As a creative family, we have a variety of crafting tools around our house, from sewing to scrapbooking to sketching and more. This is the ultimate go-to list for getting started on various crafting ventures. There are lots of gift ideas for the holi...
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Scrapbooking
Sewing
Pottery + Clay
Painting
Sketching
Coloring
Scrapbooking
Our home's latest creative obsession. Scrapbooking supplies will be under the Christmas tree this year.
I've been loving content on social of scrapbooking. So beautiful are the decorative stories pinned to the page. My lil one and I love to make paper fashion dolls, and I think this would make a wonderful addition to our whimsical crafting adventures.
Mushroom theme for your mushroom scrapbooking fans
Vintage Aesthetic Scrapbook Supplies Kit
Here's another super cute vintage starter Kit theme. Has butterflies and more for this aesthetic.
JOYCHOIC Vintage Scrapbooking Aesthetic Kit
Sewing
When the sewing materials come out, you know creative magic is on the horizon. As a fashion school alum, it's in my DNA to sew. My kids very much enjoy this, too.
It is a great sewing starter kit. It has just about everything you need. If you need a sewing chalk, you'll need to purchase that separately.
Maxfanay Sewing Kit for Adults, 43XL Thread
If you make dresses, a dress form might be handy. We have one in our house.
Female Mannequin Torso Dress Form 50"-63"
for sewing crafts and repairing everyday fabric items and more
Brother XM2701 Lightweight Sewing Machine
Pottery + Clay
Both my kids went through a clay phase, which is much better than the slime phase, lol. My little one is currently all about pottery. This list embodies those interests.
A pottery spinning wheel is a little bit messy, but it's worth it for my lil one to explore her creativity.
Mini Pottery Wheel - 4.7 Inch Electric Kit
Extra tools with clay kit to replenish a well worn kit
TORISING Air Dry Clay 10 LBs + 42 Pcs Tools
Some fun stamps and molding tools to create new shapes and textures
NUOBESTY Wooden Clay Tools Set for Kids
A different type of clay molding is one that you can do with your hands. No spinning wheel is required.
50 Metallic & Glitter Polymer Clay Kit
Painting
My eldest loves the fine arts… and that means painting. Here are some must-have items lying around our house for this medium
You can't paint without paint brushes…JK Yes, you can. But it's likely you'll need some brushes as well.
Artist Paint Brush Set of 12 - For All Media
What's painting without an easel
RRFTOK Adjustable Metal Tripod Artist Easel
Gouache paints are awesome. We love using these.
HIMI Gouache Paint Set, 24 Colors, 30g
Something to organize your brushes and tubes of paint with a carrying case.
ArtBin Small Project Box with Lift-Out Tray
Sketching
My daughters are better at sketching than I am. So, I make sure they have what they need to create in this medium.
Landscape sketch book
Montana Cans Landscape Sketchbook, Black
Standard Sketch Book
Artist's Loft Black Hardbound Sketchbook
Faber-Castell Erasers
Faber-Castell Kneaded Erasers - 4 Pack
Micron pens for precision and weight line drawing
Sakura Micron Pen Set Zentangle 3pc, Black
Graph paper for precision drawing
Dunwell 8.5x11 Graph Paper Notebook, 100 Sheets
Coloring
My area of creative flow is in creating coloring books… and of course, I enjoy coloring in them as well. You'll find a couple of my books and some materials to color them.
For the coloring Birders of the bunch!
Birds of a Feather | Coloring Book
Flowers for you to color your dreams in floral delight.
Florals: Coloring for Relaxation and Creativity: A Color and Doodle Book of Flowers and Blooming Patterns for Adults
Amazon basic colored pencils are a great addition to your coloring tools assortment.
Amazon Basics Soft Core Colored Pencils, 48
Mega Set: 120 Dual tip alcohol markers
Ohuhu Oahu New 120 Colors Dual Tips Alcohol Art Markers, Fine & Chisel
