DIY: love it, learn from it, sometimes roast it. Below are 20 of the most gloriously misguided projects from the craft-shame vault
A Halloween prop sculpted into a grilled-cheese monster with razor teeth. Equal parts clever and creep.
A crocheted yellow cushion with a doll face and tiny arms. Cute? More like “keeps-you-up-at-night” cute.
A yellow felt plush featuring a red heart and totally uneven eyes. Some still call it endearing — begrudgingly.
Fingernails painted with multiple tiny eyeballs. Bold, bizarre, impossible to unseen.
Tiny, painstakingly made “food” keychains that are equal parts impressive and hilarious.
A child’s loft created from crib rails and storage cubes. Ingenious — and a serious safety red flag.
Marker-made doll makeup that washed right off. The sad aftermath looks like a gothic doll convention.
A Chewbacca-meets-superhero swapout — imaginative, questionable, and utterly bewildering.
A humanoid crochet figure riding a multicolored antlered creature. Beautifully horrifying.
A rustic chair turned into a painted torso with blue eyes. Functional? Debatable. Conversation piece? Absolutely.
A hand-sketched Jesus portrait that divided readers — some mocked it, others admired the effort.
A clear-base lamp crammed with doll parts. The phrase “decor with edge” comes to mind.
A scalp portrait dyed and carved with presidential precision. Fashion statement or future regret? You decide.
A half-hearted paint job that proves prep matters. Green isn’t the problem — lazy painting is.
An array of miniature condiment bottles and product keychains displayed like a tiny grocery shelf. Cute, obsessive, and oddly tragic.
A wonky unicorn stuffed toy with lopsided stitching and relentless charm.
Pink, fuzzy, rhinestoned Crocs that ask only one question: why not?
A rosary made from yellow Lego heads. Absurd, amusing, and oddly collectible.
A Dawn bottle covered in rhinestones on a mirrored base. Tiny shrine to glam—or just “why?”
