What were some homemade crafts in WWII, that you can do today?

Answer 1

WWII was a time for saving and scrimping.
The best raw materials were set aside for the war effort. Even cigarettes gave up green ink so it could be used in military dye. So, recycling wasn't something done for the environment, it was done to get by ....day by day.
Fabric was rationed to three yards for a dress length and every scrap was used to make something.
Crazy quilts, scrap craft toys, rag dolls, soft sculpture toys, stuffed animals.
Recycled crafts such as cutting the worn parts out of a table cloth and making a set of placemats from the left overs, or aprons or a new sash belt to dress up an older dress.
Homemade items such as crocheted doilies or table runners, Knit items -mittens, sweaters, hats, anything you could knit....
Gloves and hats matched the belt or the handbag and were all homemade.
Paper party hats, and christmas ornaments of saved papers and wrapping, anything you could do by hand that was made from what you have that didn't require a trip to the craft store.
My grandmother had a broken necklace and she sewed the pearls onto hankies she embroidered for gifts. Those pearls showed up in hankies, slips, dresser scarves and an embroidered wall hanging.
Families grew victory gardens to supplement their diets, so a vegetable garden was a WWII craft too.
Wooden toys were made by the man with the skill to do it and he traded his wood toys or cabinets or whatever for ladies who knitted or sewed things he wanted or needed. Bartering was almost a craft.

Answer 2

Beer and spirits made at home for domestic use. These were in short supply during WWII. Keep a mason jar of 'shine handy for visitors so they'll get discourged and go buy their own but age my better efforts. Offer the following for beer at minimum expense: Collect 1 lb. of spruce tree tips and tree branches up to one quarter inch diameter. Add spruce to water filled kettle atop open fire. Boil until bark peels off. Fork out spruce debris. Add two quarts heavy molasses.
As kettle boils anew scrape away scum froth. Take off fire when scum free. Pour into larger kettle having lid. Let second kettle cool mixture until metal is warm as mothers milk. Then add a best guess measure of cooking yeast and stir it in. After that leave liquid alone 2 or 3 days in cool dry location with cover on kettle. Is settling occurs add boiling water to make up the difference. Resulting spruce beer will not keep potable more than three days. This procedure dates back to 1780 North America. Invite the Redcoats.

Answer 3

A Coat of many colors, like Dolly Parton had.

There doing it again with sraps of fabric, sew onto an exhisting jacket. Just crooked stripes with a piece of the jacket about an inch showing then another stripe in a different color.

Answer 4

Wait for a occasion or festival in your apartment in which their are stalls put your craft items in one of the tables present thier

Answer 5

Quilts, rag rugs, building stick furniture, knitting, crocheting.