Crafts are one of the most interesting hobbies with which to spend free time. They not only serve to entertain us, but also allow creativity to work and can lead to creations with which to decorate our home or make an original gift.
Like practically any activity that comes to mind, it can be replaced by online tools that help or guide us in the process of making crafts , these websites being some of the best examples.
Benefits of crafts
Especially in children, crafts provide many benefits for cognitive development. Children learn values such as perseverance, teamwork, solidarity, patience, etc., in addition to increasing their self-confidence and self-esteem.
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Crafts for children will also help them develop skills such as organization or distribution of tasks, decision making, imagination, concentration, coordination, expression or language, as well as facilitating the learning of colors, shapes, numbers among many other concepts.
Best craft websites
Next, we are going to share some of our favorite free websites for crafts.
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Conideade is an online store for craft supplies, but that does not mean that it does not have “recipes” to make them with your own ingredients.
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On her blog you will find tutorials and videos to inspire you in your creations, as well as tricks, tips and product reviews for all kinds of crafts and techniques: patchwork, crochet, decoupage and stripping, scrapbooking, jewelry, etc.
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Hogarmania, within its Decogarden section, includes a series of crafts designed mainly for home decoration and the recycling of certain objects to give them a second life.
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They work with a variety of techniques and materials: clay, patchwork, sewing, collages, drawings, eva or moldable rubber, etc.
Pocoyo
Within a range of activities dedicated to children, such as tongue twisters or stories, the Pocoyo website also includes children’s crafts.
Pocoyo website
In each craft one or more of the Pocoyo characters are the protagonists. You can find simple crafts classified by materials (paper, cardboard, wool…) and other easy-to-make crafts categorized by events (Halloween, birthdays, Christmas, school children, etc).
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Pequeocio is a very complete website with educational resources and children’s activities that includes a section of free crafts ideal for school-age children.
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Among the different materials and craft techniques there will be no shortage of bottles, cardboard, felt, cardboard, EVA foam, wool, straws, paper, stones, rolls of pal, paint, fabrics, clothespins and yarn.
Better Homes & Gardens
It offers a long list of ideas for crafts and decoration classified by projects, including jewelry, sewing and other techniques.
BH&G website
They also have filters to better optimize the level and time needed to make the crafts, with a section for beginners, to create projects in 30 minutes, 1 hour or 2 hours and to make crafts with children.
EasyClassroom
In Aulafácil you will find free craft courses for all subjects: clay, cardboard, embroidery, decoration, floristry, foam, balloon twisting, children’s, recycled, jewelry, etc.
EasyClassroom
Each of them incorporates a very detailed step-by-step tutorial so that you can achieve great results and not miss a single moment of the process.