31 of the best craft subscription boxes for adults
Why leave the house to get making supplies when you can have the wondrous craft treats of your dreams delivered straight to your door each month? We've rounded up our favourite monthly craft boxes for adults that you can subscribe to receive happy post!

If you're looking for craft subscription box UK ideas, we've got you covered! From calligraphy to pottery, crochet clubs and art subscription boxes, we've found a range of monthly craft boxes to suit makers of every shape and size... from beginner stitchers to sewing addicts to multi-crafters who want to try something new.
We've even included the best craft subscription boxes for kids too to inspire the next generation to get creative (they make a great alternative to plastic toys).
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Best craft subscription boxes
Craftiosity
Best for: variety of projects
- Craftiosity - prices start from £26.95 for a one-month kit
- Not on the Highstreet - Send a one-off box as a gift
Delivery available in: UK, EU, New Zealand and Australia. (Not currently available in US and Canada).
Treat your favourite crafter or yourself with a subscription to Craftiosity. Each month, you'll receive all the tools, materials and easy-to-follow photo instructions to make a beautiful project.
It could be lino cutting, book-binding, Japanese shibori dyeing - or something completely different!
Buy a subscription and you're ready for a perfect crafternoon. For a more detailed look into Craftiosity's subscription box check out our Craftiosity craft box subscription review.

Cosy Craft Club Subscription Box
Best for: discovering new crafts
- Cosy Craft Club, £24 per month
Delivery available: Worldwide
Cosy Craft Club is a monthly craft subscription box for adults. Every month features a new craft that's delivered straight to your door, plus there's online resources and inspiration to go with it.
Whether it's arm knitting, macrame or weaving, you'll learn new skills, make something gorgeous and craft along with their Cosy community.
There's been everything from lino printing to jewellery making, tie-dye to crochet basket making.
You'll never be bored with a Cosy Craft subscription! You can see what we thought of their subscription box over in our Cosy Craft Club subscription box review.

Craft Box Club
Best for: sustainability – all boxes are plastic free
- Craft Box Club, £22 a month
Delivery available: Worldwide
If you're on the hunt for craft boxes for adults with a conscience, Craft Box Club is the one for you. Each box comes with clear, easy-to-follow video guides making it super easy to get creative. Plus you'll receive personalised craft help and advice so it's ideal for crafting newbies. They aim to keep their projects frustration-free by including all the tools and guidance you need.
Recent boxes have included beeswax food wraps, needle punching, artisan salt dough and washi tape coasters. One great benefit of Craft Box Club is you can return your box if it's not the craft for you - just box your tools back up, wrap and send them back to Craft Box Club and you'll get £5 off future subscriptions.
We tested out the Craft Box Club subscription service and loved it! Read our full Craft Box Club subscription review for details on what to expect from each box.

Monthly Bread Making subscription
Best for: bakers
- Not on the High Street, £35 per box
Delivery available: UK only
The only food-based box in this kit, we've included the Baker Boxx Bread Box for all those of you who also love to make things out of food as well as craft supplies!
Sign up to get a unique bread-baking kit in the post each month. All recipes are carefully sourced from around the world and each box includes little handy extras, tips, and tricks! It's available for 3, 6, 9 or 12-month subscriptions.
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Pom Pom Club by Post
Best for: fun factor
- Pom Stitch Tassel, medium kit 6-month subscription £100
Delivery available: Worldwide
Er yes, you heard us! Pom pom fans everywhere (yes we see you) unite with these fun and easy pom pom craft boxes. PomStitchTassel, an independent Devon-based company, are here to fill your life with an array of DIY pom poms, tassels and yarn crafts, with a new yarn-themed craft every month.
Designed for teens and children aged five and older, we don't see any reason why grown-ups won't enjoy this lovely gift idea too. It is, after all, a fact no one can dispute that making pom poms ups the joy factor in life significantly!
You might also enjoy: How to make a pom pom.

Best knitting subscription box
Knitting box by Knitting Box Club
Best for: Choose your knitter type
Delivery available: UK only
We love the versatility of this nifty knitting subscription box – with three options to choose from – just yarn, knitted toys or baby clothes – so you can sign up for the monthly knitting post that suits your favourite type of project.
Whatever you choose you'll get a monthly knitting craft subscription box to your door, curated by an indie family business in Cornwall.
If you pick the Knitted Toy Chest or Baby Clothes Knitting Box options, you'll receive super sweet patterns and projects to make, plus yarn (choose the colour for babies), needles and notions to make up cute family knitting projects.
If you're all set for patterns, opt for Just Yarn and get 6 to 8 of the latest yarns from leading brands – you can opt for a crochet or knitting theme to further personalise your crafty preferences!

