• Discover Crafts

• Get Essential Craft Supplies

• Give Great Craft Gifts

• Find Crafts on eBay

• Buy Crafts With Confidence

Discover Crafts

Discover Crafts

Get started with that hobby you always wanted to enjoy. First, consider your budget and level of knowledge of the craft. eBay’s Crafts category has an abundance of supplies and tools that your local store may not, everything from retired Stampin' Up rubber stamps to upholstery fabric and tools to leather skins and pelts.

Learn the basics

If you’re a beginner, consider purchasing instructional materials and simple tools. There are instructional books and videos available on painting, sewing, knitting, quilting, embroidery, and much more.

Dover has books on needlework and glass patterns. Annie Lang releases books on embroidery and polymer clay. If you want to improve your painting skills, look for a Donna Dewberry book, DVD, or video set to guide you through the process.

You’ll find a range of items that will fit your budget, like student paints or artists’ paints for the more experienced artist. Beginners interested in leatherworking may try a basic leatherworking kit, whereas someone with more experience may want an expanded kit.

If you’re just starting to scrapbook, you may want to try templated kits from Creative Memories before you move on to more intricate details like sewing on pages, voice recorded inserts, and embellishments.

Research unique crafts

No matter where your interests lie, you’re sure to find the right tools and supplies on eBay. Maybe you’re looking for exotic lumber for a building project, or you’re looking for beads made of rare gems, like zircon or black spinel. Get supplies for even hard-to-find crafts like mosaic tiling, gilding, or quilting. You can also find crafts practiced in other countries, like Temari, the ancient Japanese art of threading balls.

Don’t forget the kids

Get your kids involved with arts and crafts too! It encourages their creativity, and builds their motor and other developmental skills. For younger kids, try crayon sets, washable paints, and countless craft kits like those from Klutz crafts. For older kids, look for 3D kits, craft kits, model kits, and art projects. And don’t be afraid to get involved yourself, especially when introducing young children to crafts.

Get Essential Craft Supplies

Get Essential Craft Supplies

No matter what your favorite craft projects are, you’re bound to find everything you need on eBay.

• Bead art: Whether you’re making jewelry, creating a unique lamp, or embellishing a piece of clothing, you’ll find bead art supplies, including beads made of precious gems, glass, crystal, metal, or plastic in countless shapes and sizes.    

• Ceramics & pottery: If you want to create handmade ceramics & pottery you’ll find molds, clays, glazes & paint, tools, kilns, & pottery wheels, and even ready-to-paint pieces.    

• Fabric, textiles & handwork: A myriad of textile and fabric crafting supplies are available, including crocheting, cross-stitch, knitting, lace making, latch & rug hooking, macramé, needlepoint, embroidery, sewing, quilting, spinning, weaving, and, of course, fabric and embellishments in countless colors and materials.

• Painting & drawing: Whether you enjoy traditional painting and drawing, or decorative tole painting, you’ll find a large selection of oil and acrylic paint, paint brushes, palettes, canvases, and other painting supplies.

• Home & designer crafts: From floral supplies and upholstery to framing & matting and tatouage, there are a wide variety of crafts that will help you spruce up your home. 

• Family crafts: Get the kids involved in creative kid-friendly crafts and create a lifetime of family memories with scrapbooking. You can find everything from Creative Memories to Sizzix and QuicKutz, plus a robust amount of hard-to-find retired items from Creative Memories, Sizzix, and Stampin’ Up. You can also find pens and markers if you are into the new trend of journaling in your scrapbook. Pictures might be worth a thousand words, but why not add them to your scrapbook and pass on words of wisdom. 

• Traditional and old world crafts: From candle & soap making, basketry, leathercraft, metalworking, and woodworking, to glass arts, tile mosaic, paper crafts & origami, you’ll find everything you need to continue traditional crafting techniques from around the world.

If you’re buying in bulk, look into wholesale lots. A “lot” of supplies may include everything you need to get started with a craft. Search for “lot” in the craft you are interested in, as sellers on eBay will include that in their title. A scrapbooking lot might include die cuts, albums, and paper, while a knitting lot might include numerous needles and yarn.

If you can’t find what you’re looking for, try general art & craft supplies for everything from glue guns and storage containers to gourds, styrofoam, and feathers.

Give Great Craft Gifts

Give Great Craft Gifts

Crafts make wonderful gifts during the holidays or year-round. Whether you give quilts, painted primitive pieces, pottery, or a handcrafted purse, you’ll know you’re giving a unique gift. Create your own crafts to give as personal presents to friends or family, or look for the various handcrafted items available from around the world.

Here are a few ideas to help you get started:

• Get ribbon of any color or length for decorating gifts or gift baskets. Ribbon belts are also a hot trend and you can find both the ribbon and belt loops on eBay!

• A Sizzix machine with dies in different shapes and stamps are perfect for making your own greeting cards or embellishing a scrapbook.

• Look for rubber stamps like Stampin’ Up, which makes a range of stamps for greeting cards, scrapbooks, and any other paper craft.

Find Crafts on eBay

Find Crafts on eBay

Once you know what type of craft you want, go to the Crafts portal and start searching for item listings on eBay.

• Categories: The Categories list on the left side of each page will help you narrow down your listings by item type. You'll find links for Bead Art, Fabric, Sewing Machines, Scrapbooking, Rubber Stamping & Embossing, Quilting, Yarn, and more. As you dig deeper into the site, you'll be able to further narrow down your choices. 

• Keyword search: Search eBay listing titles for specific words. For example, if you want to find Bob Ross paints, type "Bob Ross" (without quotation marks) into the Search box. Click "Search title and description" to expand your results. Visit eBay's Search Tips page for more tips on searching with keywords.

If you can't find exactly what you want, try shopping eBay Stores, tell the eBay Community what you want by creating a post on Want It Now, or save a search on My eBay and eBay will email you when a match becomes available.

Buy Crafts With Confidence

Buy Crafts With Confidence

Before making your purchase, make sure you know exactly what you're buying, research your seller, and understand how eBay and PayPal protect you.

Know your purchase

Carefully read the details in item listings.

• Figure delivery costs into your final price. If you spend a lot of money, make sure the seller will insure the item when it ships.

• If you want more information, ask by clicking the "Ask seller a question" link under the seller's profile.

• Always make sure to complete your transaction on eBay (with a bid, Buy It Now, or Best Offer). Transactions conducted outside of eBay are not covered by eBay protection programs.

• Never pay for your eBay item using instant cash wire transfer services through Western Union or MoneyGram. These payment methods are unsafe when paying someone you do not know.

Know your seller

Research your seller so you feel positive and secure about every transaction.

• What is the seller's Feedback rating? How many transactions have they completed? What percentage of positive responses do they have?

• What do buyers say in their Feedback? Did the seller receive praise?

• Most top eBay sellers operate like retail stores and have return policies. Do they offer a money-back guarantee? What are the terms and conditions?

Buyer protection

In the unlikely event that a problem arises during your transaction, eBay and PayPal are there for you.

• Pay safely with PayPal: PayPal enables you to pay without the seller ever seeing your bank account or credit card numbers. In fact, PayPal protects buyers 100% against unauthorized payments from their accounts. Plus, with PayPal Buyer Protection, your purchase can be covered up to $1,000.

• eBay Security & Resolution Center: Visit the Security & Resolution Center to learn how to protect your account and use eBay's quick and efficient resolution tools.