a friend has recently bin unable to work & is house bound at the moment, shes very bored & wants something to do. any ideas apart from knitting would be great!
2006-11-24 02:35:09 · 16 answers · asked by sh24 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
Why not try making your own hand made cards, much appreciated by friends and family for the effort involved. Or why not try cross stitching - buy a magazine first and try one of the readily available kits attached to the mag. Either one will make time pass so quickly and leave you feeling like you have accomplished something.
2006-11-24 06:18:34 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If she's not working then she probably doesn't want a hobby which is expensive.
Patchwork or rag rug making can be interesting and cheap because friend will often donate scraps of fabric leftover from dressmaking, or old clothes; or one can just visit some jumble sales. I once made a lot of patchwork cushions from my daughter's summer dresses. As she grew up they eviked a lot of memories.
There are also a lot of relatively inexpensive paper crafts, including decoupage, scrapbooking and papier mache.
Reading can also be interesting - your friend could specialise in local history, tracing her family tree or catching up on her favourite authors.
Baking, sugarcrafts and confectionary might also appeal. If your friend becomes an expert then she could end up selling the results. I have a colleague who went to sugarcraft classes and now can ice cakes as well as any professional. She is often asked to do them for weddings.
It might be useful for her to join the local library. Then she could borrow books on some crafts and see which ones seem most interesting. If she can't go there in person then a friend could collect and return the books, though some mobile libraries wil visit the housebound. If this isn't possible then she could try searching the internet for information on anything which sounds interesting..
Another option (if she is not totally housebound) might be to join a crafts class if there are any local authority ceducation centres in her area. Or her local further education college may have some crafts classes.
I hope this helps.
2006-11-25 09:34:49 · answer #2 · answered by patricia c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's words puzzles, jigjaw puzzles, start writing a diary thinks about your life story?
Or better yet write letters to your friends and family member and let them know whats they means to you since its a hoilday season its perfect time to do it. Arrage all the old pictures in the book do some scarpbooking( I think thats what they are called?) Theres all kind of things to do but mostlly just do them because you want to and not cause you have to. Don't take on too BIG of a project just baby steps at first then see if you like it enought to keeps going. At the end you will have a nice book, your family and friends will have a nice letter. etc.. Good Luck :-)
2006-11-24 02:51:14 · answer #3 · answered by bottom dollar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if she's bored with knitting, she could try the Barbie clothes at the link below.
They're ideal projects, you're done before you have time to get tired of them. The site is in both Swedish and English.
And *everybody* knows a little girl with a Barbie....
2006-11-24 10:02:58 · answer #4 · answered by blueprairie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It actually depends on what exactly she likes and enjoys doing. She might read things that is of her interest or even she might finish some house works in the mean time that might have not done otherwise.
2006-11-24 03:11:29 · answer #5 · answered by km.mustafa 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is a big range she can crochet, latch hook is also fun i like doing everything. I bought some craft paint and beads, boxes and i am making boxes to make for jewelery or anything i sprayed them with white primer first and then paint them put beads also put fabric in the lids and bottoms with my glue gun very fun I also painted some cups with my kids had to go get paint for ceramics. to do that. there is more. just got to the nearest craft store.
2006-11-26 07:48:53 · answer #6 · answered by Dawn S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i know you said no knitting, but i do that, read a book, bake something, or she could always take an open university course where you study from home..
2006-11-24 06:18:49 · answer #7 · answered by gowdymail 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cross stitching,salt dough figures,selling on ebay,cake decorating,making preserves,buy a games console,make clothes on a sewing machine,baking,teddybear making...
2006-11-24 02:51:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Collecting coins, posting on yahoo answers, and other intenet forums like amazon to keep her busy.
2006-11-24 02:50:07 · answer #9 · answered by ╦╩╔╩╦ O.J. ╔╩╦╠═ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chat rooms or computer games are always a good start but what bout doing a home course or painting or just watching tv/dvds
2006-11-24 02:47:54 · answer #10 · answered by modstox11 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