Summer Decorative Crafts

Summer decorative crafts offer opportunities for fun creative projects.

Many people enjoy working on crafts in the summer because they have more time and can work outdoors. Summertime also encourages family projects because kids are out of school and adults may take more time off work.

Summer crafts provide the following benefits:

• A relaxing activity
• A homemade gift for summer events
• A great time to paint outdoors
• A way to add meaningful decorations for summer activities

There are many different types of decorative crafts that are appropriate for summer. You can make something decorative for yourself, your family or your home. Summer crafts may include:

• A crochet dress
• Painted tote bag
• Handmade candles
• Decorative candle holder
• Fourth of July Uncle Sam figurines
• Fourth of July table cloth
• Beaded decorations for wine glass stems
• Flower garlands
• Floral centerpieces
• Shell decorated sandals
• Beaded hair combs
• Handmade kids' kite
• Bracelets
• A tie-dye curtain
• An embroidered tablecloth
• Pink checked baby sundress
• Lace baby bonnet
• Macrame plant holder
• Personalized ceramic mug with summer theme
• Decorative straw hat

The possibilities are endless. Pick a project that you will enjoy creating as well as using in its final form.

Here are some sample summer decorative crafts for your enjoyment. Both of these crafts would be fun to work on with your kids.

Take a walk with your family and search for rocks. Treat it like a treasure hunt and have give each kid a basket or bag for rock collecting. Look for interesting shapes and colors. Make the rock hunt fun and pretend that you are hunting for elves and faeries.

Once you have a sizeable collection of rocks, bring the rocks home and clean them off. Work with the natural rocks or decorate them. If you decorate them, you can create little characters. Have the kids glue rock shapes together in animal shapes and paint the rocks. You can even add fabric or pipe cleaners to create different looks.

When the rocks are ready for display, create a rock garden in your backyard or around an indoor plant. Outdoor rock gardens look great lining fences. You can make also special rock garden arrangements using sand for indoors or outdoors.

You can create a lovely summer table decoration by decorating an ordinary flower pot. Sketch out your design for the flower pot on a piece of paper. Take a standard size terra cotta pot and sand away any rough spots. Next, spray the inside of the pot with two or three coats of oil-based polyurethane. Paint the outside of the pot with 3 coats of latex or acrylic paint. Add any designs. After the paint dries, seal the outside with water-based polyurethane to seal it. Let the flower pot dry overnight. You can later add other designs elements like ribbon. Put a plant in the pot after the flower pot is completely dry.

You can find more summer decorative craft ideas from the following websites:

• My Craft Book The site has a large selection of summer crafts for all skill levels.
• Crafters Love Crafts: Crafters Love Crafts has a helpful article with summer craft ideas.
• Create Kids Crafts: The site has a number of kids crafts ideas.
• Family Fun: Disney's Family Fun site provides a number of summer family craft projects.

Enjoy working with crafts this summer. Summer crafts are good at bringing people together, whether it is family or friends. This is a great time of year to get involved in a craft group. Wouldn't it be fun to have regular group craft projects to work on with friends?

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