At Crafty Corner, we utilise local skills to add quality and a touch of magic to our crafts, gifts and home deco. We encourage your creativity in an enjoyable and trouble-free manner; showing you the “fun” side of inspired arts and crafts.
If you are looking for any creative and crafty ideas, tips and information, we are here for you!
This step-by-step shows you just how easy it is to make a beautiful and complex mosaic!
This creative step-by-step teaches you how to make a beautiful flower. Use it to spruce up a card for someone special, or use it to decorate your scrapbook!
A fun and creative way to use up all those leftover bits of painted fabric to create something new and beautiful!
A creative way to use your Dremel! Make beautiful Easter Eggs with this DIY craft.
Now these are serious fun for kids, mobius circles! Let them do this educational step by step craft and watch them be amazed at the baffling but simple principles in action.
Another way for kids to say they love someone using their hands and a little skill. Make an awesome valentine woven card, effective and simple, all the more special as you made it yourself.
A simple fun craft projects for the kids to make decorative matchbox.
Try this fun craft of taking your average home plate, mug or any ceramic object and giving it a new lease on life by painting it with ceramic paint.
Something different, something unique? Why not make your own handles for draws and cupboards using casting resin? This is a very fast growing and popular craft.
Bead Craft. How about making yourself a little bit of jewelry for your handbag?
So, you thought only 2l bottles were useful in the garden to grow your herbs, but what about plants that need a little more space? What about the plants you forget to water often? Try our Upcycled 5l hanging garden!
A short, but fun craft so the girls can brighten up their hair with a pencil decorated hairclip, the added bonus is that this is another way to Upcycle old, used goods.
How about making some decorations for the house, not only just at Christmas time but any time for your bedroom? These sequined balls are just the thing!
Have you ever wondered how they make dried fruit, or what happens as something dries out? Well, this is a fun way for the kids to learn all about dehydration with a Granny Apple.
We all have a door like this the garden, they tend to often been our poor neglected garage or store room door. You walk past it every day and think that it is time to fix it, but somehow you are daunted by the task. Well let us show you how simple it really is.
Weaving box for kids to show them how it is done. Scraps of wool and an old shoe box are all it takes to make your own woven squares. This craft will keep them going for days.
If you have just renovated your kitchen or bathroom, this is fantastic way to use up any off-cuts or leftover tiles.
Our latest DIY "craft" show you just how easy it is to adjust the hinges on cupboard doors so they don't get stuck or scrape the floor.
Why not try your hand at paper embossing? This tutorial makes learning how to emboss a breeze, all you need is a stencil.
A fun craft, not just for you, but for your pet cat too! Hours of fun for both of you as you play with this jingly felt ball!
Kids will have loads of fun with this one as they show everyone how they can magically join two paperclips
Show your kids this fun Valentine's card that they can make and decorate this Valentine's Day. They even get to make their own stamps!
We all know how our kids love magic shows and tricks. Here is a real simple fun trick for them to try out on friends and family
Go ahead and start Upcycling today! Keep those old tin cans you were going to throw away and we will show you a simple way to turn these into elegant storage tins for your desk, home, office, or just about anywhere!
These are great not only at Christmas time but any time of the year to bring a fresh fruity smell to the home. They are especially beneficial as they are completely natural.
Throw your bottle tops out no more! Recycle them by giving them to your kids to make Christmas decorations this year for your Christmas tree.
Have a little crazy clay from Bostic lying around and a bit of spare time? Well, then this is just the thing you need to make Crazy Pencil pets.
This is a fun and easy craft, even for young children. There are no rules as to how the decor balls should be decorated and it is relatively easy to clean up the mess.
Moulding with chocolate is perhaps one of the most fun things that you can do with your kids at Easter, however you do not have to restrict it. Making a chocolate moulded anything is always great.
Take a look at how easy it is to make a peace sign from some old mirror and glass stones.
Create an appealing fabric home for all your plastic packets, making recycling them so much easier.
Wow your dinner guests with your creative skills by creating your very own stunning serviette rings.
Simplified and uncomplicated, take a look at these simple steps, and give crochet a try!
Growing up in an industrious and creative family, my mother encouraged us to always try our hands at creating something out of nothing, and her craft creations were always colourful, creative and a ton of fun.
My childhood brought out my passion for arts and crafts, and I built on this background by studying Interior Decorating after finishing school. I have been involved in crafts and decorations ever since.
Crafty Corner has worked closely with disadvantaged communities, bringing out their skills and creativity, while helping them create ways of earning their own income and empowering themselves by using their own hands and applying themselves.
Through hard work and commitment, we have provided numerous corporates with stunning corporate gifts, as well as supplied our many clients with magical presents, useful tips and creative crafts.
Through our recycling section and our commitment towards saving the planet, we saw a need to create a separate site dedicated towards aiding the environment: Thus came Upcycle...
Despite being a separate entity, Crafty Corner keeps a close relationship with Upcycle, both sharing a vision of making a difference by the creative use of “junk”.
Having had this site up for two years, it is clear that there's an enormous demand for a concept such as this one. We presently receive around 300 visitors a day and counting!
You are encouraged to send us your details and truly be a part of the Crafty Corner experience.
Contact details:
Tel 011 782 0351
Fax 086 611 8450
Winnie Mc Henry
082 780 3673
Owner/ Founder
E:mail admin@craftycorner.co.za
