Our edge

EarthCraft’s project library features over 200 upcycling tutorials that turn household and garden waste into saleable crafts. Learn to convert tin cans into herb planters with decorative embossing, transform plastic bottles into vertical gardens, and repurpose cardboard into sturdy furniture prototypes. Each tutorial includes material-cost breakdowns, tool lists, safety notes (PPE, ventilation), and video walkthroughs. We test every project in real UK home settings—damp garages, small kitchens—to ensure reliability. Detailed “profit potential” guides show local craft-market pricing, helping you turn hobbies into micro-enterprises.

Our step-by-step video workshops are hosted by professional makers and eco-educators. Each session—candle-making from leftover wax, willow weaving, natural dyeing with onion skins—includes downloadable templates, troubleshooting tips, and Q&A segments. For beginners, we offer EarthCraft Starter Kits containing essential tools and materials. Advanced crafters can purchase speciality kits—glass-etching, metal-stamping, botanical resin casting. All kits use recycled or sustainably sourced components and come in minimal, compostable packaging.

The EarthCraft Materials Library catalogs over 100 common and seasonal resources—textile offcuts, driftwood, seed pods, fallen leaves—alongside their properties, collection methods, and prep techniques. Interactive maps show local drop-off points for plastic film, glass, and metal, plus foraging guidelines for natural materials under UK foraging laws. This centralized resource saves you time and ensures legal, ethical sourcing. Each entry links to relevant projects, so you can immediately put newly found materials to creative use.

We host quarterly EarthCraft Challenges—seasonal themes that spark innovation and community engagement. Past challenges have included “Plastic Tide Sculpture,” where participants contributed beach-found plastics to a nationwide art installation, and “Autumn Fibre Festival,” creating natural-dye tapestries for local galleries. Winning designs receive feature articles, small grants to develop prototypes, and exhibition slots at partner venues. Collaborative projects foster peer learning, celebrate ingenuity, and raise environmental awareness through public art.

EarthCraft partners with primary and secondary schools to deliver curriculum-linked craft-for-sustainability modules. Our lesson plans align with the UK National Curriculum (Art & Design, Design & Technology, Science) and Eco-Schools framework. We provide teacher training, classroom-friendly kits, and on-site workshops covering topics like “Waste-Free Christmas Crafts” and “Biomaterials Exploration.” Students learn creative problem-solving, environmental science, and practical skills—fostering the next generation of eco-makers.

We support crafters turning hobbies into income through our integrated EarthCraft Marketplace. Members can showcase and sell upcycled products, digital patterns, and workshop tickets. Our platform handles payments, postage-label generation, and VAT compliance. Built-in analytics track views, sales, and customer feedback, empowering makers to refine offerings. We also syndicate top sellers to partner eco-shops and farmers’ markets across the UK, expanding reach beyond the digital realm.