Unlike the usual paint-by-numbers activities, these summer crafts featured on TikTok are creative, adaptable, and a lot of fun. Here are some great seasonal ideas to try, along with some pointers on how to make each one even better.
Create Unexpected Works of Art
How do you tap into your creative side the most quickly? Go to a nearby craft store, such as Michaels, and pick up some acrylic paints and brushes. From seashells to repurposed CDs and wooden hairbrushes, TikTok is brimming with ideas for painting attractive, unique designs on all sorts of things.
Assemble a canvas with multiple hand-painted shells for a summer-themed wall hanging, or personalize your own paintbrush with your name. Transform those CDs that have languished in your cellar for the past twenty years into beautiful painted suncatchers.
Convert Altoid Tins into a Wallet
No decent can should ever be thrown away. Instead of throwing out that empty Altoid case, make a wallet out of it to hold all of your little necessities.
Create the impression of a scrapbook that reflects your personality on the inside and outside of the top lid. Paper patterned after floral wallpaper, pearl-like beads, and small bows are all possibilities for an exquisitely embellished container. Pages from old books, postal stamps, and a wax seal sticker could be part of an antique academic edition.
Make Artistic Beadwork
This is where the news about tiny beads being the new decoupage initially broke. For this summer DIY, you may use a paint-by-numbers technique or a stencil to design a picture on canvas. Then, you can glue on beads of various colors to make a mosaic-style wall hanging.
To remove some of the uncertainty, stick to a minimalist color scheme and style. A martini glass, seashells, dice, and a sparkling ace card are all featured on TikTok. However, your zodiac sign, a vintage flower, or a simple sun might also work.
Construct Ingenious Tic-Tac-Toe Sets from Clay
Playing tic-tac-toe inside on a rainy summer night is sure to be a hit with the kids. Playing the game on paper is good, but we're sure you can find more imaginative ways to do it. Imagine transforming your clay into a themed board game. To kick things off, here are a couple ideas inspired by TikTok:
Blueberry game pieces on top of a buttery waffle
Playing pieces made of a seashell featuring fish and starfish
An X and O grid on a heart
Some strawberry-flavored game pieces and butter on top of a slice of French toast
Exploring a Summer Photo Album
While there aren't many regulations in scrapbooking, one you can establish is to create a book with a summer theme. Above all else, be constant in your efforts.
Instead of attempting to complete the full project all at once, work on a single page at a time and see how each chapter develops as you discover new activities and locations. If you want to have a good supply of scraps on hand, you can start with cheap month-old magazines, such as Better Homes & Gardens.
Fascinate Hair Accessory Sets
Make your hair clips more glamorous by embellishing them with some of the beads that you saved from your wall art project. You can use glue or, in the case of cloth, the original Bedazzler to make anything look prettier if you were a kid of the 1990s.
If you want an accessory that is truly unique and personal, try embellishing plain metal clips or claw-style barrettes with pearl beads, rhinestones, or even little cabochons.
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