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Crafting Ideas
Are you looking for fancy crafting and creative DIY projects?
From simple crafts for beginners to more challenging crafts, the site offers inspiration and instructions to create works of art together and develop creative skills.
The craft ideas presented range from handmade gifts to seasonal decorations that help create an atmospheric ambience for special occasions.
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How to Carve Turnip Ghosts as Halloween Lanterns | Tutorial
Turnip ghosts existed in Germany before the triumph of the Halloween pumpkin. Here's how to make traditional lanterns yourself.
How to Design Labels – Ideas for Creative Crafters
Origami or light-up label? With these ideas you can create a great gift. Here's how.
Bat Halloween Card – Easy Halloween DIY for Kids | Tutorial
For this bat Halloween card you need only colored clay paper and plastic insects. This is how to do it yourself!
How to Make a Cute Birth Card With Elephant | Tutorial
Bet this birth card will end up in the family photo album. Make your loved ones happy and surprise them with a homemade card for the birth of their little treasure.
How to Make a Gift Bag From Paper - With Free Template | Tutorial
Print out the template and make a pretty oval gift bag in three steps. Here's how!
DIY Easter Card - Easy and Cute Card With Bunny and Eggs | Tutorial
Homemade with love! This is how you can make a cute Easter card that you can't buy in any shop.
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Turnip ghosts existed in Germany before the triumph of the Halloween pumpkin. Here's how to make traditional lanterns yourself.
Origami or light-up label? With these ideas you can create a great gift. Here's how.
For this bat Halloween card you need only colored clay paper and plastic insects. This is how to do it yourself!
Bet this birth card will end up in the family photo album. Make your loved ones happy and surprise them with a homemade card for the birth of their little treasure.
Print out the template and make a pretty oval gift bag in three steps. Here's how!
Homemade with love! This is how you can make a cute Easter card that you can't buy in any shop.
Creative Crafting Ideas for Adults and Kids
Crafting and making things yourself is one of the most beautiful and creative leisure activities there is. The most fun is to craft together or to craft for someone to surprise them and give them something to feel joyful about. Here at Greatime you can explore crafting ideas for seasons and occasions as well as DIY ideas for gifts, gift wrapping and design options for gifts.
All the crafting ideas and DIY ideas are easy for anyone to make, with step-by-step instructions and lots of pictures to illustrate the making process. In addition, each crafting idea includes a materials list that lists everything needed for crafting.
Crafting Ideas for Seasons and Occasions
Every year there are festive occasions when we embellish our home with homemade decorations. Especially at Easter, Halloween, Advent and Christmas, homemade decorations also create the atmosphere that makes these times so special for us. Every passionate hobbyist and every mother with children is faced every year with the question of what beautiful things to make this year.
Especially at these times, we present on our website pretty crafting ideas with craft templates and instructions, which can be imitated quite easily, so most of our crafting ideas are also suitable to craft with children. Most of the crafting ideas that can be found on this pool of leisure ideas can be recreated in a reasonable amount of time.
A special concern of ours ist to use lasting materials and to upcycle old things that would otherwise be thrown away. It’s really fascinating what you can make out of toilet paper rolls, kitchen rolls, crown caps and old nail polish!
Do It Yourself! Creative Crafting Ideas for Gifts
Today, time is more precious than ever: homemade gifts are unique and the time and love you put into them are an expression of appreciation and simply priceless. Many people especially appreciate a homemade gift – especially people who are close to you. And it doesn’t have to be a time-intensive, multi-week project. At Greatime you will find many ideas for self-made gifts that can be crafted in a manageable amount of time.
For a wedding or a special birthday, people often give money or fulfill a heartfelt wish that has been agreed upon in advance. For creative minds, this offers great opportunities for surprises by creatively designing the gift. From a wine bottle with a self-designed label to a heart-shaped piñata for a wedding from which will pour an unforgettable shower of money