The Top 13 Crafting Trends of 2025

Perfume making classes

Perfume making is gaining traction as a hands-on, sensory craft that blends creativity, self-expression, and science. As more people seek personalized, experience-driven hobbies, DIY fragrance kits and beginner-friendly workshops have emerged to meet that demand. The appeal lies in crafting something intimate and usable—your own signature scent—while learning the basics of scent blending, top notes vs. base notes, and formulation.

The trend is also fueled by broader interest in wellness and natural ingredients, with many creators opting for essential oils and alcohol-free bases. On platforms like TikTok and Instagram, creators share tutorials and “perfume recipe” content, adding a social and aesthetic layer to the experience. Whether through home kits or in-person classes, perfume making is carving out its place as a satisfying, elevated take on DIY.

Low-effort, social crafting

Most types of crafting can be incredibly time consuming and tedious. But many consumers are increasingly looking for a quick fix for their creative itch. Activities like mug and pottery painting help them feel creative without needing to go through the full process of creating a mug, before painting it too.

Mug painting is also on the rise for social reasons—it’s easy to do with friends, doesn’t require prior skill, and makes for a relaxing group activity at home or in-studio. With paint-and-sip style studios offering mug painting nights, and DIY kits available for at-home use, it’s become a go-to option for birthdays, date nights, and even team-building events. The end result is also functional and giftable, adding to its appeal.

Gateway craft kits make creativity more accessible

As crafting gains popularity—especially among beginners—craft kits that provide an easy and convenient way to start a project with everything included have emerged as one of the fastest-growing trends. These kits remove the barrier to entry for people who might feel overwhelmed by traditional crafting, offering a structured, low-risk way to get creative.

Splatter rooms and other interactive art experiences

The Splatter Room, an interactive experience where participants fling paint in a dedicated space to create abstract art, is gaining popularity for a few surprising reasons. For one, it caters to the rising demand for unique, immersive entertainment experiences, particularly among younger demographics. The trend benefits from high visibility on social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok, where colorful, eye-catching sessions are frequently shared.

Splatter painting is also recognized for its cathartic benefits, offering a stress-relieving outlet like rage rooms have also done. This casual, accessible approach to art engagement is appealing to those interested in creative activities without the need for specific skills or serious commitment.

Rug tufting

An increasingly popular crafting product shares most of its components with a sewing machine yet it’s 10x the price. This product is the rug tufting gun, a sort of automated punch needle that lets users create custom rugs.

Customer retention in hobbies like knitting, sewing, and tufting all benefit from the mismatch between how much material someone buys and how much they end up using: since yarn, for example, is generally sold in equal amounts for each color, but different patterns use different quantities, customers can get into a loop: using up one color and buying more, finding a pattern that will use up a different color they have too much of, and running out of something else.

Like a food company that sells 8-packs of hot dogs and 10-packs of buns, brands in this space strategically ensure that customers are always running out of something, but never fully depleting their inventory.

DIY home decor

With more time spent at home due in part to remote work trends, people are dedicating more time to DIY projects to customize and improve their living spaces, leading products like renter-friendly wallpaper to become one of the top new crafting trends.