Favorite Arts and crafts you liked doing as a kid and still do now?
By BinaryKat
@BinaryKat (735)
United States
September 3, 2008 9:30pm CST
What are your favorite arts and crafts you liked learning as a kid and still do now? For me there were so many different ones I either learned in grammar school or later in life:
Weaving- I started out with the small loom with the sock loops then upgraded to a small weaving machine with yarn when about 10.
Origami-I learned this after watching Shari Lewis on Lambchop's Play along make a box and heart. I had did those two patterns plus made a bird, airplane, house, and a giraffe.
Beading: I learned this in school first then start making cute bracelets that had my name.
Scoubidoos: The girls I went to school with, made these for their keychains.
Knitting and Crocheting: I know this actually would come under needlecraft. I learned this in my early 20s and learned how to do coasters, granny squares etc.
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6 responses
@neededhope (1085)
• United States
16 Nov 08
I actually still love to bead. I love to create new creations and to hold themin my hands. It's amazing what a person can really make if they just put there mind to it.
I also like wood burning although I'm not very good at it. And wood craving which tests my patience. And of course painting. But I'm not very good at it but I enjoy making a mess even at this age.
@busyB4 (874)
• United States
11 Apr 09
As a kid, I was very craft oriented too. I enjoyed drawing and painting and then did it as a business for 8 stores for 8 yrs. It took the fun out of it. I put down the paintbrush and have rarely lifted it in over 4 years now.
I learned crochet too in high school and it is currntly MY thing to do. I had put it down some years ago and now I cant seem to stop printing off patterns and buying yarn when I find a good sale.
I havent done quilling in years but did that also.
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
20 Sep 09
I learned to knit when I was about 10 years old. In the beginnning, I didn't like it and I made mistakes all the time, but after a while I started to enjoy it. I knitted a lot when I was 10 and 11 years old, and one of my first projects was a scarf that I knitted myself. That was more than 20 years ago, but I still like to knit.
When I was in my early 20's I learned to make papercuts and origami. I went to a Danish/Japanese school for a while, and my roommate was very, very good at making papercuts, she inspired me, and I started making papercuts, too. At the Danish/Japanese school I also learned to make origami, and I still like to spend my time on those two things.
@Loverbear (4918)
• United States
4 Sep 08
When I was three or four my Mom would go to the fabric store to buy stuff for whatever she was making at the time. The owner always had a bag of bits of lace, ribbon and fabric for me to take home and play with. I learned to sew, and now over 40 years later I still sew. I am currently making reversible dog coats for small dogs. I plan to sell them at a craft show in December. They are made out of fleece and are going to be great!
I am also learning how to needle felt. I just ordered a book and needles (I have one needle felting needle but I haven't got an idea of where it is right now!
I also crochet, knit, water color, do hand thrown pottery, photography and what ever else interests me. My main source of enjoyment is sewing.
@skbh12 (2946)
• Philippines
22 Sep 08
[b]hi binarykat!
i love coloring books and until now i do it when i find the time. i don't want to forget my mix and matching shades of different colors. oh yeah i still work on my scrap booking and it is fun to do it not just you make beautiful crafts but also you bring back the memories thru pictures and crafts..
happy posting and happy mylotting![/b]
@thebeaddoodler (4262)
• Lubbock, Texas
4 Sep 08
My mother taught me to crochet the year before I started school. I was very bored without my brother and drove her nuts whining, so she taught me to crochet. I still crochet to this day.
In summer camp when I was 9 or 10, I learned to do leather braiding with 4 pieces of leather and wish I could remember how to do it. In the eighth grade I learned leather tooling and would have liked to continue in this, but the price of the materials were always prohibitive so my crafts took less expensive directions, like making flowers and peacocks and Christmas Trees from styrofoam egg cartons and foiling inexpensive vases and/or plaster of paris figures.
I guess I've tried about everything out there but the ones I still do are crochet, beading, sewing and a little bit of embroidery.
