Easy DIY Projects and Craft Ideas
1. Citrus Fruit Serving Trays
iheartnaptime
2. Paper Chinese Money Plant DIY
theappleofmydiy
Looking for a simple craft to go with you modern minimalist decor? No matter what your decor, this cool DIY plants will look great in your home. An easy DIY project that even beginners can pull of, this is not your ordinary craft. Colorful and green, people always compliment mine, and it only took an hour to make. If you are looking for easy DIY projects to make for holiday gifts, these special handmade paper plants are a super choice.
3. Easy DIY Project – Homemade Whiteboards
onelittleproject
Love easy crafts that also help you get organized? Then this DIY memo menu board is for you. With wipe off glass for writing in the menu, your kids will know what’s coming before they even ask. Take your meal planning up a notch and let everyone know what you are serving for dinner. Here’s your weekend project idea that is creative, fun to make and super easy. What more could you ask for in a DIY craft?
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4. Easy DIY Jewelry Display Earrings
ohmy-creative
Learn how to make a jewelry organizer with this super easy DIY project idea. One of the best DIYs I’ve seen this year, you get to add a touch of color and cute decor to your room while adding a super functional DIY jewelry organizer for earrings. I think this is one of the best DIY projects for organizing jewelry and it looks great, too.
5. Faux Granite Coasters
itsalwaysautumn
6. DIY Quick Easy Homey Vases
raggedy-bits
7. DIY Photo Wall Hanging
homeyohmy
8. Easy Padded Coin Purse Tutorial
handmadiya
My daughter needed a new makeup bag, so I thought I would give her something crafted from my heart. She loves sewing but had kind of got a little disinterested in it. I made this gift as a surprise and it watch it land. We are making a holiday party dress for the Christmas dance. So glad we will get to experience that together. A fun and easy sewing idea to get excited about!
Easy Crafts and DIYs
9. Crepe Paper Flowers
DIY Joy
I have spent a good amount of time decorating for weddings and one detail that always made my heart melt is a beautiful flowered wall. But really, this party trick is fab for any event – and I’m starting to think kind of necessary for every event. Don’t you agree? I would love to thank Pinterest for breaking down the insanely easy DIY for us and the result is the definition of lovely. An easy DIY idea than can quickly transform any room in the house. For a cool DIY project that is sure to get noticed, add this DIY idea for your room to the wall.
There is minimal cutting and no gluing at all, which is why I put this one in front of complete beginners. The steps are simple and the flowers come out looking far more advanced than the effort involved. Here is my step by step.
10. Easy Pineapple DIY Bookends
diycandy
11. Quick And Easy DIY Map Magnets
thehappyhousie
13. DIY Cardboard Pom Pom Maker
The Craft Train
A pom pom maker cut from a scrap of cardboard, so the tool costs nothing and the raw material is already sitting in your recycling. It comes in three sizes, chunky yarn makes the big fluffy ones and finer yarn makes the little guys, and pom poms come off it so fast the only real limit is your yarn stash (the cardboard donut method we all grew up with takes roughly one childhood per pom pom, by my math). Kids can handle nearly all of it, with one very tight knot being the spot where a grown-up hand helps, and I can just about promise they’ll still be going after you’ve stopped. The templates and the how-to are over on The Craft Train, so that’s where to go to make yours.
14. Handmade Jewelry Dishes With Copper Touches
decor8blog
15. DIY Jute Rope Tray
DIY JoyRope and Mod Podge. That is the entire project, and the result has the rustic look I wanted without the boutique price attached. I made mine to whatever size I liked, which is the advantage of building it yourself. My tutorial is here.
19. Neko Atsume Kitty Collector Felt Craft
librarianstyle
20. Grocery Bag Holder From A Tote Bag
diy-crush
24. DIY Owl Button Craft
aspectacledowl
25. DIY Stained Glass Ornaments
Glue Sticks and Gumdrops
No actual glass in these stained glass ornaments, which is exactly why the kids get to make them. Popsicle sticks painted black frame a square of bright tissue paper, a black paper angel sits in front and a twine loop hangs it on the tree, where the lights glow through it like a tiny church window (park one in a real window and it’s a suncatcher until March). The fiddly cuts on the silhouette are the one spot little hands want help, and I’d bet these are the ornaments you’ll still be hanging when those hands are bigger than yours. Download the silhouette template from Glue Sticks and Gumdrops and let them walk you through the rest.
26. Junk Mail Typography Collage Art
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29. Fall Rustic Mason Jars
sincerelyjean
30. Salt Water Etched Bottle
upstateramblings
31. DIY Black And Gold Globe
loveandrenovations
33. Paper Hyacinth Flowers
onelittleproject
34. Easy Marimo Moss Ball DIY Light Bulb Aquarium
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37. DIY Faux Stone Planters
The Design Twins
Your cheapest plastic pots are about to fib to everyone who walks up your porch steps, because a layer of joint compound scraped over the outside gives them that heavy, chipped-from-a-quarry texture (the brand The Design Twins use goes on pink and dries white, so you’ll know exactly when it’s ready for paint). After that it’s Fusion Mineral Paint in whatever color you already own, a bit of antique stain for the weathered look and two quick coats of polyacrylic so the rain can’t undo your work. Planters that look like they took two people to carry out there but move with one hand are the easy DIY projects I live for. The Design Twins skip the ten-plus-step versions floating around and get you there in a fraction of the time, so borrow their shortcut and fill yours with blooms.
39. DIY Sharpie Mug
DIY Joy
Draw your design, bake it on, and a plain mug becomes something personal. I make these when I want a handmade gift that does not eat a whole weekend. It works for any occasion you can think of. Here is my method.
41. DIY Hoop Tassel Earrings
Lia Griffith
Tassel earrings are an easy way to dress up a plain hoop, and Lia Griffith’s version skips anything complicated. Grab a scrap of cardboard about two and a half inches tall, wrap embroidery floss around it thirty times, then tie off the top and snip the bottom loops free. Thread a head pin through a small metal cap, twist a wire wrapped loop, then glue the floss into the cap with E6000 so it won’t budge. Needle nose pliers and wire cutters are really all you need beyond scissors, so there’s no big supply list. What I like is how easy it’d be to make a few pairs in different colors for gifts. Lia Griffith walks through the whole process with photos.
