The world is full of artistic, superbly talented, and crafty individuals. But with so much noise on social media, the best of the best don’t always get the attention they deserve.
So, our team at Bored Panda has curated this list of some of the coolest and most impressive projects and designs from all over the internet, where people took their creativity to a whole other level. Scroll down for some genuine artistic inspiration and to remind yourself why thinking outside the box is so important.
#1 Little Frog Coin Purse
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#2 Made A Cat House, That Looks Like My Cat
It’s made out of 3mm sheet steel and out of a paper craft design. My cats run up the inside of it. One normally climbs up the tree, and the other goes in through the bottom leg and goes up inside the head and tries to push the other off. Cats are great.
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#3 I Tried To Capture This Good Girl In Wool
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#4 Homemade Cartoon Cake Slice
Inside is a banoffee cake with vanilla Swiss meringue buttercream and filled with dulce de leche, biscoff spread, and biscoff biscuits for an added crunch to each bite.
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#5 Snail Tea Pot
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#6 Grief Sympathy Card. A Condolence Card For A Close Friend Who Lost Their Mother
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#7 Handmade Stained Glass Book Ends With Mushrooms
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#8 Iron-On Patches To Cover Cat-Scratched Couch
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#9 Framed Tufting Artwork. I Designed This Japanese Landscape And Made A Frame For It So That It Would Accentuate The Waterfall
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#10 I Painted The Edges Of These LOTR Books. I Used Japanese Poster Paints, Which Are Really Similar To Gouache. Made These As A Birthday Present For Someone
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#11 Crochet Skeleton. Took Me About 2 Years
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#12 I Crocheted My Prom Dress
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#13 I Made A Giant Bouquet Of Flowers Out Of Paper
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#14 I Made This 6’ Tall Steel And Stone Dancer
Titled “Havasu Dancer” I made her from stainless steel and Arizona river rock. I hand-picked the rock to get the purple heavy color palette.
Image source: mccallistersculpture, Ryan McCallister
#15 I Did My Best Friend’s Nails
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#16 I Made A Vase
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#17 My Oil Painting On A Newspaper
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#18 I Competed In The Dallas Quilt Show And Was Bummed Not To Be Awarded Anything. I’m Still So Proud Of My Work
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#19 My Take On The Gelatin Island Cake. It Is Inspired By A Little Spot We Used To Go Fishing At As Kids. What A Joy It Was To Make
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#20 Foama Lisa vs. Mona Latté?
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#21 Pull Apart Rugs I’ve Made
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#22 Stair Runner Snake Rug I Made. I Made 8 Of These 25-Foot-Long Snakes For A Hotel In San Diego Called The Lafayette. These Are Hand-Tufted, Made With Wool Yarn
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#23 The God Of Potatoes, Part Of My Project Of Building Shrines To God’s That Probably Don’t Exist
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#24 I Took A Class For This Roll Cake. Heartbreaking To Cut Into It
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#25 Made A Wood Resin Comb
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#26 Just Finished A Resin Lamp For My Friend’s Birthday. She Is A Huge Fan Of Toothless
I made it with wood and epoxy resin. I crafted each small figure inside the lamp, attached them to a foam board, painted them, then fixed them onto the base, and finally poured resin into the mold.
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#27 I Built A Backyard Treehouse
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#28 My Parents Planted An Apple-Tree When I Was Born. I Made A Bookshelf Out Of It
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#29 Really Happy With How My Windows 95 Microsoft Paint Mirror Turned Out
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#30 Painted My White Headphones
I bought these ugly white headphones to save money – they were $10 cheaper than the nicer-looking black pair. But then I spent $16 on paint markers to make them prettier.
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#31 A Snowy Embroidery Project Heavily Inspired By Narumi Takada
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#32 I Embroidered This Handsome Fella’s Portrait. He Took 50-60 Hours And More Than 40 Colors Of Floss
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#33 Finished My Graduation Shoes. I Just Graduated With My Master’s To Become A Pediatric Registered Dietitian And Wanted Some Fun Shoes To Walk Across The Stage In
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#34 One Of My Carving I’m The Most Proud Of
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#35 Statue Makeup Look
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#36 Picked Up A Stone In The Forest And Gave It A New Life On My Belt
The stone was very small, and I wanted to make two screws, so I had to work extremely carefully and slowly. I was afraid it might crack, leaving me with no spare. But everything went well.
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#37 Turkey Vulture Sculpture That I Made With Vintage Typewriters
My name is Ricky. I’m a metal sculptor who uses repurposed metal to create art. I wanted to share with you guys this vulture that I welded together using some vintage broken typewriter parts, along with an old calculating machine and some other scrap metal. I put over 80 hours into this piece and im pretty pleased with the way it came out.
