Were you one of the awesome people who used the time in quarantine wisely and came up with awesome projects? No? Well, worry not and come join the club! But before joining the aforementioned club, check out what these 30 creative and handy people were up to during the time of lockdown. From crocheting to landscaping, these projects are all kinds of awesome! Whether you need a spark of inspiration for your own project or simply an enjoyable activity for the next 10 minutes, scroll down below to see all the entries and vote for the ones you liked the most!
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#1 My quarantine project. Digital design, laser cut into 10 layers of plywood, stained brown. No name
"This is 10 separate 3mm thick pieces of plywood. All the depth you see are cuts in the individual sheets. No engraving. I use a 500mm x 700mm red and black Chinese laser and feed the material through the machine on the wider axis. So the finished piece is more like 695mm x 1500mm."
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395points
#2 My COVID project. Yard and paint
"Not including the fence my total cost for yard and repainting was under $1,000... so not actually that much money for the difference it made"
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391points
#4 Covid-19 DIY project
"I put a whole bunch of road base underneath it, about 600kg worth in the end, which will help with drainage. The longest part was getting the ground cleared and somewhat even."
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340points
#5 Quarantine Project #2 : A Bunk Bed for My Son’s GLASSES
"I started thinking about making a shelf for my husbands glasses and tiny bunk beds popped in my head and I was like “Yes!”"
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297points
#6 We don't have space for a dining table in our apartmant, so I have made a walnut lift-top table. (inspiration from Make Something YouTube channel)
"This is where I got the inspiration.
However, I have done it a bit differently, using cross-joints at the corners and sized it to match my previous table, as I've found that the right size. I did not use any plans since it's quite straight forward to cut it.
I tried to find the pivot locally, however, I could not find anything at a reasonable price here in Europe, so I ended up buying from China."
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297points
#7 Craig is loving his quarantine cat castle. Especially now that it includes open patios at perfect heights for swatting at human heads
"I think just trial and error. Don’t cut out too many doorways (that compromises the structural integrity). Make sure it’s against a wall. Make sure it has a strong base- the bottom boxes on ours are extra sturdy. Edit: Maybe even try it on a corner for more wall support. You can thumb tack the upper boxes into the wall."
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290points
#8 My quarantine project! I am a xray technologist by day and made a mascot for my department to add some fun during these stressful times!
"Pattern by Crafty Deb Designs."
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280points
#9 Before and after of my marathon of a backyard project
"The number of steps involved is insane. Digging trenches for irrigation, leveling the base layer of bricks, running a drainage line, backfilling the wall, laying landscape fabric over the top, planting, irritating, etc.)
When I started it seemed like something I could totally knock out in a few weekends, and then I learned that I am either a very slow worker, or there was WAYYYYYY more work to do things right than I anticipated."
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276points
#10 My covid project
"Honestly if I didn't have 5 weeks off and hired a painter it would of been another story. [It cost] probably around 2400 dollars with zero labor"
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#11 Made a miniature Simpsons ’polly pocket’ thing!
"I made if from Palight! It’s like a thin, dense foam"
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250points
#12 First quarantine project finished. {Pattern: Autumn mandala rainbow by NoussaCreation on Etsy}
"This is only my third cross stitch ever. I had to frog sections a few times because my count was off, but I still had fun. It had very little back stitching, and that's the only part I'm not happy with. My back stitching could really use some work."
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249points
#13 My covid-19 project...
There was an old fiberglass insert before. I bought this as a distressed property, there was black mold in the basement. I removed all the drywall, insulation, electrical (because of rat damage), couple walls and had the black mold remediated long before lockdown.Used materials left over from other projects, so [the budget] is hard to tell, $3000 maybe?
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241points
#14 First quarantine project complete. A plant holder for my girlfriend
"It actually has adjustable feet on the bottom for uneven surfaces. I didn’t want to add wheels since it would be holding ceramic pots."
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232points
#15 Second quarantine project, mountain shelves for my son's big boy room using simple pine board. Almost embarrassingly simply compared to the master pieces on this sub, but I'm proud of how it came out, especially the white cap
"1/4" ply for the front caps cut with a jig saw and then a cheap foam brush for painting the sides. Found it easiest to mark the distance down each side to paint after cutting out the ply caps and then use the foam brush to "push" the paint and make a crisp straight line with the end of the brush. Turned out better then when I tried to paint a straight line by hand while moving the brush side to side."
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231points
#16 Actually managed to finish one of many quarantine projects lol
"I did a stitch called a French knot it’s easy to do although takes up a lot of thread! The green used up 5 skiens of thread!! And this is a small hoop. Originally was going to do it on a bigger one then I realised I would keep having to order more and more thread until I could finish it!"
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227points
#18 Our quarantine project was screening in and decorating the back porch. Having this to look forward to gets me through my insane work days!
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#19 Zero waste quarantine project: I made a baby doll for my daughter out of clothing scraps, remnants, and thrifted yarn. Stuffing is an old cotton apron I shredded
"I literally just sat and snipped tiny pieces of apron apart with fabric scissors, it was very tedious. It did come out kind of lumpy, it's hard to tell in the picture. I added some leftover yarn inside her body cavity to make that part a little more squishy."
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203points
#20 My Covid-19 and first ever woodworking project. Sofa armrest with integrated wireless charger and usb pass through
"My first ever woodworking project since school... integrated wireless charging and controller/remote holder. Usb passes through to a hub off the back of the sofa. I was fed up with trailing cables and not something stable to put a beer on in the evenings! Stained ebony and multiple coats of wax.
Designed in Microsoft word and made with basic tools.
Made a number of mistakes and lessons learnt, but did all this from my apartment lounge over the course of a week sawdust EVERYWHERE!!
I do have a number of photos that I took in making it that I can link to if anyone is interested."
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197points