Easy Handmade Gifts
Painted Terracotta Pot: A Simple Gift for Plant Lovers
Clean a clay pot, brush on an acrylic base coat and add stripes, a color-block base, taped triangles or eraser dots using masking tape and a pencil.
Easy Handmade Gifts
Beginner-friendly gifts with few steps and basic tools, plus the guides to supplies and choosing a first project.
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Easy Handmade Gifts
How to Make a Ribbon Bookmark with Button Ends
A grosgrain ribbon bookmark cut to fit the book, with folded ends that hide the raw edge and a flat button sewn on each end as a weight.
Easy Handmade Gifts
No-Sew Fleece Scarf: An Easy Handmade Gift with Fringed Ends
Cut one strip of fleece, square the ends and cut even fringe for a scarf that needs no stitching. Includes adult and child sizes and a knotted-fringe option.
Easy Handmade Gifts
Handmade Gift Supplies: A Basic Kit for Paper and Fabric Projects
A starter kit for paper and fabric gifts: two pairs of scissors, measuring tools, needles and thread, three glues and a few basic materials, plus what can wait.
Easy Handmade Gifts
Handmade Gift Ideas for Beginners: How to Choose a First Project
Pick a first handmade gift by the skill you want to practice, the tools you already own and how the finished item will be used.