Knit in a Box
Best for: knitting for children
- Knit in a Box, £21.99 per box
Delivery available: Worldwide
Knit in a Box are a family-run, monthly knitting subscription service. Every month you'll receive a mystery knitting kit that's been carefully curated and packed by the Knit in a Box team.
You never know what you're going to get but there will be something to knit for a baby aged up to 12 months. You can choose monthly boxes for babies (boys, girls or gender-neutral) or children up to the age of six. Yarn, knitting patterns and buttons are all included plus extra surprises! If you'd prefer knitting for adults they have a ladies box too.
One of the loveliest things about this craft subscription box is that you get an exclusive membership to the Knit in the Box VIP customer's Facebook Group. This community will allow you to make friends with like-minded knitters, and share patterns, views and projects.

Mystery Yarn Box
Best for: Lovers of surprises
- Etsy, from £17.85 per box
Delivery available: Worldwide
Ok so this one isn't technically a regular subscription box, but we're including these sweet mystery boxes of hand-dyed yarn from Dina's Home of Crafts in this round-up as we just think it's a lovely idea, and even though you buy the boxes monthly, new ones are released each month for regular surprises. As a one-off purchase, they'll suit those who have a limited budget and can't commit to a monthly cost.
Choose between basic, advanced or luxury options, with 4-ply and DK variations available for each tier. You'll receive skeins of yarn and a stitch marker in the basics box, plus additional knitting or crochet accessories and a gift with the next step options. Just leave a note when you order to let them know if you're a crocheter or knitter.

Best crochet subscription box
Build a blanket – lucky dip skeins club
Best for: flexibility – you can buy individual boxes ad hoc
- Ruffles Crochet Crafts (Etsy, £7.99 per box)
Delivery available: UK, US, Canada and Australia
This month-by-month blanket builder club really appeals to us – each month you get a random pair of 20g Skeins of yarn on a lucky dip rotation – so no two blankets by club members will be the same. Choose between DK 100% Merino Superwash Wool or Sock yarn.
These yarn-building boxes will appeal to both knitters and crocheters - use them to create your blanket with your favourite technique to make your own beautiful, colourful blanket with Ruffles Hand Dyed Yarns.

TOFT Bird Club Crochet Subscription
Best for: amigurumi fans
- TOFT, £30 per quarter
Delivery available: Worldwide
TOFT offer a range of fun craft subscription boxes, starting from £14.99 per box, but their most popular craft subscription box is the infamous Ed’s Animal Club, which gives you everything you need to make an adorable array of birds.
Their subscription will last 12 months and guarantees you 7 surprise deliveries throughout the year. You'll get an exclusive crochet amigurumi pattern to create a standard-size Edward’s Menagerie animal, along with an additional story postcard.
Don’t forget the check out #edsanimalsclub to see all the past animals and what your fellow crocheters think of the box.

Best paper craft subscription box
The Calligraphy Box
Best for: Calligraphy fans or those who want to learn
- uOpen (£19.08 per box)
Delivery available: UK only
Calligraphy is enjoying a huge resurgence at the moment, and if you've always been curious to learn more about this soothing craft, a monthly subscription to The Calligraphy Box is well worth the investment.
You'll get to learn and try a range of new calligraphy skills with fresh lessons and materials, suitable for right and left-handed writers, each month.
It's a great way to stock up on your essential kit as you'll gather pen holders, inks, nibs and practise sheets, with lessons to teach you a mix of modern, Copperplate and Spencerian calligraphy styles. Make sure you also check out our round-up of the best calligraphy books.

Papercraft Society
Best for: Papercraft addicts
- uOpen (£24.99 per box)
Delivery available: UK only
Build up your papercraft stash with a monthly curated collection of papercraft goodies including dies, stamps, papers, embellishments, collectables and exclusive designs and projects worth over £60. Each box also comes with a 36-page booklet to help you make the most of each box.

The Happy Mail Stationery Subscription Box
Best for: Stationary fans
- Not on the Highstreet, from £27.99 for 1 month
Delivery available: Worldwide
Get all your stationery favourites delivered straight to your door! Each box contains 7-9 pieces of the cutest stationery, including 2 never before seen items exclusive to the box!

Best sewing subscription box
Felix Loves Fabric subscription box
Best for: stash lovers
Delivery available: UK only
If like us, the thought of receiving four modern fabric fat quarters in the post each month makes your heart hop, then good news – we've got the craft box for you.
These beautiful fabric subscription boxes are also especially handy if you find trying to pick fabric in the haberdashery all a bit overwhelming.
Offering fresh, bright fabrics, each 100% quilting weight cotton and wrapped in tissue paper and ribbon, the monthly picks vary in theme but you can see examples of previous packs in their Etsy shop to get a feel for whether they're your cup of tea before you sign up.

