Inspiration & How-to's: Creative Arts and Crafts

Projects and Articles on the Creativity Portal

The Creativity Portal Web site is host to numerous original articles and projects designed to help you explore and express your creativity in art, crafts, writing, and other creativity-related pursuits. Many projects are incorporated on related directory pages and are noted by the secondary links next to the directory category links, but can also be found in the following sections on the Creativity Portal Web site.

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Creativity Portal Art & Craft Features
Folk art projects, drawing lessons, collage and altered book tutorials, holiday printables, and other original projects to help you explore and express your creativity.

Tyopgraphic Art: TypeARTgraphy

Be Creative! Adults Projects
Writing prompts, popcorn art, TypARTgraphy, gum wrapper origami, Nit Wits coloring pages, and other outside the box projects.

Creativity Portal Playground
Kids at heart creativity! Features seasonal and holiday printables and imagination inducing art, craft, and writing projects.

Art and Crafts Articles
From project ideas to business and marketing, these articles are sure to educate and inspire your creative and rational art or craft efforts, and help you to succeed.

External Web Resources

If you're looking for more arts and crafts resources offering free learning, how-to's, projects, tutorials, and articles you're going to love the collection of quality hand-selected sites found on most of our how to directory pages. Find these resources by venturing into any category topic from the menu on the left. Secondary links where Creativity Portal projects are found are also noted.

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Art & Craft Features

Ideas for Decorating Wood Picture Frames
When decorating with faux gems, small shells, polished pebbles, or other interesting craft supplies and natural items, you can turn ordinary wood picture frames into extraordinary photo displays.

Free Rock Painting Projects by Ernestina Gallina
Creative and whimsical rock painting fun! Step-by-step project tutorials include: Written in Stone, Love Bugs, and Desert Bloom Cactus.

Batik and Tie Dye: The Art of Fabric Dyeing
Even though the 1960s are history, the art of tie dyeing clothes is ever-present and here to stay! This section on the Creativity Portal explores the art of fabric dyeing in both tie-dye and batik methods. Learn the distinct differences between the two, plus how to dye it!

Free Art & Craft Folk Art Projects by Violette
Enjoy an assortment of creative projects by this fabulous folk artist including mask making, collage, altered books, visual journaling, glittery globes, mind mapping, spirit dolls, and much more!
PLUS: Inspiring Spring Thoughts on the Flowering Artist Violette.

Exploring the World of Art: Art Appreciation and Art History
What is art? Why is artistic expression important to our lives? What's the difference between art and craft? How is the knowledge of art history, famous masters, evolving art forms, art materials, and art methods useful to us today?

Getting Started with Altered Book Art
Altered book art combines several types of artistic techniques into one unique art form. Learn how to transform old books into new works of art through rubber stamping, scrapping, collage, photomontage, and other artistic techniques.

“Annie’s Sleepy Bear” Paper Piecing Craft Project

Annie Lang's Free Sleepy Bear Paper Piecing Craft Project
Create an adorable little paper pieced bear to use as a scrapbook page, card, tag or gift embellishment.

Altered Books: How to Alter a Board Book
A step-by-step tutorial by Karen Hatzigeorgiou showing you how to prepare, create, and embellish your own charming altered photo board book.