As the days grow longer and the flowers begin to bloom, there’s no better time to gather your gal pals for a cozy and creative girls’ night in. Who wants to deal with crowded bars or overpriced dinners? This spring, let’s ditch the crowded bars and overpriced food that doesn’t even taste good. A girls’ night IN is the perfect vibe. You can chill, chat, and make some cute crafts. I’ve rounded up 5 trendy and easy craft ideas that are perfect for a relaxing and fun-filled evening. It’s the perfect way to unwind with the girlies you adore. You can make it a more fancy event with a dress code, or for a casual chill hangout session. These also make great solo date ideas if you just want some me time.
Acrylic Pressed Flower Bookmarks
This is the perfect spring craft idea! I love the idea of decorating an acrylic bookmark with flowers. This is relatively easy, though the flowers are more delicate so you do have to be more gentle than the other crafts. But they are just so dainty and elegant. This would also be a fun as a book club activity, or as part of a book club. You have the option to hand pick your flowers, and put them in a book to let them dry. That takes more time, so if you like doing that, its also a great way to get outdoors and pick the flowers. You can also opt to buy real pressed flowers that are already dried and pressed. They have the kit that comes with 140 pieces, or the 167 pieces of wild flowers (they’re both super colorful and great quality).
You’ll also need:
- Acrylic bookmarks( a variety of shapes, or semicircle – these also come with the colorful tassles so you don’t need to buy them separately)
- Matte modge podge
- Paint brushes
First you’ll peel off the protective plastic from the acrylic bookmarks (it will be shiny and clear when you take it off). You can play around with the placement of flowers before gluing them down. You’ll take your paint brush and modge podge and paint onto the bookmark first, then gently place the flowers on top, and press gently so it’ll stick. Continue to do this until your design is completed. Once its all done, gently paint another coat of modge podge on top of it to seal the flowers. Be gentle with this as the flowers are quite delicate. Let them dry and you can keep it for yourself or gift it to someone else.
Pro tip: You can save the dried flowers for other craft projects, like glass picture frames, a hanging glass decoration, or candle decorating. An alternative for this craft is to use acrylic paint markers and just draw on the bookmarks, it would be less messy, and easier.
Coloring Books
Ok okay so this is probably the most easy craft to do. Some might even say that’s not crafting, but it is!! I was also thinking this is an easy outdoor craft that you can take with you, and go do a cute little picnic. Or to chill outside with, and its not messy at all. It’s also really relaxing so there’s not much pressure. It’s perfect when you just want to catch up with friends, and bond over something simple.
I personally love the cozy comfort coloring books like this cute cozy friends one, or the comfy days one. They’re so cute, fun and affordable. I love coco wyo’s coloring books. But if you want more challenging designs you could grab more springy vibes like this classic flowers coloring book, or this wild spirits retro coloring book. I also recommend bold and easy coloring book designs, like this food one, if you’re the type to get overwhelmed, or your easily distracted and want something simple that doesn’t take up too much time.
The markers really help make it a better experience, so if you’re really into it you could get the dual tip alcohol markers that come with a case (which is perfect if you’re traveling or taking it out for a nice picnic). They have 100 colors, so you’ll definitely have enough variety of colors. If your looking for a more budget friendly alternative, than this set of 72 markers would work well too.
Pom-Pom Flower Coasters
I saw these and fell in love with this craft idea, they’re a little retro, and honestly just fun. I used to be obsessed with making pom pom keychains when I was younger, and this brings me nostalgic vibes big time. A lot of people make them without a pom-pom maker, but I have always made it with them! So I highly recommend pom pom makers.
What you’ll need:
- Pom Pom makers ( this one comes w/ 4 different sizes, if you’re hosting a party you might want to buy a couple of these so no one has to wait to use it.)
- Yarn ( I picked 3 different options: caron, red heart and mira – they’re all really bright fun colors for spring/summer).
- Hot glue or Fabric Glue ( I would suggest doing a little bit of hot glue. The fabric glue might take longer to dry but it’ll leave your pompoms more flexible.)
- Felt sheets (Optional, but you can glue these onto the bottom to make it more sturdy)
- Scissors ( I prefer using fabric/fiber only scissors , it makes cutting a lot easier, and the whole process better.)
You follow the instructions of the pom pom makers, and you make 7 balls all of equal sizes your pick, though you probably want to use the medium size if you’re making a coaster. Make sure to leave some extra yarn at the ends. Then you can tie the 6 pom poms together to form the flower shape first, and then you can glue the middle pom pom into it. I think tying them together is easier first, but if you don’t want to do that you can use either hot glue or fabric glue to glue it together. If you use hot glue, make sure to use it sparingly as it gets harder and might change the shape of it. Another optional thing you can add, is outlining the felt sheet to match the shape of the flower, cut it out and glue it on to the bottom, so it makes for a sturdier coaster.
Another fun idea, You can also turn these into little flower decorations for spring time, by taking the pom pom flowers and sticking them onto skewers. It would be so great for little spring gift baskets. You can then paint the skewers green, and add some felt leaves if you’d like and put it in a vase. Super cute spring diy craft decor too.
Shrinky Dink Keychains
I feel like a lot of these crafts are little throwbacks to my childhood, and I’m not mad about it. It’s fun to do crafts, and feed our inner child at the same time. This one is super easy, you just get some shrinky dink paper, you can draw your designs on them with colored pencils, or paint markers. You can do a spring theme, or you can just have a free for all and design whatever you want. Make sure to hole punch the top or where you want the keychain hole to be. Then you can put on the keychain rings of your choice. Once that’s done, you can add chains, jump rings, beads, charms, or anything else to make it a keychain for your purse. Purse charms are so popular right now, so I would make it dangly with 3 or 4 chains w/ the charms. You can make multiple charms and put them on chains, and put it along beaded ones too.
Clay Trinket Trays
We love a craft project that’s both cute, and functional! Who can get enough of trinket trays, you can throw your jewelry on there anywhere. You can make any shape trinket tray, you can choose to make a round shape, and then decorate it. But you could also make spring shapes like flowers.
What you’ll need:
- Clay (you can use air dry clay, or polymer clay There are diff advantages to each, air dry is cheaper, might crack, and takes longer to dry. While polymer clay you need to bake it before painting.)
- Acrylic paints ( love these bright color ones, or this smaller set that includes paintbrushes)
- Clay Glaze or Modge Podge
- Paint brushes
You will shape the clay to what size and shape you like. Make sure its a little curved so it can stand on its on without wobbling. I think for a girls night you would probably want to opt for the polymer clay so you can bake it and paint it immediately. Rather than using air clay you need to wait until its fully dry before, and that could take 24 hours depending on how thick it is. Follow the instructions and bake them, then you can paint them with acrylic paint, and you can use the clay glaze or modge podge to have a glossy finish.
