With the worldwide pandemic ravaging the world, many people find more free time on their hands than they can remember. After all, going out is not really an option at the moment, and nobody knows when it will be.
But it turns out, idle hands are capable of incredible things. And thanks to the subreddit “Something I Made,” which has people sharing their most incredible pieces of work, we now have a full collection of handmade goodness for our eyes to feast on.
From an incredible dinosaur costume built from PVC pipes and foam and a "Game Over" cross-stitch piece, to pants purposefully constructed with pockets deep enough to fit a TV remote and beer, these are some mad DIY skills that may spark your inner go-doer and maker that has been deep asleep all this time.
#1 The Bridge, Another Cat Tree I Just Finished
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#2 My First Attempt At Making A Leather Handbag. The Hand Stitching Took Forever!
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#3 My Mom Hand Cut And Stained All The Pieces For This Wall. I Think It's Beautiful And She Deserves Some Props.
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#4 An Origami Koi Fish That I Made With A US $1 Bill For My Tip Jar At Work
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#5 I Built A Backyard Treehouse As A Quarantine Project
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#6 I Made A Portrait Of German Shepherd With Soft Pastels And Pastel Pencils. What Do You Think?
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#7 I Am Groot
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#8 My Parents Planted An Apple-Tree When I Was Born. Sadly, The Tree Died A Few Weeks Ago, So I Made A Bookshelf Out Of It
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#9 I Run An All-Volunteer Trail Crew That Specializes In Good Old-Fashioned Technical Stonework. Here Is What We Make!
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#10 I Made Sleeping Bengal Kitties Out Of Glass
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#11 I Made A Stained Glass Of My Friend's Watercolor Painting
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#12 I Made This Needle Felted Albino Bat
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#13 Made A Purple Ombre Wisteria Mobile Out Of Felt
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#14 After Being Laid Off In April I Spent The Last 2 1/2 Months Building This Playhouse For My Kids. I Have No Construction Experience, Just A Lot Of Youtube Tutorials. I’m Very Happy With How It Turned Out.
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#15 I Made A Mountain Napkin Holder From Some Offcuts. Saw The Design In Metal And Thought It Would Look Nice Made Out Of Wood As Well
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#16 I Made A Dress Out Of The Leaves In My Garden. It Was Either This Or Rake Them All Up, Seemed A Shame For Them To Go To Waste.
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#17 I Made This
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#18 I Painted A Whole Bunch Of Rocks During Quarantine!
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#19 I Made This Mini Lime Out Of Polymer Clay!
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#20 My Heart Was Heavy The Past Few Weeks And Naturally That Pours Out Into My Work And Made This Dress. I Hope Everyone Is Hanging In There Mentally, Change Will Come Here In Africa ❤️ #endinjustice
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#21 I Made A Phone Stand To Turn Your Smartphone In A Cozy Fireplace
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#22 Friends, What Do You Think Of This My Handmade Dress?
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#23 My Mom Is Learning How To Sew. This Chair-Cover Cooking Set Is Her Latest Creation
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#24 I Made Something Horrible, Or Awesome. I Honestly Can't Tell
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#25 Bragging About My Mugs
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#26 I Made 3-Prong Wooden Hair Fork With Cat Ears Headband
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#27 I Paint With Bleach!
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#28 My Goal For This Year Was To Finish This Painting, And I Did Took Me 3 Months. I Know It’s Not 100% Perfect But I’m A Bit Proud
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#29 My Wife Asked For A Gold Bicycle. I Bought An Old 70’s Ross Kids Bike And Turn It Into A Low Rider.
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#30 Trash Fort With Green Roof
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#31 I Wanted To Paint My Cat, But Doing All Of Her Seemed Hard, So I Just Did The Easy Parts
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#32 Finally Had Success With Resin Lacing!
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#33 First Place Not Renting, First Mural In 7 Years
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#34 I've Started Painting Over Cards During My Zoom Classes
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#35 I Really Wanted Wallpaper In Our Bathroom, But I Couldn’t Afford It...so I Painted It! I Used Leftover Paint Samples From Another Project. I Hand Sketched The Flowers Based On A Marimekko Pattern
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#36 Hi! I Decorate Masks With Any Junk Bought At A Flea Market
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#37 I Finally Finished My Giant Stained Glass Hippo And I'm Dying Because It Looks So Good!!
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#38 I Repainted A Cabinet (I Got For Free!) And Wanted To Share
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#39 Wire And Clay Whippet I Just Finished - With A Heart Of Gold
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#40 I Crocheted My Own Baby Groot
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#41 My Daughters "Sally Witch" Costume I Crocheted
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#42 I Painted Flowers All Over My Scooter Helmet With Paint Pens And Sharpies!
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#43 A Burnt Marshmallow Plush I Made. So Happy With The Result!!
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#44 Part 2: The Results Are In. I’ve Made A Total Of 29 Bees In My 11 Days Of Crocheting
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#45 After Searching For A Contractor For Months And Getting Bids At 10k Plus I Decided To Attempt This Myself With No Tools And Experience. Cost Me $2500 In Materials And $500 In New Tools. It’s Not Perfect But Am Super Proud Of The Results.
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#46 I Work With Resin And Made ‘Orion’s Belt’ Inspired By The Mib Movie!
