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Below you will find many Ideas for Leather Arts & Crafts Projects & Activities with Leather for Children, Teens, and Preschoolers.

How to Make Leather Wallets and Purses

This leather craft is great for both boys and girls in camp, girl scouts, or boy scouts. You will need to cut pieces of leather that are about 8 x 4 1/2 inches. Look at the diagram a above...to see how the rectangle is 5 1/2" and then the roof shape is made at the top. You might want to poke holes in the leather ahead of time for the children. You will need to punch holes in the leather so that the holes will coincide so that lacing will work. You will want to use cord or leather string to lace, starting at the top of the wallet or purse. When the child reaches the last hole, the child will need to criss-cross the lace thru the holes back to the top to hold the sides together. Look at the pictures above (b and c) to see how to tie the ends so they are secured well. Girls might prefer a purse, in that case, she may tie a double string thru the hole on the top to make a handle.

More Leather Crafts Below

Leather Laced Book Covers - You can make laced leather book covers with simple instructions.

How to Make a Leather Star Brooch Pin - Made from two different shades of leather this craft is sure to turn out beautifully. Imagine how proud you will be to wear a brooch that you made yourself.

Leather Heart Key Chains - This craft calls for leather or a faux leather material. It is to make a Valentine's Day Key Chain...great to give to a friend or somebody that you love.

Baseball Party Table Setting Craft for Kids - - You can easily turn an ordinary table into a playing field with baseball table settings. Each setting includes a home-plate place mat, a napkin tied with leather string (resembling baseball-glove lacing), a peanut-filled brown-paper bag, and a real baseball place card -- festive favors for your guests.

Beaded Keychain Leather Crafts - - Make a beaded keychain from leather cording, pony beads and a keyring.

Beaded Leather Bracelet Making Instructions - - A beginner can make this trendy beaded leather bracelet in less than an hour. The secret: heavy-duty double-sided tape. It makes adhering cabochons, beads and thread a breeze (it’s so fast you won’t believe it). You can make dozens of these to sell at a craft fair or give as gifts to your friends.

Blue Moon® Heart & Soul Center Dangle Necklace - - This is a great necklace to make when you need a gift in a hurry. Change the charms to reflect the person receiving the gift.

Bracelet Vase Project Crafts Project - - Aleene’s® Super Tacky Permanent Adhesive™ bonds hard to hold items such as these plastic, wood, velvet, pleather and metal bracelets in this quick and easy project

Brownie Bracelets Arts and Crafts Projects for Girls - - We made these for our "Friends are Fun" Try-It. The girls each made one and picked a name of a fellow troop member out of a hat to give it to.

Business-Card Cases - - These easy-to-make business-card cases are great Christmas presents for your mother, sister, or best friend. Katie Hatch, fashion editor, made a set for the entire Blueprint staff last year.

Camp Crafts: Friendship Bracelets Tied with a Sliding Knot - - I’ll show you how to make super-easy friendship bracelets. So easy, in fact, that you might not really need my help figuring out how to make them.

Comb and Nail File Case - - Make this comb and nail file case out of red leather.

Coupon Folio - - Show the people on your gift list how special they are by giving them a handcrafted gift made by you. It truly will enhance the joy of giving, and receiving!

Covered Wagon - - Learn to make a little covered wagon out of leather.

Cowboy Chaps - - Make little cowboy chaps from leather.

Dad's Western Key Fob - - This one is a keeper! Dad will use it every day.

Dangle Art Doll Necklace - - Create an original necklace charm using polymer clay.

Dyed Wooden Beads Necklace - - A quick dye gives unfinished beads a beachy, weathered look. These monochromatic necklaces, strung on leather cord, can be worn solo or piled on for effect.

Easy Leather Pouch - - Native American Indians carried their special possessions in a small pouch like this.

Embossed Cross on Heart - - For this project, pick an attractive simple shape such as the outline of your state, your initials, cross, heart, or arrowhead.

Eyeglass Holder - - A homemade gift that Dad will really appreciate and use everyday.

Faux-Leather Box - - Collectors have long admired the look of antique boxes covered with the skin of snakes, alligators, ostriches, or stingrays, but an inexpensive alternative can be found by covering a box with faux-animal-skin paper.

Felt Dog Key Ring Charm - - Dog fans will enjoy adding more fun to their keychains or purses by sewing this cute furry friend to tag along with them. You can have this dog completely finished and ready to use within 30 minutes.

Gemstone & Leather Bracelets - - Add some sparkle to an ordinary day! Dress up your wrist in leather bracelets decorated with gemstones.

