Crafts
Putting a stitch in Springtime
It’s the long Easter weekend coming up, and in case you get tired of chocolate (or want something to do that keeps your hands busy so you don’t unwrap it early) why not stop in? There’s a…
New style from old clothes
Looking to add some new style to your old clothes, consider Tie-Dying them. It’s a simple and fun exercise to add some new colour and make something fresh and exciting. Scrunch the clothes up, tie them…
Quick Sale: Patterns from 50p
It’s 2025, and Art and Craft Valley is welcoming it with a quick sale and a clear out! Knitting patterns in the discount box are now 50p each. The sale is while stocks last, so if you…
Transfer images with Mod Podge – or without?
Hope you all had a good Christmas, and now we are back after the break with another craft idea. There’s a technique floating around for a while that lets you make your own image transfers with a…
Block Printing for Kids
Here’s a new craft for kids of all ages (and if you think you are too old for this, you aren’t), with a fun introduction to Lino printing. These kits contain everything you need to get started…
Make your own Stained Glass for Christmas
For Christmas 2024, you can find a range of craft kits in store including Pyrography and calligraphy or even Rock Painting, but for this update we’re focusing on stained glass. There are always a range of ink…
Tutorial: Sequined Pudding decoration
Making sequin decorations with polystyrene shapes is an old technique. When I first encountered this forty years ago, it was called pinfleur, but since then it has been called pin-art, sequin art and many other names. Whatever…
Crafty Polystyrene shapes
Make your own Christmas Decorations, with these shapes as a useful base. There’s a range of shapes in stock, from basic shapes like rings and balls to more complicated cones and bells.# Make an indoor wreath by…
Christmas Materials
UPDATE: To celebrate 22 years of Art and Craft Valley in Coulsdon, get 20% off your Christmas fabrics in Dec 2024. Drop into the shop or call us on 0208 660 3222 to place a phone…
Canvasing the Neighbourhood
There’s a new range of canvases and painting equipment in at Art and Craft Valley – but mainly Canvases. Daler and Rowney Stretched Canvas are available in a range of sizes, so many in fact that they…
