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The summer season has arrived, and I could not be more excited. There’s just something so special about this time of year. The sunlight hangs on a little longer, my schedule is a little bit looser, and most of the days are filled with some sort ofadventure. Whether that’s a little side quest during the work day, making a new summer dinner recipe, or hosting a seasonal craft night with my girl friends. It’s the season I always find myself making the most of.
With only a few months in the season, I’m committing to hosting a summer craft night at least once a month. That means: gathering all my besties, making them dinner, and having a fun craft night together.
If you’re planning on hosting a craft night this summer, I’m on top of it. I’ve gathered a list of easy summer crafts everyone will enjoy making and find useful. From painted summer art to diy pottery and summer-themed needlepoint ideas, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.
The Best Summer Crafts for Adults
1. Hand-Painted Pottery
Painting pottery in the summer just seems like a fun way to spend time indoors. Paint your favorite floral pattern, seasonal fruits, or summery pattern on a serving platter to add to your kitchen this season.
2. DIY Seashell Frame
Do you love coastal home design? If so, a DIY seashell frame will fit right in any space — your bedroom nightstand, living room bookshelf, or home office.
3. Homemade Sea Shell Ornaments
Celebrate Christmas in July by making some keepsake seashell ornaments. Whether you have a collection of shells from your summer beach trip or are looking for a summer memory to remember every year after, an ornament is the perfect summer craft.
4. Air Dry Clay Tic Tac Toe Board
I love a kitschy decor moment, so creating a tic-tac-toe board just makes perfect sense. Plus, it makes a fun conversation piece for a living room coffee table. There are so many variations of this craft, but I love how this one is in-season for summer.
5. Summer Bookmarks
Whether you’re on a vacation or find yourself reading more in the summer months, you’ll need a cute bookmark to save your page.
6. Sea Glass Seashell Turtle Art
Why not add a cute seasonal canvas art piece to your home? Made of a single seashell and some sea glass fragments, this turtle comes to life. The sand texture on the back of the canvas adds that coastal feel as well.
7. Paint a Summer Doormat
Making your own door mat for the season is so much fun. All you need is a coir mat, stencils and acrylic paint to create your own summer design.
8. DIY Painted Jenga
I’m outdoors all the time in the summer, and I love hanging out with friends and playing games on the patio. Painting Jenga blocks is such a creative way to change up the game. Your friends will have so much fun personalizing their own.
9. Painted Rocks
Collecting and painting rocks was one of my favorite summer crafts, so this craft is super nostalgic to me as an adult. Now I see these painted rocks as the perfect opportunity to use as a fun centerpiece on a living room coffee table. It’ll add color and art to your space.
10. Painted Wood Rounds
Painted wood rounds are an easy and cost-effective way to create art for your home. Once you’ve painted the round, add it to a shadow box frame to hang on your wall. Then, it’ll become a meaningful piece of art that you created with your friends.
11. DIY Painted Card Deck
Painted card decks have been all over my Pinterest feed recently, and I’m slightly obsessed. I love the idea of painting over a traditional deck to make it a beautiful piece of art you created. When you’re done painting the cards, you can play with them or preserve them in a frame.
12. Summer Bullet Journal
Make time to sit down and bullet journal with your besties this summer. It’s so therapeutic and a fun craft to work on as you talk and catch up.
13. DIY Painted Mason Jars
Turn a basic mason jar into a gorgeous lantern for burning tea candles. Use craft glass paint to add your own design to the air, or opt to mod podge some colored tissue paper to the outside. Watch the lantern light up with a warm glow on a summer night — it’s so whimsical!
14. Seashell Wooden Cross
Bring the ocean into your home with an adorable seashell art piece like this wooden cross with shells. This is such an easy craft that anyone can do — no matter their skill level.
15. Swimming Pool Pottery Bowl
Okay…have you seen anything more adorable than this swimming pool bowl? I’m obsessed and think it would be such an adorable craft for a girl’s night in.
16. Summer Phone Charms
Phone charms are super trendy this year, and it’s always fun to change them up every season. For summer, think of adding bright colored beads and themed charms.
17. Summer-Themed Needlepoint Craft
Over the past year, grandma hobbies like needlepoint have become super popular with Gen Z. I have to say, I’m 100% here for it. If you want to host a girls’ night, have everyone bring a new summer pattern to start.
Want to learn more about needlepoint? We share the top tips and recommendations for beginners in this article.
18. Beaded Lip Gloss Charms
Do you ever have to dump out your entire purse just to find your lip gloss? I pretty much am constantly rummaging through mine, so making a charm to attach to it will make it so much easier to find. This is a genius girls’ night craft everyone will be obsessed with.
19. Mini Painted Pots for Summer
Painting pots is such an easy and fun craft to add to your front porch in the summer. You can paint something as simple as a checkered design, or make a more elaborate flower design. Once you’re done, you can add some fresh herbs or flowers to the pot.
20. Birkenstock Shoe Charms
How cute are these Birk shoe charms? Add some bling to your summer Birkenstock outfits by adding a layer of beaded charms.
21. Personalized Altoid Tin
I have been seeing repurposed Altoid tin boxes all over my Pinterest feed. These would be such adorable keepsake boxes for mini Polaroid photos, prayer notes, or small trinket items.