Greek Leather Lariat - - You will be the talk of the town with this fashionable design. Use Jadeite and Chinese character bone beads to make this hip necklace.

Guitar Pick Necklace - - Make a guitar pick leather necklace!

Heart and Leather Necklace - - Create this unique heart necklace for yourself or a special someone.

How to Braid Leather Bracelets - - Learning how to braid leather bracelets is fun and easy. Braided leather bracelets are a great craft for young and old alike.

How to Make a Barrette Out of Leather - - With a little bit of creativity and time, you too can turn a piece of ordinary leather into a beautiful barrette.

How to Make a Beaded Cross Necklace - - A beaded cross necklace is a simple craft that works as a gift for children and adults alike. This beaded cross necklace takes about 15 minutes to complete and lasts for years to come. Make a beaded cross necklace in any color or combination of colors you want.

How to Make a Braided Leather Hat Band or Belt - - Since the early 80's, I have found a passion working with leather. Leather crafts are fun and easy. You can make this braided leather hat band in a about 30 minutes or less. If you decide to make it longer, you can actually make a leather belt. Men, women, and children enjoy making and wearing these hat bands. If you know how to braid hair, then you can easily make this hat band. You can find all of your materials at the local craft supply store.

How to Make a Beaded Necklace Using Leather - - Making a beaded necklace using leather can be as simple or complicated a project as you desire. The easiest way to make a beaded leather necklace is to slip some beads onto a thin piece of leather string. Cut the string, tie the ends together and you have your necklace. To create a more detailed beaded leather necklace, you need some thin and sturdy leather string, a large bead and some small beads.

How to Make a Knotted-Leather Bracelet - - When making a leather bracelet, the softness of the leather is crucial, as is the width. Most leather is 9 to 11 inches in length. The completed leather bracelet will end up 7½ to 9 inches long. It is important to measure the wrist of the person who will wear the knotted bracelet. Read on to learn how to make a knotted-leather bracelet.

How to Make a Leather Bookmark - - With a few basic tools and a small piece of leather you can create a very handsome leather bookmark that will last for years. Give a leather bookmark with a favorite book, as part of a literary gift set, or just have fun using leftover leather in a useful way. A leather bookmark is an easy heirloom project that just about anyone can make.

How to Make a Leather Bracelet - - This bracelet is made as a miniature version of a leather belt. Use leather stamps or tooling to personalize it or add studs for decoration.

How to Make a Leather Cuff Bracelet - - Leather cuff bracelets are a great fashion accessory to add to any outfit. With this how to you can create one or many to complement any outfit you are rockin.

How to Make a Leather Hat - - Leather is an amazing material. It's soft, yet durable and requires little in the way of care and attention. Leather craft is a timeless tradition, stretching back hundreds of years. Ages ago, custom leather goods were highly valued and expensive.

How to Make a Leather Journal - - A leather journal lends distinction to your thoughts. Leather journals are costly to buy, but inexpensive and easy to make. You may simply recover an existing blank journal with leather, or, create a removable cover for your favorite kind of journal, so that it lasts you for years (and many journals).

How to Make a Leather Necklace - - Leather has been around since cows. It has also been known to be durable, chic and looks dang good as a necklace. A leather necklace can add some pizzaz to any outfit, from jeans and a T-shirt to a frilly sundress. You can make a leather necklace in several styles and any color you can find with a few simple steps.

How to Make a Leather Photo Album Cover - - Leather can be used in a variety of craft projects and can be manipulated in many ways to give your crafts a personal touch. Leather is particularly good for making book and photo album covers. The material itself is sturdy and long lasting and will give your photo albums a high-quality appearance. There are many tools available for working with leather that you can take advantage of to further personalize your leather photo album covers. Learn how to use leather working tools to make a photo album from leather that you'll be able to pass down to the next generation.

How to Make a Leather Placemat - - If you want to add a sleek and sophisticated touch to your dining room decor, leather placemats may be just the thing. You can spend mega-bucks buying handmade leather placemats. Or, with a little time and attention to detail, you can craft your own placemats to match your decorating style.

How to Make a Leather Ponytail Holder - - A leather ponytail holder (or wrap) is a dramatic fashion accessory and a practical one for motorcyclists and equestrians. It is also easy to make, being little more than a tube of leather with lace or snap closures. The ponytail wrap goes back to Middle East harems (think of Barbara Eden in "I Dream of Jeannie"), though it remains a favorite among motorcyclists.

How to Make a Leather Ring - - Leather jewelry is extremely fun to make and fashionable to wear. You can personalize it to suit your likes. Follow this how to to make a great leather ring.

