DIY Summer Craft Projects

Summer is a time for lounging by the pool and basking in the sun, but it’s also the season to get busy tackling creative, DIY craft projects. With this in mind, we’ve collected a fabulous list of DIY summer craft projects designed to enhance your summer living and entertaining. Our list includes projects that will inspire and entice both beginning and expert crafters alike! Keep reading for some creative ideas you’ll want to put to use this season.

Try These 5 Summer Craft Projects

Bohemian Inspired Vases

Summer is the season for colorful blossoms and who doesn’t love to place a vase of hand cut flowers in the center of the table? Use this craft project from HGTV.com to add a little style to your plain vases with a few simple geometric shapes and an oil-based paint marker. Simply draw your designs on your vase and jar and allow time for it to fully cure before filling it with water and flowers from your garden and neighborhood.

Tea Towel Table Runners

Even if sewing intimidates you, this craft project from MarthaStewart.com is one that you can pull off and feel great about. Start by purchasing or gathering some of your favorite tea towels in colorful, coordinating prints or solids. Press your towels flat before sewing to ensure your stitches are even and lay flat. Next, line your tea towels up and overlap them by an inch, sewing on the overlaps until you reach the right length. Hint: You can lay them across your table in one long stip lengthwise or multiple smaller runners across the width of your table. 

Wood and Neon Lanyard Jewelry

Add some color and bling to your summer wardrobe by designing your own wood and neon jewelry. All you’ll need for this Martha Stewart-curated project are brightly colored lanyards, unfinished wooden beads, and scissors. Start by selecting a desired length for your necklaces and then thread the beads with an alternating backstitch to secure them. Finish your necklace with a basic double knot and you have a versatile summer accessory you’ll reach for again and again.

Foliage Wall Art

With this HGTV-curated craft project you can preserve summer and hang it on your wall to keep you hopeful when the weather turns nasty. For this project you’ll need three 12x12 frames with mats, three 8x8 canvases, spray paint, a drop cloth, and some leaves and foliage with interesting textures. Place your canvases on a drop cloth and arrange your leaves until you’re happy with the look. Spray paint in layers until your canvases are covered. Once they are fully dried, place them in a frame and hang as desired.

Shadow Box Bird Feeder

Transform a simple shadow box into a rustic bird feeder with this simple summer craft project from CountryLiving.com. For this project, you’ll need a 15” solid wood shadow box, epoxy, 4 inches of ¾ inch diameter dowel rod, a terra cotta planter dish, several feet of twine, and a metal screw hook. Start by screwing your hook into the center, top portion of your box. Next, epoxy your dowel rod to the center, bottom portion of your box so that it sticks up and allow the epoxy to dry for at least 24 hours. Finally, use the same epoxy to center your dish on the top of your dowel, allowing it to dry according to package instructions. Once your new bird feeder is dry, use your twine to hang it and fill the dish with seed for your feathery neighbors. 

What summer craft projects are you working on? Tell us all about it in the comments section below!

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