Crafts and Collecting
Our libraries have a range of resources to improve your craft skills and give you creative ideas. If you enjoy collecting, we have guidebooks, catalogues and online resources to help you identify and look after your collectibles, whether they be Star War figurines or Royal Albert china.
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New For You - Quirky - December 2025
Teen Crafternoon at Papanui Library: Sundays 1pm to 3pm, part of a series
Teen Crafternoon at Matatiki Hornby Centre, part of a series
Craft Club at New Brighton Library, part of a series
Teen Crafternoon at Papanui Library: Sundays 1pm to 3pm, part of a series
Teen Crafternoon at Matatiki Hornby Centre, part of a series
Craft Club at New Brighton Library, part of a series
Carter's Price Guide to Antiques
Sewing
Craft Snippets: Quilting with Catherine McDonald
Carter's Price Guide to Antiques
Sewing
Craft Snippets: Quilting with Catherine McDonald
CINCH Community Information Christchurch
Browse the handicraft and the collectors and collecting categories in CINCH (Community INformation CHristchurch) for Christchurch craft and collecting groups and organisations.
Crafts in the catalogue
Crafting
Yarn craft
Fabric crafts
Paper craft
Toi Māori – Traditional Māori arts and crafts
Arts and crafts for kids
Māori weaving for kids
Making a putiputi
The stars of Matariki / Ngā whetu o Matariki
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Māori weaving for kids
Making a putiputi
The stars of Matariki / Ngā whetu o Matariki
Join us for school holiday fun and learning
Arts and crafts for kids in the catalogue
Arts and crafts for kids in the catalogue
Websites
There are lots of websites that can help you with arts and crafts. Here are some we think you might like.
- Crayola
- Craft ideas and colouring sheets to print off or colour online.
- Creative Junk
- Rethink, re-use and recycle to make wearable arts and all sorts of other fun projects.
- Enchanted Learning
- Themed crafts for kids. Learn how to make things for Mother’s Day, Halloween, Christmas and school projects about Dinosaurs, Animals and Space
Collecting
Magazines and catalogues
Find print craft magazines by searching for the name of the specific craft and the word periodicals e.g. pottery periodicals. Locate print collectors' magazines by searching for the name of the item collected and the words collectibles periodicals e.g. dolls collectibles periodicals. For catalogues, including price guides and handbooks, do a search for the item collected and the words collectibles catalogues, e.eg. porcelain collectibles catalogues.
