I spend so much time in the car shuttling my girls from A to B that I thought I’d make my new hobbies portable so I can take them out and about. I’ve invested in a lovely portable set of water colour paints, I’m determined to master crochet and I’m also teaching myself the art of Tatting. Keep a look out for how I get on.
Hopefully the following will give you some arty crafty inspiration to give a lift to your New Year Craft Hobby list.
Fun With Paint
Me And My Shadow makes her own water colour paint from flowers!
Messy Little Monsters lists a super list of painting techniques to try out with children
Yarn Projects
Pom Poms made easy via A Journey Of Footsteps
Super Cute Yarn Wrapped Letters via Kids Craft Room
Bubba Blue And Me pulls together a great resource of 10 websites to help budding crochet crafters
Simple Sewing Projects
Did you or one of your kids get a sewing machine for Christmas? If so, then one of these beginner projects might be good to try.
Super Easy Tag Blanket via Crafts On Sea
Adorable Bean Bag chooks via Red Ted Art
Paper Projects
Make these teeny and uber cute paper folded heart envelopes via Messy Little Monster
Use paper plates as a canvas for creating beautiful pieces of art like this flower garden plate via ZingZingTree
Make Your Own Jewellery
Have you every played with Shrinky plastic? It’s very cool and great for making easy and quick pieces of fun jewellery as Jennifer Grace Creates shows us
Use up your old and new buttons by turning them into this funky button charm bracelet via The Mad House
Candle Making
Learn how to make this cute candle in a jar via Lara Bee UK
Or how about these stylish seashell candles via ZingZingTree
I hope this post has given you some inspiration for your new craft hobby and if you have made something beautiful recently, share your blog posts with me for consideration for the next Arts & Crafts round-up!
About Anthea Barton
Anthea lives by the sea and shares her busy life with three girls, a patient Mr Dad and a gang of pets. She loves to craft, cook, play, explore and learn, finding inspiration in everything around her. When she has a spare moment or three you can find her blogging at ZingZingTree (link below) and BlueBearWood (http://bluebearwood.co.uk) or hanging around Instagram (@zingzingtree & @bluebearwood) and twitter (@ZingZingTree & @BlueBearWood). She's also on pinterest, googleplus, YouTube and a whole heap of additional social media. If you look for the Zing or the Bear you can usually find her...