Skimming Stones subscription box
Best for: original fabrics
- Skimming Stones, £26.95 per box
Delivery available: Worldwide
Launched by fabric designer Laura Tulloch last year, this Aberdeenshire-based sewing subscription box comes with a unique fabric that's been designed in-house, and everything you need to make a project, including step-by-step instructions.
This box is so lovely it is topping our team's birthday wish lists this year.

Sew Darn Sweet Boxes
Best for: haberdashery fans
- Sew Darn Sweet, £13 per box
Delivery available: UK only
Oakapple Haberdashery's Sew Darn Sweet craft subscription box is the box for passionate sewists. Every box contains four beautiful fat quarters (measuring ¼ metre, each piece 50 x 55cm), as well as haberdashery bits and bobs such as binding, ribbons or buttons.
Every box has a new theme and comes with project suggestions for those of you who need a boost of creativity.

Skimming Stones– Sewing Subscription Boxes
Best for: sewing for babies
- UOpen from £26.95 a month
Delivery available: UK only
This sweet sewing box makes a lovely gift for a friend, family member or colleague. It contains everything you need to sew something for a new baby – it could be an accessory, a piece of clothing or a decoration for the nursery.

Box of Delights
Best for: quilters
- The Bramble Patch, £24.50 a month
Delivery available: UK only
Box of Delights subscription service delivers quality patchwork fabric and pattern surprises every month in one handy box.
Curated by the Bramble Babes, the fabric inside may be pre-cuts, fat quarters, fat eighth bundles, or something else but you will always get one from those three categories. It's the ultimate craft subscription box for seasoned or new quilters.

My Craftine Box
Best for: making your own clothes
- Craftine Box, £33.90 per box
Delivery available: Worldwide
Every two months My Craftine Box selects fabrics, trims and surprise extras for their subscription boxes. This is the ideal box for those of you inspired by The Great British Sewing Bee and you can try a box out with a one-month subscription.
If you're a fan then why not pay for the year and receive six projects complete with patterns and everything you need to make them?

Best needlecraft subscription boxes
Monthly thread subscription box
Best for: thread lovers
Delivery available: Worldwide
If you're a stitcher or embroiderer with an appreciation of the joy of threads, then you know how exciting the prospect of receiving a beautiful pack of embroidery threads in the post each month truly is. With four subscription options to choose from, each involves you receiving a pack of 10 hand-dyed threads for different periods of time (monthly to annual) – ready to stitch or collect.
Over 12 months you'll build a collection of 120 threads, lovingly produced in France. This makes a lovely gift idea for stitchy friends and family members too.

Craftpod Embroidery Subscription Boxes
Best for: embroiderers
- Craftpod, £26 for one box
Delivery available: Worldwide
Craftpod is the craft subscription box for any nature lovers out there. Each season they release a new box with contains everything you need to complete seasonal stitching projects as well as a few extra treats.
To try out Craftpod you can buy a single box for £26 and if you decide it's the box for you then buy a yearly subscription (consisting of four boxes delivered to your door) for £96.
Check out our Craftpod subscriptions box review for the box's pros, cons and details.

Cotton & Twine
Best for: Cross stitchers
- Cotton & Twine, £20 per month
Delivery available: Worldwide
Cotton & Twine's monthly subscription box is the ideal gift for cross-stitch lovers. Every box will be full of lovely stitching surprises and will always contain an exclusive design varying between Cross Stitch and Tapestry. You'll also get loads of little extra surprises too!

Fuzzy Sculptures Monthly Craft Subscription Box
Best for: Cute craft fans
Delivery available: UK only
Make your very own fluffy, fuzzy animal sculptures with this fun-packed monthly needle felting box. If you haven't tried it yet, needle felting really is one of the most therapeutic crafts you can discover.
Each month you'll get a craft box filled with materials and step-by-step guides – suitable for everyone from beginners to needle felting pros.

Monthly Baarduck needle felting Craft Subscription Box
Best for: Needle felting
- Etsy, £88.79 for three months
Delivery available: Worldwide
This monthly felted friend subscription box is perfect for treating your loved ones, mastering a new craft, or simply adding to your collection. Each month you will receive a different full-size felting kit, including wool, instructions, eyes, felting pad and 3 different-sized needles to create a creature of the month.

