Benefits of Crafting
Whether you’d like to lower stress levels, express creativity, ease symptoms of depression, or simply improve your mood and physical abilities and creativity, crafting can be an enjoyable way to promote positive thoughts, behaviours and emotions. Lets take a closer look at how crafting can improve your live.
You will be surprised what crafting can do for you
Flow state
Crafting can help you get into a “flow state,” sometimes referred to as “being in the zone.” Fully engaging in a hobby encourages a state of flow where a sense of time and self-consciousness seem to disappear. Allowing attention to flow away from ourselves and into a craft can offer relief from negative feelings, and promote a sense of happiness and satisfaction.
Improved Concentration
Crafting is a good way to improve concentration. While working on a creative project can be relaxing, it also requires mindful attention, which can strengthen the ability to focus.
Sensory experiences
Engaging the senses can be good for mental health. Using colours that appeal to you or reflect your feelings can engage the sense of sight. Mixing your own colours can also stimulate creativity and problem-solving skills. Making soaps or candles with essential oils engages the sense of smell. Baking can engage the senses of taste, smell and touch – and sharing baked goods can make everyone happy!
Mindfulness
Crafting can be a mindful activity. Mindfulness involves being fully present in the moment, not worrying about the past or the future. Being mindful can prompt appreciation and awareness of the present, and disrupt negative thoughts and feelings.
Lower Levels of Cortisol
Cortisol is a stress hormone. Chronic stress that keeps cortisol levels high can lead to both physical and mental health problems. Engaging in an enjoyable hobby such as crafting can reduce stress and cortisol, improving quality of life.
Rewarding
Crafting can stimulate release of the neurotransmitter dopamine. Dopamine plays a role in feelings of pleasure, reward, and motivation, so reaching for the craft kit is a simple way to give yourself a natural mood boost.
Relaxiation
Crafting promotes relaxation, and relaxing can help ease levels of stress and anxiety. Stress can also be reduced by the rhythmic, repetitive motions required of some crafts, such as knitting, crocheting, or sanding.
Gifting
Crafting can be a gift to yourself and to others. Using or displaying something you’ve made can give you a sense of accomplishment and boost self-esteem. And giving your homemade creations to others can strengthen social bonds and deliver on feelgood factor. Just creating something simple like a card and giving it to someone can boost the feelings of both the giver and the recipient.
Social Connection
Crafting offers an easy way to connect with others. Joining an art programme or group, or doing crafts with family and friends can provide a sense of community. Interacting with people who share the same interests and goals as you can also be very uplifting.
Engage with Nature
Crafting is perfect for bringing you closer to nature. Spending time in green spaces is a proven stress reliever; for a double dose of stress reduction, try spending time outside collecting natural materials for crafting.
The Benefits of Touch
Touching and working with materials, such as clay and fabrics, can offer a tactile, self-soothing experience. Physically working with materials can also help release tension and anger in a healthy way.
Expression of feelings
Crafting can be an outlet for your feelings. Collaging is a good example; cutting out words and pictures to use in a collage or decoupage project can help you name and understand your feelings, as well as express them. You can of course express your feelings through drawing, painting, sculpting, sewing and all other crafts too.
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