[dropcap]M[/dropcap]any crafters originally turn to their artistic skills to help save on home decorating costs, special occasions, and creative craft ideas when making gifts for your family and friends. Sometimes, however, those savings are not as great as originally thought and more money may be spent than originally planned.
If you love to flex your artistic skills and visions, but hate to watch the supplies add up in cost in the making, this article highlights some basic, yet elegant ideas that can be used in a variety of ways. Bring color and texture to your living areas, create one of a kind gifts, and add to your garden with these creative craft ideas on a budget.
Home Decor Creative Craft Ideas
It is entirely too easy to find yourself mentally decorating your home and picking and choosing from a wide array of prefabricated materials, knicknacks, and wall hangings. It also doesn’t’ take long to watch your budget disappear, leaving you with empty space to fill. If you prefer low budget, yet quality home decor ideas, consider taking matters into your own hands.
Chalkboard Paint Frames
Chalkboard paint opens many creative doors, and when you pair it with an old, second hand frame – you can easily design your own chalkboard sign that looks much more expensive than your investment.
Wine Cork Notice Boards
Been saving up wine corks, but aren’t sure what to do with them? Place them side by side on a sturdy piece of cardboard or thin plywood to create your own cork board that will look as if you picked it up in a high end shop.
Decorative Wood Displays
Salvage old wooden boards, barnwood, and even pallet wood to create decorative wooden displays. These all are excellent woods for wood burning art and provide a canvas of sorts that allows you to personalize, stencil upon, or even make into shadow boxes, frames, or unique sayings to display.
Personalized Canvas
Canvas materials are easy to paint and stencil. Invest in a length to create wall hangings, pillow cases, or table runners, and personalize with quotes, chevron patterns, or other popular designs.
Wall Stencils
Do your walls need a facelift, but you aren’t keen on wallpaper? Create your own stencils with cardboard or plastic and take the time to stencil your walls. It might be a bit time consuming, but won’t’ cost you much more than a bit of paint for a very expensive looking result.
Hanging Headboards
Not keen on dropping the money for a bed frame that includes a headboard in a guest room, but still want a welcoming, elegant look? All you need is a curtain rod and some elegant draping curtains and you can create a headboard for even the most simple metal frame.
Yard and Garden Creative Craft Ideas
Your landscape deserves just as much attention as your indoor decor. Taking care of your yard and adding decorative touches can also get quite pricey, unless you decide to get creative here as well.
Cement Garden Orbs
Dip thick yarns, ribbons, or even strips of paper in concrete mixture and wrap around a rounded balloon to create your very own garden orbs that can easily be painted or left natural to display in your garden.
Accent Walls
Old tin and roofing metals are easy to frame in recycled wood to create garden accent walls that provide not only privacy, but act as a backdrop for climbing plants or tall perennials.
Garden Hose Door Mat
Don’t throw out that old, leaky hose. Instead wrap it up upon itself and create a garden mat to wipe your feet off on before heading back indoors.
Firepit and Firepit Covers
Create your own brick fire pit and double it up as an outdoor coffee table when not in use by upcycling an old pallet into a fire pit cover. Simply sand and paint as desired!
Solar Lighting Chandeliers
Score an old chandelier in a thrift store and replace the bulbs with solar lighting. Hang from a deck, tree, trellis, pergola, or any other sturdy structure that allows sunlight to charge your lighting.
Creative Craft Ideas for Gifting
It is always said that the gift from the heart is the best. Giving gifts you have made is always popular and well received.
Knitting and Crocheting
Crafting any gift is bound to be cherished, and consider making handknit scarves, hats, and socks to keep loved ones cozy. This is one that gives you a wide range of creative craft ideas.
Home Decor
Homemade tile coasters are also popular choices, as are decorative picture frames made from recycled wood.
Ornaments
During the holiday season, consider designing and making your own ornaments as well by purchasing clear glass bulbs and pouring paints inside to make unique marbleized effects.
Homemade Candles
Candles are easy to make and even easier to personalize with aromatic essential oils for a healthy, and welcome fragrance.
Homemade Bath Bombs
This is a surprising one in a list of creative craft ideas. Consider pairing homemade bath bombs with a good bottle of wine. You can easily whip up a batch that rivels high end body care stores for a fraction of the cost.
