Looking for some simple crafts to raise money?
What are some simple crafts i could make that require no knitting or sewing that I could sell to raise money? (I can’t make jewelry, dont have the supplies at the moment)
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Anything simple that you’ll find won’t make any money because anyone can do it.
Perhaps you could try making fabric bowls. If they are done well, you could take them to local craft fairs or farmer’s markets to sell them. The bowls end up to be very strong. You can use the bowls on a desk or dresser to store things in, or use them at parties for chips, or make them for gifts. Here is an article that shows you how to do this:
http://site.escapadedirect.com/blog2/2009/11/04/art-works-series-activity-11-fabric-bowls/
How about making coasters or placemats using magazines and glue sticks? You first make magazine “rods”, then glue them together. You can use this technique to make pencil holders, too. If you don’t have old magazines to use, perhaps your neighbors would be happy to give you their old copies. This project also works with regular paper, if you prefer, just not as colorful.
The results of this project are really nice! Here is a link to our article that explains exactly how to make this craft, step-by-step:
http://site.escapadedirect.com/blog2/2010/04/14/recycle-craft-magazines-rods-make-unique-art/
You could also make worry dolls and then donate (or sell) them to children’s hospitals for the kids to use while in the hospital. Worry dolls are small dolls that you put under your pillow at night and they take your worries away. Here is an article with information on how to make these dolls:
http://site.escapadedirect.com/blog2/2009/11/18/art-works-series-activity-12-worry-dolls/
I hope these ideas help!
If you are a good sculptor you could make little animals out of polymer clay (Fimo, Sculpey).
You can make friendship bracelets. They’re really easy to do,I just learned yesterday and have already made 4. All you need is embroidery floss,which you can get really cheap at craft stores. Here’s the how-to video I used to learn: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHeWPmAlAD0
Handmade greeting cards are simple and inexpensive to make. You have a computer so the simplest way to create them is using the free clip art web sites (or art / photos that come loaded into your Computer). From office supply or craft stores, buy card stock (slightly thicker than bond paper) and use it in your printer. If you have “Word Art” in a windows application (or other fancy font package) write the cover phrases. Libraries have wonderful reference books with quotes from famous people, or phrases from poetry – the only thing limiting you is your imagination. The way I make cards is to first create a sample in either Word or PowerPoint and eyeball the page into fourths. Remember that once the front of the card is positioned and printed, the inside of the card needs to be done – unless you plan on making a card that is blank on the inside. If you write many cards, you know that blank cards are very popular because people like to write their own message.
Envelopes? That’s easy. Take a ready made envelope and gently separate it on the glue lines. Use the undone envelope as a pattern then trace around it onto any decorative paper (scrapbook, art, etc). You could print your card on the decorated side of a scrapbook paper and cut it to size, then using a second page of the same paper, trace your envelope pattern onto the decorative side for your envelope. This would create a really cute envelope with the matching print on the inside as a matching liner. I
I often use calendar pictures or magazine photographs that I spray glue onto the back side and gently press onto a blank decorative paper (copier bond, scrapbook, wrapping paper) I made a series of envelopes from the Sunday comic section to use as envelopes to send to my grade-school-age niece. Hope this helps – and good luck
There are a million things you could do. Where you need to start is to ask yourself a couple of questions:
1. What am I good at? Drawing, painting, crocheting, writing, baking
2. What do I have? Look around there has to be something to work with.
and finally -
3. What can I do with what I have.
The latest thing I have noticed is projects made from plastic shopping bags; and they are free. I found the following site by typing into the browser “What can I make with plastic shopping bags” here is what I got:
http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2007/08/plastic_bag_crafts.html
The internet is full of ideas. Check out craft blogs. There are a ton out there. You will get an overload of ideas. Now selling is a completely different story. Still there are a lot of free resources, Craigslist, ZZstar, kijiji. Good luck.
Beaded book marks are cute and easy to make. Simply cut a 20″ length of ribbon or cord, tie a knot 3″ up from the end add your selection of beads and tie another knot to hold the beads in place. Do the same on the other side of the ribbon or cord and you have a book mark that you could could sell for a few dollars each. That’s how I got started.