Rolling the Dice on DIY: Quick Hits for Fun DIY Projects Moms Will Love

Weekends can be more than partying and gateways. You can turn your free time into a fun and productive experience by learning DIY (Do it Yourself) activities. Moreover, creative hobbies have the potential to revitalize the mood. 

Whether you want to learn a new skill, create handcrafted home decor items, or spend more time with your kids, there’s a DIY activity for everyone.

DIY projects for the home

Have you felt a dopamine rush by winning a jackpot in ? Self-made artworks and crafts to revamp your abode can give you the same pleasure. Ask any professional DIYer, and they won’t agree more.

Explore some exciting DIY home project ideas to nurture your creative soul.

Textured Art

A vast canvas of textured art on the passageway of a luxury hotel mesmerizes everyone. You can also easily create this texture art from the comfort of your home.

Thinly layer the pre-mixed cornice cement on the canvas. Run any tool of your choice all over the cement. Be free to create a unique artwork design as your heart tells you. Leave to dry.

Spruce up your living room by placing this texture art frame. It’ll become the center of attraction in your home! 

Materials required:

• Old or new canvas
• Pre-mixed cornice cement
• Broadknife
• Fork/Butter Knife/Spoon/Screw Driver

Crochet Cushion Covers

If you want to learn a new skill, this one’s for you. This hobby can hook you for life!

You can ace different crochet stitches and techniques to design pretty cushion covers using yarn. Moreover, crocheting works as a therapy when you feel burned out after a day-long hustle. 

Learning is unending in this fun hobby. You’ll find a plethora of beginner to expert-level online videos teaching crochet patterns. 

From granny’s square to a heart-shaped pillow, options are numerous to design stunning crochet cushion covers. So throw beautifully-designed crochet cushions onto the old-fashioned couch and revamp its looks. 

(Secret advice – you can even open an e-store on Etsy to sell your crochet products once you master this skill.)

Materials required:

• Yarn
• Crochet Hook
• Pair of scissors
• Soft measure tape

Dried Flower Frames

Use the fresh blooms in your garden to create gorgeous dried flower hanging frames. You can choose any flower for this DIY activity. 

Cut a flower stem and place it face down on the bloating paper. Repeat the process for all the flowers you’re planning to frame. Layer up all these bloating papers into the flower press.

Make sure to screw the flower press tightly and keep it in a warm place. Now allow the flowers to dry for 2-4 weeks. Once ready, lightly glue the dried flowers. Stick them onto the glass frame.

Place these dried flower frames on the wall in your bedroom or study corner. The corner of your house will blossom with this elegant DIY home decor creation. 

Materials required:

• Dried Flowers
• Blotting papers
• Flower press
• Glue
• Hanging frame
• Nails

DIY projects for self-care

Sundays are for self-care that no woman should ever forget! Pamper yourself by trying these low-cost DIY hacks representing your personal beauty goals.

All-natural face mask

This weekend, follow your skincare regime with a twist. Instead of buying a face mask from the nearby cosmetic store, create your own. You can use readily available ingredients from your fridge to make a DIY all-natural face mask. 

Let your skin glow with this three ingredients beauty treatment.

Mash half the avocado with full-fat yogurt and raw honey. Apply on your face and rinse off the mask after 15 minutes with lightly warm water. 

Materials required:

• 1/2 ripe avocado
• 1 tsp plain full-fat yogurt
• 1 tsp raw honey

Jazz up your formal shirt

Are you bored of wearing the same black-formal shirt repeatedly? Don’t worry! With this fashion trick, you can recycle it into casual attire. 

Sew the big-size pearls in a bunch on both corners of the shirt. Finish the look by adding smaller ones in the rest part of the collar. To accentuate the designer look, you can also stitch some pearls to its cuffs.

Now you can wear it as a casual statement shirt for an upcoming office party!

Materials required:

• Pearls (big and small sized)
• Needle
• Thread

DIY projects for kids

Including your kids in DIY projects is also an interesting idea to strengthen your bond with them. Besides, it’s more than entertainment. Craft activities help improve their creative and motor skills. They also learn patience while making mistakes during the projects.

Here’re some child-friendly DIY crafts for young minds.

Farm in the Tray

Let’s create a farm in a few fridge storage boxes. The setup process will keep your little one on the toe throughout this DIY activity. 

Add oats as a ground of your ranch and place cattle toys in the first container. Further, ask your baby to mix water with a few drops of blue food color in another box. Here’s a pond ready for ducks to swim. You can also put pebbles in your DIY pond to make it look more natural.

Grab some grass from your backyard to make a horse stable. Use corn kernels to make a hen’s coop. Lastly, build a mud pool for pigs by mixing chocolate powder, plain flour, and water. 

Your kid will enjoy setting and playing with this self-made farmland for hours.

Materials required:

• 5 Fridge storage organizers
• Oats
• Corn kernels
• Chocolate powder
• All-purpose flour
• Water
• Blue food color
• Grass
• Rubber toys (ducks, cows, sheep, horses, hens, and pigs.)

If your kid is fussy about DIY projects, fret not! You can bring out the crafter in them with these tips:

1. Plan occasion-specific DIY projects to grab their attention, such as for dad’s birthday, mother’s day, or new year.
2. Refrain from replacing their playtime with crafting activities.
3. Appreciate their work and efforts. You can also put their handmade crafts on display.
4. Set a reward system to encourage them to participate more in DIY activities.
5. Organize a DIY project party with their friends so they all can enjoy the craft time together.
6. All children are uniquely talented. Find out your kid’s interest to plan specific creative projects in that niche.

Wrap Up

Nothing can be more satisfying and stress-relieving than making art pieces or DIY projects by yourself. Since creativity has no bounds, you can pick any activity for your pastime. You can also try some new skills to test your inner creative self. 

So get the hobbyist out in you this weekend!