It’s time to get crafty, not just because March is National Craft Month, but because doing crafts is fun! It’s also a great way to spend time with family members of all ages and it can even help take your mind off of stress.

Get started now! There are endless craft ideas and plenty of local craft supplies stores to pick up materials. Also check out the upcoming craft events to take part in on Long Island.

Find satisfaction in making something creative with your own hands!

Craft Ideas

• Piggy Bank
  Check out this adorable piggy bank made out of a plastic mayo jar from Disney Family. The pig’s snout is made out of the jar’s cap so you can twist it open and close for access to savings funds.
   
• Mickey & Minnie Lanyards
  If you’re always looking for your keys, this Mickey & Minnie DIY Lanyards craft from Disney Family is the perfect project.

• Decorative Yarn Words
  Create colorful and decorative sayings like “Love” or “Happy” to decorate your bedroom or living room simply using yarn scraps and pipe cleaners as shown at Bloesem Kids.
   
• Gold Honey Bear Vase
  With Spring soon approaching get some vases ready to hold fresh flowers. This craft project recycles honey bear bottles and the finished product looks absolutely gilded from A Beautiful Mess.

Upcoming Events

• Crafts with Denise
  Ronkonkoma Recreation Center
  299 Rosevale Avenue, Ronkonkoma
  Phone: 631-467-3308
  Cost: $20 Per Session
  Dates & Times: 10AM to 12PM on March 2^nd, March 16^th, March 23^rd, March 30^th, April 6^th, April 20^th, April 27^th, May 4th
  Enjoy a morning of adult crafting. Just bring your own adhesive, such as tape runner, pop up dots, snips, etc.
   
• Arts and Crafts for Seniors
  Hempstead Senior Community Service Center
  40 Washington Street, Hempstead
  Phone: 516-565-1568
  Cost: Free
  Dates & Times: 1PM on March 9^th and March 23^rd
  Join in arts and crafts with Carol Jensen.
   
• Interest Insects
  Robert E. Reid Sr. Recreation Center
  Route 25A and Defense Hill Road, Shoreham
  Phone: 631-744-2601
  Cost: $10
  Date & Time: 12:30PM to 1:15PM on March 12^th
  Children ages 3-5 will have an opportunity to explore the world of insects and create an insect of their own to take home. Please register.
   
• Wish Upon a Teddy
  Central Islip Recreation Center
  555 Clayton Street, Central Islip
  Phone: 631-436-6050
  Cost: $12 Per Session
  Dates & Times: 6PM to 7PM on March 17^th and May 5th
  Elementary aged children may join in creating a stuffed teddy bear or other animal and make a wish upon a star to put inside. T-shirt decoration also available for doll based on the theme of the class and children can also fill out a birth certificate for it.
   
• First Annual Long Island Yarn Crawl
  Visit 13 Different Yarn Shop
  Cost: Free Event
  Dates & Times: 9AM to 8PM from March 19^th through March 22^nd
  Take a self-guided tour of Long Island’s yarn shops and meet other yarn-crafters. Each shop may have different special plans for yarn crawlers. Knittings like a hat or blanket for preemies at Winthrop Hospital and Stony Brook will also be accepted at any of the shops to be entered into the charity knit drawing.
   
• Craft 4 Kids
  West Islip Community Center
  90 Higbie Lane, West Islip
  Phone: 631-893-8933
  Cost: $4 Per Session
  Date & Time: 3:45PM to 4:45PM on March 24^th
  Children ages 3-5 can enjoy an afternoon of creating amazing crafts.
   
• Plaster Crafts
  Brentwood Recreation Center
  99 3^rd Avenue, Brentwood
  Phone: 631-436-6070
  Cost: $9 Per Session
  Dates & Times: 6PM to 8PM on March 27^th, April 24^th, May 29^th, June 5^th
  Children in grades K – 6^th will have the opportunity to pain a plaster craft project and enjoy pizza and drinks.

Photo by Sharlene Jackson, via Free Images.