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Michaels craft and DIY project picks
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items Craft and DIY supplies for gifts, holidays, and rainy weekends. Cricut machines, paint, yarn, frames, and kids' kits that keep little hands busy. Good stuff for getting a head start on holiday decorating and homemade presents.
The big-boy cutting machine. Cuts vinyl, cardstock, iron-on, leather, even thin wood, so you can knock out custom shirts, decals, and signs at home. If you're serious about crafting, this is the one to get.
Cricut Maker 3
Smaller, cheaper Cricut that still handles vinyl, iron-on, and cardstock. Great starter machine for labels, mugs, and holiday cards without eating your whole craft table.
Cricut Joy Xtra
The partner to any Cricut if you're making shirts, tote bags, or hoodies. Way more even heat than a household iron, so your iron-on designs actually stay put through the wash.
Cricut EasyPress Heat Press
Cheap, cheerful acrylics that cover pumpkins, canvases, rocks, ornaments, whatever. Perfect for beginners and kids, and you won't cry when somebody squeezes out half a tube.
Artist's Loft 24-Color Acrylic Paint Pack
A stack of blank canvases for paint nights, practice, or homemade gifts. Pair it with the paint pack and you've got a whole rainy Saturday sorted.
Artist's Loft 8x10 Canvas 10-Pack
Super thick, super soft chenille yarn that works up fast. A chunky throw blanket is about the easiest handmade gift you can pull off before the holidays, even as a beginner.
Bernat Blanket Yarn
Eight hook sizes in one set, so you're covered for most yarn weights. A solid, no-nonsense way to get into crochet without buying hooks one at a time.
Boye Aluminum Crochet Hook Set
Glue, sealer, and finish all in one jar. Decoupage photos onto frames, seal painted ornaments, slap napkin prints on a tray. Every craft drawer needs one.
Mod Podge Matte
Full-size glue gun with high and low heat, so you can do wood and fabric on high and delicate foam or ribbon on low. The backbone of basically every wreath and centerpiece.
Gorilla Dual Temp Hot Glue Gun
A blank wreath base you can dress up for any season. Fall leaves now, swap in pine and berries for Christmas, and you've got a front door that looks store-bought for a fraction of it.
Ashland 18" Grapevine Wreath
Clear ornaments you fill with glitter, photos, tinsel, sports team colors, whatever. Dead simple holiday project for kids and an easy personalized gift for grandparents.
Make Market Fillable Ornaments, 12 Pack
All the fun of a gingerbread house with none of the sticky icing disaster. Foam pieces and stickers, so the kids can build it, keep it, and bring it back out next year.
Foam Gingerbread House Craft Kit
Crayons, markers, colored pencils, and paper in one carry case. A can't-miss gift for any kid who likes to draw, and it keeps the mess corralled in one box.
Crayola Inspiration Art Case
For the art, diplomas, jerseys, and family photos that deserve better than a dollar-store frame. Framing something meaningful is one of the best gifts going, and they run framing sales a lot, so keep an eye out.
Michaels Custom Framing
Oven-bake clay in 30 colors. Make ornaments, charms, earrings, little figurines, then bake them in the regular kitchen oven. Great for teens and adults who like fiddly projects.
Sculpey III 30-Color Clay Sampler