How to Make a Men's Braided Leather Bracelet - - Making a men's braided leather bracelet is easy. Just follow these simple steps.

How to Make Beaded Leather Hat Bands - - Beaded leather hat bands add style to any type of hat. Create a fully beaded band or one with a design pattern that allows the leather band to show through. Stitching beads onto leather can be time consuming, but the results are worth your efforts. You can make these decorative hat bands with seed beads and other supplies from your local craft store.

How to Make Bracelets for Dudes - - You want to make a bracelet for that special guy in your life--be it your brother, best friend or boyfriend--but you know he'd balk at braided yarn or a beaded type. You can make bracelets for dudes when you create a leather cuff. These fashionable and masculine items will be a joy for you to give him and an equal joy for him to wear.

How to Make Cuff Bracelets - - You love the look for the bold, brazen cuff bracelets and you wish you had dozens of them to match your every outfit. Now you can, and without spending a bundle on them. You can make cuff bracelets out of a variety of materials and in a variety of styles. They will be so fun, easy and inexpensive to make, you can make five for every outfit if you wish.

How to Make Leather Bible Covers - - The instructions laid out here are for a basic cover that can be made in just a couple of hours. All you need is a sheet of thin or medium-thick craft leather, a rotary cutter, a leather needle, leather craft glue, embroidery thread and a button.

How to Make Leather Jewelry - - Leather is an extremely durable and attractive material for jewelry. Making leather jewelry requires some strength as well as specific leather-working tools, but the end result can be creative, fun and personalized jewelry for yourself or friends.

How to Make Leather Tassels - - Leather tassels are used as decorations on shoes, pillows and clothing. They can be long or short, thick or thin, or made of stiff or soft leather. Softer tassels use a swede type of leather. Tassels can be made from leather laces, which will be a slightly stiffer and thicker variety, or they can be made from a piece of leather cut into strips.

How to Weave a Three-Strand Leather Belt - - Braided leather belts are attractive, but mysterious: How can you braid something when both ends are solid? It's easier than you might think. There are several tips to add a braid to a strip of leather for a belt.

Kasbah - Glass Bead Necklace - - This jewelry making project shows you how to turn inexpensive costume jewelry earrings into a custom necklace.

Leather - Bali-Style - - Leather Bali-Style Beads Necklace Jewelry Making Project.

Leather Bear - - Learn to make a bear out of leather.

Leather Belt - - This fashionable leather belt achieves the look of a very expensive one -- for a fraction of the cost.

Leather Carved Christmas Card - - Create a lovely three-dimensional Christmas card with lightweight carved leather. Card recipients will love the carved and mounted Christmas ribbon and holly. These would also make wonderful gift toppers or tags.

"Leather" Desk Organizer - - We used an old "leather-like" purse that was purchased at a garage sale to make this desk organizer.

Leather Elephant - - Follow these instructions and make your own elephant out of leather.

Leather Flower Pin - - This soft leather flower pin makes a wonderful brooch or scarf pin.

Leather Fringed Key Ring - - Make this leather fringed key ring!

Leather Key Ring Tags - - Learn how to make this leather key ring tag.

Leather Necklace with Pony Beads Jewelry Making Project - - First, let's discuss leather versus simulated leather (Pleather).  With leather, the chemicals used in tanning the leather in some countries can be carcinogenic to children under 14.  The chemicals used are not as harmful to adults.  Since much of the leather sold for making jewelry is made outside the US, we can not guarantee that this leather is absolutely free of any potentially harmful chemicals.  For this reason, we recommend using the Pleather simulated leather product.  We can guarantee that this product is free of any tanning chemicals.  Pleather has the added benefit in that it is almost impervious to sweat. 

Leather Owl - - Make an owl out of leather.

Leather Place Mat - - Giant leather place mats, each made from six pieces of lambskin sewn together, topstitched, and given a canvas backing, are a fashionable twist on a tablecloth. To help ward off stains, treat the mats with a protectant spray.

Leather Pouch or Case - - Learn to make a leather pouch by following these instructions.

Leather Sunflower Notebook Cover (PARENTAL SUPERVISION) - - Embellish a plain leather notebook or a flat piece of leather easily made into a notebook cover with this lovely sunflower design. A pattern makes this leather carving project simple and fun.

Leather Unicorn Mask - - Artist Andrea Masse-Tognetti shows Martha how to make this sleek unicorn mask.

Leather Watch Strap - - Make a leather watch strap for your watch.