Best art subscription boxes
Artful
Best for: artists looking for inspiration
- Artful, £35 per box, quarterly
Delivery available: Worldwide
Artful is a quarterly art subscription box for your inner artist. Each box comes with a selection of premium tools and unique projects so you can put them to the test. For a personal touch we love, each box works closely with an established artist who hand-picks the contents for you. It comes with a 3-month subscription to Skillshare, allowing you to grow your talents with the support of established artists.

Scrawlr Box Monthly Art Challenge
Best for: artists wanting to join a community
Scrawlr Box, £18.95 per month
Delivery available: Worldwide
Get handpicked creative tools with Scrawlr's art subscription box. This box will transform your art and design stash by combining a regular dose of high-quality art supplies with inspiration and community challenges.
Every month Scrawlr will give you a word or phrase and you're tasked with creating something within the theme, using only the supplies in the box! You can then share your creations with the ScrawlrCommunity using the hashtag #ScrawlrChallenge.
We love this idea and the range of artwork that makers share under the hashtag is inspiring in itself. We tested out the Scrawlr Box and loved it!
Read all our thoughts and feeling on the subscription service in our ScrawlrBox art subscription box review.

Best kids craft subscription boxes
Mindful Craft Subscription Box
Best for: mindful making
- Not on the High Street, £64.97 for 3 months
Delivery available: UK and EU
Here at Gathered we're firm believers that making has benefits for the well-being of both children and adults, so we love the idea of these mindful craft boxes for kids. Each one is filled with activities inspired by art therapy, yoga and mindfulness, with activities designed to support a positive mindset and master new skills.

Sock Creature Craft Kits
Best for: easy to make
- Not on the High Street £29.99 for 3 months
Delivery available: UK only
The Sock Creature Craft Kit will be delivered to your door each month with a different sock creature waiting for your little ones to make. Children under 12 will need your help to complete the projects making it a lovely bonding project for crafty parents and kids.

Makerly Crafts Modern Craft Kits
Best for: teenagers
- Makerly Crafts, £16 per box
Delivery available: UK only
Makerly Crafts have created a subscription box that’s perfect for teens and adults. Every box comes filled with all the necessary instructions, pattern pieces, and materials they need to complete a super creative and crafty project.
From jewellery and candle making to crochet and Hama beads, there’s going to be something in every box to keep them entertained.

Kiwico Inc
Best for: educational crafting
- Kiwico Inc, £16.48-£24.74 monthly
Delivery available: Worldwide
Kiwico’s craft subscription boxes are great for kids of all ages. Kiwico allows you to choose between different boxes depending on your child’s age or interest.
Pick from science, art, geography, engineering or simply play and you’ll get a box delivered to your door that contains some thought-provoking and imaginative projects.
These boxes are all about teaching kids through crafts and will keep them entertained for hours.

Female role model subscription box
Best for: inspirational crafting
- Not on The Highstreet, 3 month subscription £56.10
Delivery available: UK only
An Inspirational art kit for children aged 3 - 10 years old that will help you to inspire your children to create, imagine and invent.

What is a craft subscription box?
In this Buyer's Guide to the best craft boxes for adults, you'll find everything from needle felting to painting and crochet. We genuinely get excited when we find a new box to add to this mix and we're personally subscribed to many of the boxes in this list.
In fact, our team have personally reviewed many of these craft subscription boxes so look out for links to our reviewed content throughout the article. We firmly believe there are few better simple pleasures than hearing a fresh parcel of craft stash hit your doormat.
Craft boxes make great stash builders if you're just starting out with a new craft hobby (you'll find yarn, fabric and thread subscriptions in this article) and a unique gift idea for friends and loved ones who are always making stuff.
Craft subscriptions are just the beginning
A craft subscription box is a brilliant way to test out a new hobby or craft you're interested in. You can choose a general crafters box to get a mixture of projects, or you can pick a topic like sewing to narrow it down a bit.
Keep growing your skills with craft kits
If you want to try a little bit of something here and here, a craft kit might be just the ticket! You'll receive a one-off box jam-packed with your chosen project.
Authors

Zoe is the launch Editor of Gathered.how. She has over a decade of craft publishing experience under her belt. She's a quilter and sewist who works with the UK’s best-selling craft magazines including Today’s Quilter, Love Patchwork & Quilting, Simply Sewing and The World of Cross Stitching. Zoe loves being immersed in Gathered’s quilting content, tweaking our tutorials and publishing new patterns. Zoe has previously written for radiotimes.com, Simply Knitting and The World of Cross Stitching and was previously Deputy Editor of Papercraft inspirations magazine. She has guest-lectured at Bath Spa University. She’s a keen quilter with 5 projects in progress at any one time and another 12 or so planned.