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#47 A Cosplay I Did Of Lo-Fi Girl To Pay Homage To All The Hours She Helped Me Stay Productive
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#48 My Husband Snores And My Daughter Rotates In The Bed So I Haven’t Slept Well In Four Years...converted The Closet In The Office Into My Own Personal Bed
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#49 Partner And I Hand Made A Sliding Door Over The Weekend! What Do You Think?
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#50 Made A Giant Squid Out Of Microfleece, 'Cause Why Not?
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#51 I Built This For A Family In Columbus Oh, But I’m 100% Going To Build A Full Sized One As My House Next
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#52 Made This Beautiful Vintage Dress For My Engagement Photos And Just A Mini Shoot! Aiming To Make My Entire Wardrobe To Be Vintage
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#53 I Made A Stained Glass Quilt!
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#54 I Made This Cute Bernie Sanders Toy
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#55 Boredom After Work Has LED Me To Start Making These And Dropping Them Off At Random Peoples Driveways To Hopefully Boost Some Spirits
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#56 Made These Glass Piano Jewelry Boxes A Bit Ago In Support Of Pride!
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#57 I Made A Snow Venus Last Night!!!
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#58 I Painted Some Memes
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#59 I'm A 16 Yr Old Blacksmith And I Forged This Whale Bottle Opener :) Hope You Like It!
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#60 A Little Weekend Project My Wife And I Just Finished
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#61 My Fiancée Made Me My Wedding Band Out Of The Skateboard She Bought Me 10 Years Ago
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#62 Loving The Contrast On This Mug I Painted
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#63 Made These Two Looks Based On How I Grew Up In Soweto, A Township In South Africa In Tribute To My Grandmother
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#64 My Grandma Bought Me This Chair So I Doodled On It
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#65 I Made A Mid Century Modern Mailbox Thing
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#66 I Found An Old Bicycle Frame In The Woods And Made This Glass Mosaico
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#67 Finished This Ernie Sweater In July, Now It’s Chilly Enough To Wear 24/7!
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#68 I Made A Dress For My Eldest Daughter Evangeline
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#69 I Made A Flag. My Family And I Are Unable To March, But We Want To Join The Peaceful Protesters Marching For Change And Reform. So To Show Solidarity, I Made A Flag
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#70 It Took 3 Months, But My 7 Year Old Finally Finished His First Nightstand! Loads Of Supervision, Patience, And Hands On Hands Cuts With The Saws From Me, But He Legit Did 90+% Of The Work. The White Cabinet Is So He Can Cover It With Stickers. Build Info In Comments
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#71 I Made This Large Macrame Lotus For A Fellow Redditor... Excuse The Dopey Smile I’m Just So Happy With It!!
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#72 Another Project I Made Over Quarantine
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#73 Sometimes I Make Art That Looks Like This
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#74 Me And My Girlfriend Painted Our Wall This Saturday! I Loved The Result
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#75 An Oil Painting I Made Today Called The Skullet
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#76 I Make Layered Animals Out Of Birch Wood. This Is 7 Layers. Hope You Like
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#77 I’m Only 16 But I Built A Hardwood Desk Out Of 2 Sheets Of 4x8 Maple Plywood.
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#78 One Of My Commissioned Oil Painting! Would Love To Hear Your Thoughts/Feedback
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#79 I Made These Ramen Charms! I'm Making More To Post On Etsy
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#80 My Koi Pond With Duckweed I Hand-Embroidered
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#81 I Made A Replacement Puzzle Piece For My Daughters Puzzle!
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#82 I Make Afrofuturistic Hair Ornaments Called Headcrests. This Is My First Prototype Of A Full Face Design!
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#83 Wife Wanted A Coffee Table, So We Went And Built One Out Of Recycled Lumber. Total Monetary Investment: $4.67
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#84 I Made This Painting For My Boyfriend And I’m Very Proud Of It!
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#85 Turns Out Carpentry Is Hard When You Don't Know Anything About It. Couldn't Find A Plant Stand In The Size I Wanted, So I Built One
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#86 After 40 Hours And A Lot Of Black Embroidery Floss, I Finally Finished This Crow Embroidery!
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#87 Because Of The Quarantine I Have A Lot Of Time On My Hand Decided To Finish One Sewing Project Per Day. Here Is Today's Project
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#88 This Started As A White Fan. I Customized It For My Son's Room
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#89 I Made A "Game Over" Cross Stitch Piece!
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#90 I Built A Dinosaur Costume Of Pvc Pipes And Foam. Thought I'd Share It Here
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#91 Commission Of 18 Mugs I Did For A Tea Shop!
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#92 I Made Another Crochet Donut Blanket!
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#93 Made This Dress This Week, Lockdown In South Africa So Keeping Busy
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#94 Found This Cute Fruity Fabric And Decided To Make A Cute Summer Milkmaid Dress This Week
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#95 So I Thought I Would Show Off My Latest Project. I Finally Had My Designs Made Into Nepalese Silk And Stitched To Make Pallazzo Pants.
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#96 Home Decor During Quarantine
#97 The First Series I Started During The Pandemic Are These Corona Plague Doctors (Brooches)
#98 Lord Ganesha
#99 I Finally Started Merging My Passions And Began Making A Line Of Equine Art Jewelry Too
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