. Creative Glass Bead Vase
Flat glass marbles glued in mosaic rows around a dollar store vase catch light like stained glass, and the transformation runs on patience more than skill. Color gradients – deep blue fading to clear, or sunset ambers – photograph beautifully and sell accordingly. Mom Luck shows the adhesive and spacing that keep rows tidy. Each vase takes an evening in front of a show. Dollar store in, boutique out: the fundamental equation of this whole list.
19. Upcycled Glam Napkin Rings
20. Recycled Box Notepads
Infarrantly Creative turns cereal boxes and scrap paper into chunky notepads with padding compound – the brushed-on binding glue that print shops use – and the upcycling story sells as hard as the product. Cover designs from the box graphics themselves add retro charm. Each notepad costs pennies and stacks into rainbow market displays. The padding compound is the secret professional touch, available at any office supplier. Paper products with personality move fast at fairs, and these have personality to spare.
21. Beautiful Photo Coasters
Ceramic tiles topped with photos or printed designs under sealant become coasters with a custom story, and custom is the magic word at any craft table. The Frugal Girls layer the decoupage and the waterproof topcoat that makes them survive actual drinks. Local landmarks, botanical prints, and pet portraits each find their buyer. Cork backing finishes the professional impression. Sets of four, ribbon-tied: the gift-ready format that moves them by the stack.
22. Lemon Peppercorn Body Scrub Bars
Solid scrub bars are the bath product trend that ships better than jars, and this lemon peppercorn version smells like a boutique spa invoice. Sugar, oils, and wax set into bar form with the zesty-peppery scent doing the luxury work. Burkatron molds them in silicone shapes that demo beautifully at markets. Solid format means no leaking inventory and no preservative anxiety. Wrapped in parchment and twine, they retail at bath-shop prices with kitchen-cupboard costs.
23. Stacked Wire Bangles
24. Pretty Metal Roses
The Happier Homemaker shapes metal roses from cut spiral strips, and the industrial-romantic result sells to the market segment that walks past everything pastel. Soda can aluminum or craft metal cuts with sturdy scissors, spirals into blooms, and takes spray finishes from matte black to antiqued gold. Wired stems bunch them into permanent bouquets. Gloves are non-negotiable with cut metal edges. Roses that survive forever have an anniversary-market logic all their own.
25. Wire Wrapped Glass Pendant
Flat glass marbles wrapped in wire become pendants with genuine <a href=”https://diyjoy.com/crafts-craft-projects/jewelry-ideas/”>jewelry</a>-counter presence, and the wire wrapping skill underneath scales to an entire product line. Morena’s Corner demonstrates the cage wrap that holds the glass without adhesive. Image transfers or paint behind the glass multiply the design options endlessly. Cord or chain finishes each piece at the price point you choose. Jewelry sells at every venue, and wire wrapping is its most accessible entry gate.
26. Jewelry Roll
27. Burned Ikea Cork Trivets
Wood burning turns the plainest object Ikea sells into a personalized kitchen product: cork trivets etched with monograms, patterns, and recipe-card sayings. The cork burns fast and forgiving, making it the ideal practice surface that happens to be the product itself. Designs trace from printouts for the drawing-shy. Where The Smiles Have Been covers the burner basics and the designs that sell. Wedding monogram trivets alone could fund the hobby.
29. Adorable Flower Pens
30. Mason Jar Oil Candles
This one is ours, and it stays in the list on merit: it is one of the projects readers most often tell us they actually made and actually sold. Our tutorial walks the full build with photos at every step, plus the finishing details that separate market-ready from almost. We wrote it after our own trial runs, mistakes included, so the guide clears the potholes before you hit them. The full step by step is right here on DIY Joy. Sell a few and come tell us the numbers – those comments make our whole week.
31. Aromatherapy Jewelry For Essential Oils
32. 20 Minute Mod Podge Bowls
Fabric scraps and mod podge drape over an upturned bowl mold and harden into decorative bowls in twenty minutes of active work. The draped-fabric edges keep each one organic and unrepeatable, which justifies real pricing for minutes of labor. Pennies for a Fortune shows the layering and release that keep the shape crisp. Coordinated scrap fabrics turn out set-worthy collections. Catch-all bowls sell to everyone, because everyone has keys and a doorway table.
33. Dremel Carved Rocks
A rotary tool carves words, spirals, and small designs into smooth river rocks, producing paperweights, garden markers, and worry stones with a permanence no printed product matches. Lil Blue Boo covers bit selection and the wet-carving dust control that keeps the process safe. Single words – breathe, grow, home – sell strongest, the entire inspirational aisle condensed to a palm. Rocks are the ultimate zero-cost inventory. Carve one custom name at a market table and watch the line form.
34. Beaded Wish Bracelets
Happy Hour Projects strings the wish bracelet – a few beads on waxed cord, tied with a card explaining the ritual: make a wish, wear until it frays, wish granted when it falls. The story is the product; the materials cost cents. They retail impulse-cheap, sell in multiples, and stock party favor orders by the dozen. Color-meaning charts on the cards deepen the line. Sentiment plus simplicity is the most reliable formula in handmade retail, and this is its purest form.
35. Mirror Wall From Dollar Store Compacts
Dozens of dollar store compact mirrors arranged in a grid or sunburst create a glam mirror wall installation for less than one retail mirror. Thistlewood Farms – reliably the source of high-style thrift alchemy – lays out the spacing and adhesive strategy. As a sellable product, the technique scales down to mirror art panels that transport safely. The multiplied reflections do genuine light-bouncing work in dark rooms. Glam on a gas-station budget: the makeover story buyers repeat to friends.
