When you’re looking for ideas and inspiration for things to make and sell at a craft stall it can be useful to have a huge list of ideas in front of you. Perhaps you have some fabric and you’re wondering what to make with it, perhaps you’ve got a jar of beads or buttons and don’t know what you can do with them, or maybe you’re looking for something a little different to make this year.
I haven’t given specific links for most of these – you will get further with a quick Google or Pinterest search once an idea takes your fancy, and you will be swamped with options. Happy crafting.
Aprons (for kids and adults, perhaps even matching aprons!)
Baby bibs or clothes (including wraps, posset cloths, pram covers or knitted hats)
Badges (hire a machine – find out more here)
Bath bombs/bath salts (there are hundreds of flavour and colour combinations)
Beeswax wraps
Bird feeders
Booboo packs/bump packs (made with rice or beans)
Bookmarks (find cute printables online, fold origami, paint, felt or stitch)
Busy boxes (or look for cute ideas using Altoid tins)
Buttons craft (make key rings, Christmas tree decorations, picture frames, flower posies etc with donated buttons)
Candles
Cat biscuits
Cat toys
Christmas cards
Christmas decorations and gifts
Christmas stockings (make them able to be personalised, don’t forget Santa sacks for the pet cat and dog)
Coat hangers (crocheted, knitted, padded etc)
Craft kits/jars of craft supplies (good way to use up random leftovers)
Crocheted cactus
Cupcakes (pre-decorated or with DIY decorations)
Cushion covers
Dog treats (biscuits – find recipe here)
Dog bandanas
Doll clothes/Barbie clothes
Door stops or draught stoppers
Dreamcatchers
Dress-ups (crowns, capes etc)
Earphone pouches
Fabric bunting (for babies, boys and girls, footy colours etc)
Fairy floss (hire a machine)
Fairy gardens (decorated potted plants or terrariums)
Fairy wands
Felt food (here is a link to over 100 DIY felt food tutorials)
Flower crowns (fresh or fabric) or sell DIY kits
Fresh flowers posies or jars
Fudge
Gift cards (birthday cards, thank you, sympathy etc)
Gingerbread men (pre-decorated or with DIY decorations)
Gourmet flavoured salt or olive oil (homemade)
Hair clips
Handmade soap
Headbands
Heat mats/place mats
Heat bags (and hot water bottle covers)
Henna tattoos
Herb gardens or seed kits
Jams and preserves (don’t forget lemon/passionfruit curd)
Jewellery – earrings and necklaces
Lavender bags
Library/book bags
Lolly bags
Lucky Dip
Magnets (hire a badge making machine)
Marble bags
Mosaics (use old mirrors or CDs)
Origami Christmas decorations
Origami corner bookmarks
Oven mitt with matching tea-towels
Paper flowers
Painted pots for plants
Pet rocks
Pillowcases
Pinatas
Pin cushions
Plants
Playdough (scented, coloured, glitter etc)
Plum puddings/Christmas cake
Pom Poms
Pot Pourri
Produce bags
Quilling
Quilts/baby quilt
Recycled paper (note paper or cards)
Rocky Road
Salt dough Christmas decorations
Scrunchies (school/faction colours)
Sensory bags
Sleeping masks/eye masks
Slime (pre-made or DIY kits)
Snow globes
Sorbet/gelato (homemade)
Stress balls (or juggling balls)
Stuffed animals (felt, fabric, knitted)
Succulents (use pretty secondhand tea cups/tea pots)
Sugar scrubs
Table runners/napkins
Terrariums (succulents or air plants)
Toffee apples
Tooth Fairy pillow or decorated box
Tote bags
Tutus
Upcycled furniture or photo frames (or planters made from soccer balls)
Vases (painted, wrapped with twine etc)
Wind-chimes made from recycled cutlery and teapots
Wizard wands
Wooden toys/birdhouses
Wreaths
Zippered bags/pencil cases
Best places for more inspiration
Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com.au/fundraisingmums/fete-ideas/
DIY Joy https://diyjoy.com