Gift Guide: Arts and Crafts

As 2024 ends, it’s becoming time for gift-giving! Here are 10 ideas for the people you know who love arts and crafts:

  1. Air dry clay/polymer clay: Air dry clay: $10 – $30, Polymer clay: $10 – $20

 This can be a great choice for someone who likes sculpting or making 3D art. Both dry easily, the polymer clay needing only a regular oven, and doesn’t need a kiln or glaze to make it work.

  1. Coloring books: $10 – $20 

Coloring books can be a great pastime for anyone, especially if you choose a theme that the recipient loves.

  1. Colored pencils: $10 – $20

 Colored pencils are an essential piece of equipment for any artist, they can be used for detailing, shading, and texture, and can also be used in mixed media art.

  1. Easel/canvas: $20 – $50

An easel and canvas would be a great gift for a painter, allowing a better surface for painting rather than a table or desk.

  1. Art set: $20 – $40

An art set would be a great gift for a beginner artist to help get into the hobby more without breaking the bank. These sets usually include a sketchbook, colored pencils, regular pencils, erasers, and sharpeners, and some include paint pallets, paintbrushes, acrylic/watercolor paints, and oil pastels.

  1. Crochet kit: $20 -$30

Crocheting is an amazing way to pass the time while making something amazing! Crochet kits come with the needed yarn, hooks, and pins so you can get right to creating without needing anything extra outside of the kit.

  1. Fabric paints: $10 – $30

Fabric paints are an excellent way to customize your shirts, pants, other clothes, or any other kind of fabric. 

  1. Paintbrushes: $10 – $20

 Paintbrushes are yet another essential for any artist for painting with watercolors, acrylic paint, oil paint, and more.

  1. Oil pastels: $15 -$40

Oil pastels are a great art supply, no matter what level of artist you are! They can be used on canvas and thicker paper, and can be used dry or you can wet them for painting.

  1. Watercolor paints: $10 – $30

Watercolor is a very simple and fun paint to experiment with. The application of the paint can create a range of effects, from subtle and soft to bold and vibrant.