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Warmer months are arriving and that means you might look forward to more than just some lazy beach days.
Warm weather can lift your mood, and so can crafting according toscientific studies.
This summer, find your arts and crafts groove with some DIY projects!
Get ready to be inspired by flowers, watermelons, and beachesquintessential symbols of summer.
Will you recycle pallets or revisit the historic photographic process called cyanotypes?
Read on for a curated list of joyful crafts to try this summer.
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Scroll down for summer arts and crafts inspirationget those creative juices flowing as the weather warms up.
Pressed Flower Art
The most joyful harbinger of warmer days are blooming flowers.
Gather some wildflowers or buds from your garden and create pressed flowers easily.
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There are myriad uses for pressed flowers.
it’s possible for you to artfully arrange them in between the panes of aglass framefor an elegant garden.
A simple way to get back to nature is to take a paint-by-numbers outside.
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The My Modern Met Store has manypaint-by-numbers kits for adults.
Mimic this nautical classic with salt dough for a surprisingly realistic starfish garland.
These simpleinstructions from Desperate Craftwivesuse natural ingredients found in your kitchen to create a beachy, durable decoration.
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Floral Cyanotypes to Frame
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Cyanotypes are a historic photographic process.
you’re able to buypre-treated fabric or paperto make your own beautiful, Prussian-blue artwork.
Often calledsun prints, the easy process involves choosing interesting botanicals and laying them upon the sensitized surface.
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After exposure to sunlight, a simple rinse finishes the chemical process.
For inspiration and more informationincluding diy kitsread My Modern Met.
Try a free pattern fromFor the Frills.
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There is also this fringed, fun version fromHooked on Homemade Happiness.
For an extra retro outfit, you could purchase avintage pattern downloadand crochet your own summer playsuit.
Recycled Pallet Rack
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Pallet DIYs are all the rage.
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The ubiquitous wooden palette can be easily transformed into a variety of useful creations.
With paint, nails, and tin cans, one can create the adorable above planter system.
Find decorative silver spoons at your local thrift store or estate sales.
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Fruity and flowery, they make the perfect kitchen accent or BBQ accessory.
You will needflour sac towelsandfabric paint, plus some other craft supplies.
TheCountry Chic Cottagehas step-by-step instructions that are easy to follow.
All you need is sea glass, a terracotta pot, outdoor paint, andair-dry clay.
Kids Craft Room has ahelpful videothat anyone can follow.
