Products from AliExpress for creativity and relaxation

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

There are such activities in which you plunge headlong, completely forgetting about the problems. For example, you can draw or embroider for hours. And it doesn’t matter if you don’t know how. AliExpress has a huge selection of ready-made kits for applied creativity.

Drawing by numbers

Last year, I found a strange present under the tree: a canvas with incomprehensible lines and numbers, brushes, small cans of acrylic paint. “Are they bullied? - I thought. - I can not draw! But I tried.

And what do you think? I drew all the New Year holidays with great pleasure! Here's what happened at the output.

The next set for drawing by numbers I ordered myself from AliExpress. You can find them in the "" section. The choice is huge! Landscapes, portraits, still lifes - various themes and canvas sizes.

You can find the canvas already on the stretcher. But most often it comes just rolled up in a tube. Here are a couple of popular options.

Autumn landscape

Paris

Diamond embroidery

This technique has many names: diamond painting, rhinestone embroidery, 3D or 5D embroidery, or simply mosaic - but the essence is the same. Rhinestones are glued to the canvas with an adhesive base according to the scheme. The result is a three-dimensional, beautifully iridescent picture in the light.

According to reviews, the lesson is incredibly addictive and seems difficult only at first.

On AliExpress, diamond embroidery kits can be found under "" (Diamond Painting Cross Stitch).

A complete set of many sets - canvas plus rhinestones. But for work, you also need thin tweezers or a special handle to pick up the rhinestones, and containers where they can be poured and where they can be stored. All of this can be purchased as a separate set.

Be careful with the product description. Rhinestones can be square or round. In the second case, small gaps are formed between the rows of embroidery. Not everyone likes this, as debris can get on the sticky layer between them.

There are paintings where the entire canvas is filled with rhinestones (you can focus on the word full in the description).

Wolf (square rhinestones)

Flowers (round rhinestones)

There are pictures where the background is painted, and only the main element of the picture is laid out with rhinestones.

Peacock (round rhinestones)

Coloring book-antistress

The main purpose of coloring books for adults is to distract, calm down, relieve stress. Hence their second name is anti-stress. The process is similar to doodling, only you work with ready-made drawings.

Filling fancy patterns with color, a person not only relaxes, but also trains the brain, stimulating the work of both hemispheres. Lifehacker wrote in detail about the benefits of coloring books for adults here.

On AliExpress, you will find them in the "" section.

Most of the coloring pages are sold as albums on various themes (flowers, animals, abstraction, and so on). For example, here is a 24-page coloring book about the animal kingdom.

Sometimes pencils are included with the coloring.

Embroidery ribbons

Ribbon embroidery is a popular type of needlework, similar to ordinary embroidery, except that satin ribbons are used instead of threads. Thanks to this, the pictures are three-dimensional.

Experienced craftsmen come up with plots themselves, but if you have never embroidered before, even with a cross, then it is better to start with ready-made sets.

On AliExpress, in the "Crafts" section, there are many of them (look in the category). This is what is usually included in such a set.

As you can see, the kit contains a fairly detailed instruction. But if it is not clear how to perform certain stitches or knots, then you can always find a video tutorial on YouTube.

The most common theme for ribbon embroidery is flowers and bouquets.

You can embroider not only on canvases, but also on pillows, or rather pillowcases.

Metal 3D Puzzle

In Soviet times, many glued models of tanks, ships and aircraft. Modeling is a rather rare hobby today.

But on AliExpress, in the "Toys and Hobbies" section ("Puzzles and Magic Cubes" → ""), you will find metal puzzles for assembling three-dimensional models. They are plates of thin metal on which parts are cut with a laser.

The models are quite detailed and the topics are varied.

There are also aircraft models.

And cars.

And different buildings and structures.

Some models are silvery, others are "gilded". For example, like this carriage.

Pliers and other tools are required to work with such metal constructors. You can also buy them on AliExpress. And those who don't like working with metal can give it a try.

A hobby is a quiet madness within the framework of common sense.

Write in the comments which of these activities would you like to plunge headlong into?