36. Pallet Wood Planter Box
Pallet boards rebuild into planter boxes with the weathered finish buyers pay extra to avoid waiting years for. House by Hoff sizes the classic porch version, all straight cuts and screws, beginner-carpentry friendly. Free pallet lumber keeps unit cost near zero while rustic decor pricing holds strong. The HT stamp check applies as always before boards come home. Herbs planted inside at market double the price and halve the sales pitch.
37. Clothespin Wreath
The Frugal Homemaker clips painted clothespins around a wire wreath frame into a sunburst that reads far more designed than its parts list. Ombre paint schemes and <a href=”https://diyjoy.com/crafts-craft-projects/diy-home-decor/seasonal-crafts/”>seasonal</a> palettes turn one technique into a year-round product line. The pins clip on without glue, so production runs assembly-fast. Photo-holder versions – clip family pictures into the wreath – add the sentimental upsell. Craft fair wreath pricing on clothespin economics: the margins write themselves.
38. Boho Chic Jewelry Tray
39. Mason Jar Pin Cushion
The mason jar pin cushion tops a jar with a padded fabric dome and leaves the glass belly for storing buttons, bobbins, or the sewing kit it accompanies. It is the sewist-to-sewist gift that craft fair tables near fabric shops cannot keep stocked. Seasoned Homemaker builds the padded lid that keeps its dome through years of pinning. Fill the jar with notions and the price point doubles honestly. Practical, pretty, and package-ready in one jar.
40. Vintage Candles In Teacup
Another of our own projects rounds out this stretch of the list, and we include it the same way we include everything here: because it sells. The tutorial came out of our own maker experiments, and the write-up keeps every measurement and material source we wish someone had handed us. Readers report it moves well at fall and holiday markets especially. The complete instructions live here on DIY Joy, photographed step by step. Make a batch, tag us in the photos, and tell us what price point worked – we genuinely track this.
41. Easy Tray Chalkboard
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42. Gold Leaf Vase
A thrifted vase half-dipped in gold leaf becomes the metallic accent piece stylists scatter through magazine shoots, and the leafing takes one careful hour. The Creativity Exchange demonstrates the sizing, laying, and burnishing, plus the crisp tape line that makes the half-dip read intentional. Imperfect leaf coverage is the luxury look – flawless coverage reads spray paint. Thrift vases with good shapes and bad glazes are the ideal canvases. Gold sells year round; gold on glass sells itself.
43. Wood Slice Owl Decor
House of Hawthornes stacks wood slices into owls – big slice body, small slice eyes, bark scraps for wings – and the woodland whimsy sells to nursery decorators and cabin owners alike. The slices glue in minutes; the personality comes from eye placement, which rewards experimentation. Sealed versions move outdoors to porches and gardens. A tree-trimming service’s discard pile stocks a season of inventory. Charming, fast, and nearly free: the owl abides.
44. No Sew Microwaveable Rice Heating Pads
Rice-filled heating pads warm in the microwave and hold heat against sore shoulders for the better part of an hour, and the no-sew version assembles with iron-on hem tape. Unsophisticook builds the fold-and-seal method plus the rice-and-lavender fill that adds aromatherapy to the pitch. They sell hardest in fall and winter markets and to the desk-worker demographic year-round. Flannel outers read cozy and grip the neck. Comfort products with visible function barely need a sales pitch.
45. Herbal Bath Teas
Bath teas steep the tub instead of the cup: muslin bags filled with dried herbs, flowers, oats, and salts that turn a bath into an apothecary experience. Scratch Mommy blends the recipes – lavender-chamomile for sleep, rose-oat for skin – that give a product line its menu. Ingredients buy in bulk for pennies per bag. Kraft packaging and hand-stamped labels complete the farmhouse-spa story. They weigh nothing, ship flat, and smell like profit at the market table.
46. Animal Key Holders
47. Bottle Cap Wine Charms
Miss Information bends bottle caps into wine glass charms, and the upcycled bar-night logic sells itself at any market with a local winery table nearby. Caps flatten, punch, and hang from wire hoops that clip to stems, with each guest claiming a cap brand as their marker. Craft beer caps bring the collector angle. Sets of six in a gift bag hit hostess-gift pricing exactly. Party products with a recycling story: double the conversation, double the sales.
48. Pine Cone Fire Starters
49. Wine Cork Magnet Planters
Hollowed wine corks hold a pinch of soil and one tiny succulent cutting, back with a magnet, and colonize refrigerator doors as the smallest garden in the house. It All Started With Paint drills the hollow safely and <a href=”https://diyjoy.com/diy-projects/outdoor-ideas/”>plants</a> the cuttings that thrive in a thimble of soil. They sell in threes, because nobody can allocate a single cork planter among friends. Restaurants donate corks by the bag for the asking. The profit margin on a free cork and a propagated cutting is a number worth framing.
50. Fabric Thread On A Spool Ornament
Vintage thread spools wrapped with fabric strips and topped with a hanging loop become ornaments with sewing-room soul, and the crafter demographic buys them on recognition alone. Tea Rose Home layers the fabric, lace, and button details that give each spool its character. Estate sale sewing boxes supply spools by the jar. They sell as ornaments in winter and as sewing room decor the rest of the year, the two-season product line every maker wants. Nostalgia, wound tight and hung with ribbon.
51. Yarn Wrapped Ombre Monogrammed Letter
Catch My Party wraps cardboard letters in ombre-sequenced yarn, and the personalized result closes the list with the single most requestable product in it: everyone has an initial. The wrap technique handles curves and corners with glue-anchored turns, and the ombre gradient elevates it beyond the flat single-color versions everywhere. Nursery letters, wedding initials, and dorm decor each buy the same product with different yarn. Custom orders drive this one, which means selling before making – the cash-flow dream of every craft seller. End of list, start of inventory.
