Meaning & use
crafts and creations
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Meaning
phraseplural
handmade objects and the activity of making them, especially as a hobby or for decoration
Grammar: Used as a plural noun phrase; it takes a plural verb: Crafts and creations are popular at the fair.
Patterns
- crafts and creations for sale
- a shop selling crafts and creations
- make crafts and creations
The community center offers a weekly class in crafts and creations for children.
She sells her crafts and creations at the local market every Saturday.
The website features crafts and creations made from recycled materials.
Common combinations
- handmade crafts and creations
- The stall was full of handmade crafts and creations.
- local crafts and creations
- Tourists love to buy local crafts and creations.
- crafts and creations fair
- The annual crafts and creations fair attracts many visitors.
- crafts and creations workshop
- I signed up for a crafts and creations workshop at the library.
Synonyms and how they differ
- handicrafts
- Use 'handicrafts' when you mean the activity or the items made by hand, especially traditional ones; 'crafts and creations' is a broader, more decorative label.
- arts and crafts
- This is a very common fixed phrase for the same idea; 'crafts and creations' sounds a little more commercial or promotional.
- makes
- Informal and mainly British; 'makes' refers to the things you have made, while 'crafts and creations' can refer to both the activity and the products.
Word family
- craft noun
- A skill or activity of making things by hand; also an individual object made this way.
- crafty adjective
- Good at making things, or (more often) clever in a slightly dishonest way.
- creation noun
- The act of making something new, or the thing that has been made.
- creative adjective
- Good at using imagination to make new things.
Commonly confused: crafts and creations or craft?
crafts and creations vs craft
As a countable noun, 'craft' often means a single boat or plane, not a handmade object; for the hobby sense, use 'crafts' or 'craftwork'.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'crafts and creations' correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Crafts and creations' is a plural noun phrase, so it works as the subject with 'are' in option B. Option A wrongly uses it as a verb, option C uses it as a singular countable noun, and option D needs a preposition like 'a crafts and creations fair' to be grammatical.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “crafts and creations”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.