What Craft Is This? Trivia Quiz

Answer: paper mache

Paper mache (sometimes also spelled "papier maché")is a fun way to create a 3-D object without spending a lot of money. You can make many different things out of paper mache like school project volcanoes to birthday party pinatas.

Answer: painting

Painters also paint on walls, ceilings, and many other items. A very awesome painting is on the ceiling and walls of the Sistine Chapel painted by Michelangelo. Paintings on walls are often called murals.
By the way Picasso was a painter not a painting.

Answer: sewing

Sewing is traditionally thought of as a "stay at home mom" hobby, but this is not true. Many fashion designers and tailors are men. This hobby is for home or high fashion. Making your own clothes can have great benefits like a tailored fit without the cost and you get to choose your own fabric. A chance to truly be unique!
By the way an embellishment is something you sew onto a garment or other item to make it look prettier.

Answer: carpentry

Carpenters create all of our wood made furniture, houses, and many other items. Carpentry is practiced by people of all ages from little kids building a bird house or tree house to the geriatric population building a porch swing.
By the way sculptors typically use clay or something that may be molded into something else using their hands.

Answer: stained glass

Stained glass takes time and patience and can get very expensive. The art of working with stained glass has been around for many centuries. In the 10th century A.D. or C.E. stained glass windows depicting stories of Christ and biblical stories could be found in churches across Europe. A most exquisite piece of stained glass art can be found in the Chartres Cathedral in France.

Answer: origami

The words "Origami" is Japanese, which is the art of paper folding. Although origami did not begin Japan, it actually began in China many centuries ago. The origami crane is a global peace symbol.

Answer: scrapbooking

Scrapbooking kits can be bought at many different stores, from craft stores like Hobby Lobby to big retail stores like Wal-Mart. Scrapbooking is a fun alternative to photo albums. Scrapbooks don't only keep photos but items like dried flowers, poems, most anything worth remembering that can lay at least semi flat.

A large following for scrapbooking began in 1826 when John Poole published "Manuscript Gleanings and Literary Scrapbook."

Answer: mining

Trains, cars, ships, puppets, and lots of other things can be made from any of the three mentioned. Mining, however, doesn't involve making anything. Rather it involves hiking deep into caverns to find something of value.

Answer: floral arrangement

Floral arrangements come in two different styles: "European and New World" style and "Oriental" style. European and New World are rather large arrangements with many colors while Oriental are simple in design and more conservative in colors.

Answer: calligraphy

Calligraphy is a very elegant style of writing and there are many different fonts possible. The Egyptians used calligraphy to create highly stylized hieroglyphics for which they are so well known. Gothic writing began in the middle ages so that scribes could fit more words on to a page.