Artful Horrors: 50 Creepy Crafts That Mesmerize and Repel

Crafting is often associated with creating beautiful, heartwarming pieces that bring joy and inspiration. However, there’s a darker side to the world of crafting—one that delves into the realm of the eerie, the unsettling, and the downright gross. From macabre sculptures to oddly captivating installations, these are the crafts that challenge our notions of beauty and compel us to take a second, albeit uneasy, look.

Let’s look at some such Crafts

#1 “Ark Of The Apocalypse”. It Took Me About 14 Months To Complete This. My Work Stands 8 Feet On A Custom-Made Table, 7.5 Feet In Length, And About 2.5 Feet Wide

#2 DIY Creepy Picture Frame

#3 Another Scary Mask Of Mine

#4 I Made A Necronom IV As A Tribute To H.R. Giger. It’s From Recycled Items I Scavenged, Including An Antique Mahogany Mirror I Used As A Frame, Pathe Cine Projector, Washing Machine, And More

#5 I Made A Little Nut Goblin To Guard My Succulents

#6 I Made This Kraken Candelabra With Air Dry Clay

#7 For Halloween I Made An Arquillen From “Men In Black”

#8 A Buddy Of Mine Is A Brilliant Artist. Here’s His Sculpture “Tower Of Souls”

#9 I Made A Fairy Mummy For My Sister For Christmas

#10 I Made “The Evil Dead” Miniature From Altoid Tin

#11 Hand-Embroidered Octopus Bag Made By Me. Completely Handmade, Including Sewing The Bag

#12 Weeping Angel Scarf

#13 I Made A Human Egg

#14 Frame Details Of My “Symphony Of The Damned”

#15 I Hope You All Like My Little Goat Buddy. A Papier-Mache And Sheep’s Wool Mask I Made Last Year

#16 Pink African Flower Tarantula

#17 I Made A Creepy Rabbit Mask

#18 One Of My Recently Made Dragon Journals. Everything In It Is Made By Hand

#19 Here’s A Little Cthulhu Baby I Sculpted

#20 A Bit Terrifying, But I Had To Share This Insane Figure Of Barbara From “Beetlejuice” Crafted By My Talented Mother With Clay And A Warped Imagination

#21 I Made An Old Halloween Decoration New By Turning It Into The Martian From “Mars Attacks”

#22 I Finally Finished My Brain Hat. I Knitted It Through My Neurology And Behavioral Health Courses

#23 My Handmade Vases

#24 I Made A Tiny Spider

#25 My 13-Year-Old Wanted To Be A Creepy Rabbit, So I Made Him This

#26 I Made My Kids A Night-Light

#27 Found A Prop I Made For My Wife’s Costume From Last Year. She Was A “Basic Witch”, And This Is Her “Eye Phone”

#28 Her Name Is Wendy

#29 This Is A Witch Prop I’m Working On. I Sculpted A Face, Cast It In Latex, And Got It Attached Today. A Big Change To The Overall Look

#30 My Creation Resides In The Garden Many Years Later. Hanging Out And Blending In. Another Older Assemblage Is Chilling In The Coffin In The Background

#31 I Made A Papier-Maché Boar Mask, Inspired By Lord Okkoto

#32 I Just Wanted To Share This Picture Of The Cute Brooch I Made

#33 I Created A Xenomorph Brooch

#34 One Of My Favorite Mummified Fairies So Far

#35 A Sculpture I Made

#36 He’s Called Styx, A Handmade Art Doll Of The Underworld

#37 I Made A Life-Size Creepy Tree To Trick Out My Yard For Halloween

#38 I Can’t Stop Making Creepy Old Man Faces, And Now I’ve Ended Up With A Cursed Teddy With A Dude Inside That’s Trying To Pass Himself Off As A Bunny

#39 I Made Creepy Plants

#40 I Made Something Horrible Or Awesome. I Honestly Can’t Tell

#41 Spooky Planter

#42 I Made A New Yarn Bowl

#43 I Made This Creepy Guy Last Night. He Keeps Staring Into My Soul

#44 Meet The Mimic. Furby Mimics Are Predatory Creatures That Use Their Similar Appearance To A Furby To Trick Humans Into Approaching Them, Only To End Up With Food

#45 I Just Finished My Second Creepy Crochet Baby. My Husband Hates My Deformed Yarn Children

#46 Handmade Pen Holders

#47 A Catch-All Loose Change Dish. I Made It From A Cat Food Can, Polymer Clay, And Resin

#48 “Shrugganath” By Me

#49 Handmade Royal Skull

#50 DIY Monster Teeth Mimic Shoes