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Listen and Craft: Pumpkin Pals & Spooky Tales Submitted by Erin Murphy on October 15, 2020

What’s an October without pumpkins? That’s like having hot chocolate without marshmallows, or haunted house sans ghouls with chainsaws jumping out at you. Simply lackluster. Read more

Tagged: crafters, halloween, Listen and Craft

When Life Gives You Lemons…Paint Them! Submitted by Becca Stumpf on July 30, 2020

In this week’s edition of Listen and Craft, we’re bringing you a painterly project from illustrator Emma Block’s recent book, Get Started with Gouache (pronounced “gwash”).* Read more

Tagged: cook, crafter, fantasy, Listen and Craft, summer listening

Suspenseful Listens to Keep You Crafting Submitted by Erin Murphy on July 16, 2020

We’ve all experienced crafting fatigue: you want to finish your project but your hand is cramping, your paints are drying up, and you have nothing occupying your ears while you fill in every little detail of the perfect picture. Keep those fingers flying with the help of these thrill-filled audiobooks—you’ll have your creative groove back in no time. Read more

Tagged: crafters, Listen and Craft, summer listening, thriller series

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Think Outside the Lines! 5 Coloring Pages For You Submitted by Erin Murphy on July 9, 2020

What’s a bookworm to do when you want to listen to your audiobook, but are itching to keep your hands busy? Look no further: we have 5 beautiful coloring pages for you to print and shade in Read more

Tagged: coloring, crafter, Listen and Craft

Get Crafty! 6 Audiobooks for Millennial Makers Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on May 14, 2020

Whether you’re sewing, knitting, beading, etching, hand lettering, or stamping, you need your eyes on your craft project and not on a screen. However, that doesn’t mean you can’t be entertained while you work. Keep your ears engaged by pressing play on an audiobook. Read more

Tagged: Adenrele Ojo, Andrew Garfield, Angels in America, Arthur Morey, Baron Vaughn, Beth Malone, Bhani Turpin, Bobby Cannavale, Brittany Pressley, Cassandra Campbell, Chelsea Handler, Colman Domingo, crafter, crafters, Denise Gough, Dominic Hoffman, Edie Falco, Elaine Welteroth, Emily Rankin, Emma Galvin, How Could She, James McArdle, James Urbaniak, Karen Russell, Kimiko Glenn, Lauren Mechling, Lee Pace, Life Will Be the Death of Me, Listen and Craft, Mark Bramhall, Mhairi Morrison, More Than Enough, Natalie Morales, Nathan Lane, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Nicholas Gonzalez, Orange World and Other Stories, Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Raúl Esparza, Rebecca Lowman, Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory, Stephanie Beatriz, Susan Brown, Tony Kushner, Will Brill

Recommended Craft Projects for Listeners Submitted by Erin Murphy on May 6, 2020

Crafting and listening to audiobooks are a match made in heaven: you can make headway on both activities at the same time! But wouldn’t it be great if there was a way to match up the length of your project with an audiobook so that both finish at the same time? Let us help! Read more

Tagged: Amy Jo Burns, crafters, crafting, Keylor Leigh, Kwana Jackson, Listen and Craft, Real Men Knit, Shiner, tryaudiobooks

Try This Craft Project: Painted Trays Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on April 23, 2020

An easy way to freshen up your living space is by adding in stylish objects. Painted Trays, from Janet Crowther’s A Well-Crafted Home (the full project can also be found below), is an easy craft project that anyone can do. Read more

Tagged: A Well-Crafted Home, Anne Lamott, Blair Brown, Blue Shoe, City of Girls, craft project, crafter, elizabeth gilbert, Hope and Other Punch Lines, How Not to Die Alone, jorjeana marie, Julie Buxbaum, Listen and Craft, Painted Trays, Richard Roper, Robbie Daymond, Simon Vance