Leather Wolf - - Learn how to make a wolf out of leather.

Longhorn Bull - - Learn how to make a longhorn bull out of leather.

Luggage Label - - Follow these instructions to make your own luggage label out of leather.

Make a Baseball Wristband - - Lead off the season with this homemade hit: a stitched leather bracelet that'll complete your little slugger's uniform. When you head to the craft store for materials, be sure to pick up an inexpensive 1/8-inch hole punch.

Make a Foot Bag or Hacky Sack - - I collect scraps of soft, thin, mildly stretchy leather as well as synthetic suede's from various sources including fabric and leather shops, mail catalogues and other crafters. Nice, thin, supple deerskin, pigskin, etc. works best for a basic four panel bag. For multi-panel bags like the 12 or the 32 panel, use facile or Ultrasuede scrap.

Making Leather Accessories: Day Planners - - There are many reasons leather is the best material for everything from day planners to checkbook covers: It's durable and weather resistant, conforms to different shapes, and develops a soft, well-worn feel.

Masculine Leather Bracelet - - This recycled craft project shows you how to make a masculine bracelet cuff using a recycled leather belt.

Medicine Bag - - A medicine bag was very special to the Native American Indians. The bag held treasured herbal medicines or special objects.

Native American Bracelets - - Decorate "leather" bracelets with Native American designs to make fashionable, wearable art. Great for both boys and girls.

Native American Dance Arm Band - - Tie 'em on your arms, tie 'em on your ankles and start dancing. These dance bands will make you feel like a native American.

Native American Medicine Pouch - - Many woodland Indians, including the Cherokee and Iroquois, carried a medicine pouch. These bags were used to hold plants for medicine and also to hold personal items and good luck charms.

Native Feather Hair Clip - - Make this native feather hair clip from leather, feather and beads.

New Year's Journal - - Make a journal for the new year to record your thoughts through out the year. You pick the date.

Okra Lizard - - Learn to make an okra lizard by following these simple instructions.

Personalized Leather Wallet - - Use a leather branding tool to add a name and heart decorations to a plain leather wallet. Add a monogram to the corner of any wallet for a simpler design.

Potato Chip Bracelet - - This is a real potato chip bag shrunken down to fit as a bracelet. Its been melted to the point where it feels like thicker plastic in the oven.

Puzzles - - The key to making this puzzle is the size of the hole. The hole needs to be WIDER than the center strip of leather and much SMALLER than the buttons.

Recycled Belt - Basic Earrings - - This free jewelry making craft project shows you how to recycle leather belts into interesting and custom jewelry pieces.

Recycled Belt - Chain Necklace - - This free jewelry making craft project shows you how to recycle leather belts into interesting and custom jewelry pieces.

Recycled Belt - Embossed Bird Bracelet - - This recycled craft project shows you how to make a masculine bracelet cuff using a recycled leather belt.

Recycled Belt - Hearts & Flower Bracelet - - This recycled craft project shows you how to make a masculine bracelet cuff using a recycled leather belt.

Recycled Belt Leather Bracelets - - Recycle thrift store or old belts into fun and funky bracelets. You can make 3, 4 or even 5 bracelets from a single belt and give them all different personalities with earth friendly paints, chains and beads. Why not make a batch of these for gifts or to coordinate with every outfit you own?

Recycled Belt - Swirls Set Jewelry - - This free jewelry making craft project shows you how to recycle leather belts into interesting and custom jewelry pieces.

Recycled Belt - Textured Jewelry - - This free jewelry making craft project shows you how to recycle leather belts into interesting and custom jewelry pieces.

Scrabble Tile Key Chain for Dad - - Remind Dad that you love him with this key chain designed by the FreeKidsCrafts Team.

Scout Money Pouch - - Your boys will be thrilled to wear this handsome pouch on their belts.

Silk and Leather Gemstone Necklace - - Multicolored gemstones and leather cord come together to create this casual, funky necklace.

Stamped Name - - Create this name card of out leather.

Stamped Picture - - For this type of project, pick an attractive shape of stamping leather such as a circle, oval, scalloped circle, or arrowhead. Many of these shapes are available at craft stores.

Stitched Western Pouch - Made from recycled cork... excellent for scouts or camp. Snaps on to your belt.

Vintage Coin Bracelet - This Vintage coin bracelet is a very funky way to show off some antique coins. You could also make this with a coin from a holiday or a memento coin.

Window Shade Leather Border - - Learn to make a window shade border out of leather.

Wrapped Bracelets - - Younger kids can wrap with multi color yarn. Older kids can design their own using floss.