Products from AliExpress for creativity and relaxation

There are classes in which plunge headlong, completely forgetting about the problems. For example, it is possible to paint or embroider for hours. It does not matter if you can not. On AliExpress - a huge selection of ready-made kits for crafts.

Painting by numbers

Last year I found under the tree strange gift: a canvas with strange lines and numbers, brush, small pots with acrylic paint. "Scoff? - I thought. - I can not draw "But try it!.

And what do you think? I drew all the New Year holidays with great pleasure! Here's what happened at the exit.

The next set of numbers for drawing ordered herself from AliExpress. You can find them in the section "Painting and Calligraphy». Choice is huge! Landscapes, portraits, still lifes - a variety of topics, and the canvas size.

You can find canvas already on a stretcher. But more often it comes just rolled into a tube. Here are a few popular choices.

Autumn landscape

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Paris

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Diamond embroidery

This technique has many names: diamond painting, embroidery rhinestones, 3D- or 5D-embroidery or simply mosaic - but the essence is the same. To the canvas with glue the basis of the scheme are glued rhinestones. The result is a volumetric, beautifully iridescent in the light pattern.

According to reviews, the occupation is incredibly addictive and only seems complicated at first.

On AliExpress diamond embroidery kits can be found in the section "Crafts»(Diamond Painting Cross Stitch).

Acquisition many sets - canvas plus rhinestones. But you need to work as fine forceps or a special pen to hook the crystals, and the containers where they can pour out and where they can be stored. All this can be bought separately set.

Be careful with the description of the goods. Pastes may be square or circular. In the second case, small gaps are formed between the stitch rows. This is not to everyone's taste, as between them on the sticky layer may get garbage.

There are paintings where everything is filled with rhinestones fabric (you can focus on the word full in description).

Wolf (square rhinestones)

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Flowers (round rhinestones)

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There are pictures where the background is drawn, and rhinestones laid out only the main element of the figure.

Peacock (round crystals)

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Coloring Antistress

The main purpose of coloring for adults is to distract, soothe, relieve stress. Hence their second name - anti-stress. The process is similar to dudlingomOnly work with ready-made designs.

Color filling the intricate patterns, a person is not only relaxing, but also trains the brain to stimulate the work of both hemispheres. Details about the benefits of colorings for adults Layfhaker wrote here.

On AliExpress, you will find them in the section "books».

Most colorings are sold in the form of albums on various themes (flowers, animals, abstract, and so on). For example, a 24-page coloring of the animal world.

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Sometimes, complete with coloring pencils go.

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Embroidery ribbons

Embroidery ribbons - a popular form of needlework, similar to a conventional embroidery, but instead of thread used satin ribbons. Thanks to this picture is voluminous.

Skilled craftsmen themselves invent stories, but if you've never embroidered, even a dagger, it is best to start with the presets.

On AliExpress, in "Crafts", a lot of them (look in the category Embroidery). That's what usually comes in a set.

As you can see, complete a fairly detailed instructions. But if it is not clear how to perform certain stitches or knots, you can always find a video tutorial on YouTube.

The most common story for embroidery ribbons - flowers and bouquets.

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Can embroider not only paintings, but also on the pillows, pillow cases more precisely.

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Metal 3D-puzzle

In Soviet times, many glued models of tanks, ships and aircraft. Today Modeling - this is a rare hobby.

But on AliExpress, see "Toys & Hobbies" ( "Puzzles & Magic Cubes» → «puzzles"), You will find a metal puzzles to assemble solid model. They are a thin metal plate on which a laser cut piece.

The detailed model is sufficient and diverse subjects.

There is also a model airplane.

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And cars.

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And different buildings.

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"Gilded" - one silver models, others. For example, how the coach.

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To work with such metal designers need pliers and other tools. You can buy them too on AliExpress. And those who do not like to work with metal, may try paper 3D-puzzle.

Hobby - it is a mental illness in the framework of common sense.

Write in the comments, in some of these activities would you like to plunge?

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