Image source: Rickdadick450
#38 Just Finished! I Always Wanted To Draw One Of These
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#39 First Beaded Portrait
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#40 Apple Pie With Sanding Sugar Topping
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#41 In Memory Of Sunday. A Lovely Little Lady That Enjoyed Batting Plants, Sitting On Pizza Boxes, And Rolling Onions Across The Floor
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#42 Konza Prairie, Made Of Air-Dry Clay
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#43 Bleached Clothing I’ve Made
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#44 I Often Forget What Food I Have In My Fridge, So I Create Them
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#45 My Niece Received Her Quilt
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#46 A Bust Carving In Basswood (Based On My Wife)
It doesn’t really look like her in the end… but that’s ok! I’m still happy with it. My goal was to carve my most “lifelike” piece yet, and I think it probably is that. Having a live model is so helpful, even if your carving doesn’t resemble the model that much, it will probably help your work.
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#47 I’m A Quilter Who Saves Every Scrap. I Made This Dumbledore Quilt Using All Of The Tiny Scraps From My Stash
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#48 I Made A Bag Out Of Tags. Over 500+ Tags Used, With Two Fully Adjustable Straps That Can Link Together To Create A Longer Strap
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#49 Made This Dress From A Goodwill Bedsheet
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#50 Finally Finished My Hobbit Hole After Fifteen Months. “The Shire At Dawn”. I Can’t Believe It’s Done
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#51 Super Proud Of This One
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#52 Finished Carving These 8ft-Tall Archangels Michael And Gabriel In Brazilian Granite
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#53 I Sculpted An Eye Inside An Oyster. It’s Quietly Staring At A Tiny Pearl
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#54 I Ruined 100 Needles To Make A Kate Spade-Inspired Croc Purse
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#55 Our Deck Table Cracked, So I Repurposed The Legs And Made A Custom Tile Mosaic Top
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#56 I Had The Honor Of Painting The Casket Of A Friend’s Grandmother
I came and painted it in the funeral home. The Cardinals represent her, her son, and her husband who passed before her. She also loved purple, cheetah print and sparkles.
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#57 Took Me So Many Tries But I Finally Finished My Beaded Puffer Fish Pattern
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#58 I Crafted A Single-Color, Marilyn-Inspired Word-Search That Slowly Reveals The Portrait As You Solve It
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#59 I Spent An Embarrassing Amount Of Time Making 60 Feet Of Giant Christmas Lights (That Actually Light Up)
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#60 A Ceramic Sculpture I Made This Year
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#61 Heard We Were Doing Egg Rugs Now
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#62 Newest Rugs I’ve Completed
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#63 I Made A Craft Utility Vest So That I Never Have To Stop Crafting
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#64 Chess Set My Son And I Made From Hardware Parts
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#65 I Had Thousands Of Sprinkles, A Pair Of Tweezers And A Dream. 22 Hours Later, Van Gogh’s Starry Night Was Completed
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#66 I Made This Mug Holding Himself
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#67 Micromosaic Fish Ring
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#68 This Embroidery Piece Has My First Ever Knitting Sample Sewn Onto It
This piece was very cathartic to create, because it involved me learning the craft I was highlighting. This piece is a reminder for us to remember and honour those who weave our clothing, even if we never met them.
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#69 Made This Octopus String Art For My Mom For Mother’s Day. She’d Been Wanting It For Years. I’m So Excited To Give It To Her
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#70 I Crocheted With Copper Wire To Make This Labradorite Necklace
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#71 Painted Using Bleach. I’ve Been Doing This Consistently For 2 Years Now. With No Experience In Art Or Painting At All
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#72 And It’s A Girl! My New Creation Is Baby Cheetah
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#73 I Made My Donkey An Insulated Hat So He Could Go Out In The Snow
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#74 Sharing My Handmade Lily Of The Valley Ring
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#75 I Crocheted My Dog And She’s Not Sure About It
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#76 Made A Little Bear Friend To Hold My Glasses
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#77 I Knitted 0.08 Micron Thin 999k Pure Silver Wires With A Needle, Made A Bracelet And Oxidized Them
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#78 Pearl Watercolor Hand Painting
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#79 A Leather Bag With Wooden Inserts That I Made
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#80 I Crocheted A Parasol
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#81 A Micro Museum For My Mini Rock Collection
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#82 I Made A Glass Neck Tie
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#83 I Made A Spider Out Of Glass. This Is My Favourite Colour Combination
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#84 I Made Ceramic Peanuts
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#85 Overripe Banana I Sculpted For A Friend- It Has No Function Other Than To Be An Imposter And A Deceiver
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#86 Ceramic Kitchen Sponge
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#87 My 3D Paper Models
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#88 I Painted Birch Trees On My Window
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