DIY and Crafting Hacks You Must Try

 

Choosing the right gift for your loved one can be difficult, especially when you are going shopping! The last thing you probably do is spend money on a gift that's going to sit on a shelf, or unused your loved one will look at once in a while but which otherwise serves no purpose.

Making your gifts at home doesn't mean that they will cost less than what you can purchase from the store. It also doesn’t necessarily mean that you are going to save cash. Sometimes, the costs of the materials to be used are higher than the ones you find in malls or online shopping.

DIY and crafting gifts help you and your friends make more stuff and learn new skills. Sitting at home and getting bored is not the solution. You must try something new and exciting things by trying new skills. DIY is one of them. You should be happy and excited about learning new skills.

Some DIY And Crafting Hacks You Can Create

Crafting and DIY tools are wonderful gifts right now. Some of them are-


1. A Dremel Kit

A Dremel is always practical to have around the home for DIY projects. Plus, there are tons of attachments and carving bits available for a huge range of uses.

Lighter and more ergonomic than regular Dremels, the Dremel 2050 15 Stylo+ kit
includes accessories to get started with wood carving, glass etching, leather burnishing, and several other crafts so your recipient can customize almost anything.


2. Soap Making Kits

Making cold process soap is fun and rewarding, but as a newbie, it can be daunting to stare at an ingredient list that includes lye, oils, fragrances, and pigments. Bramble Berry’s beginners' kits are the perfect way to get started and include everything your recipient needs, including safety goggles and a digital scale. Beginner kits include lavender and orange or, for soap makers with a bit more experience, marble-like swirls.


3. Cricut Explore Air 2

Anyone who dabbles in crafting and DIY probably already knows what a Cricut is, but if not: it’s a robot with a friggin’ knife attached to it.

That oversimplifies things a bit, but the Cricut is a device capable of cutting incredibly intricate designs with high precision, fast. It can handle cuts in a few minutes that would take hours to do by hand (and would totally leave your hand cramping).

Swap out the blade for a pen, and have it draw or write, instead, or a scoring tool to prep paper projects for any folding they might need. It’ll help you make greeting cards, or gift boxes, or custom t-shirts, or stickers, or a mountain of other things. Cricut loaned me a machine to check out a few weeks ago and I don’t think it’s been turned off for a full day since.


4. Apple Pencil

This one really only works if they’ve already got a relatively recent iPad (or you’re looking to buy them one of those, too). But if they do, and Apple Pencil can really help them take things to the next level. From sketching out ideas in Procreate (also a great gift, if they don’t have it!), to jotting down measurements in the Notes app, to creating vector art for cutting/etching/t-shirt making, a really good stylus is leagues ahead of just poking at the screen with your finger. It can be a little tricky to determine which Pencil is compatible with which iPad, so you might have to do some sleuthing there.


5.Macrame Kit

Macrame plant hangers are in vogue today. It’s also really easy to learn. Modern Macrame’s beginner kit comes with everything your recipient needs, including rope, beads, and a pattern. If they’re not into indoor flora or live with aggressive plant-loving cats, try a wall-hanging kit instead.

This can be particularly tough. Since it's Christmas and New Year's time and you're looking for something special and unique to gift to your loved ones, then you might want to think about giving a handmade gift instead of purchasing something from the store. Then, I think you should go for these ideas given above.

Gift your loved ones your own handmade craft.

WISH YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR

Enjoy!!!!

Written By - Priya Mathur