Crafts in Canada

The February issue of Kayak explores many different kinds of crafts — things their makers didn’t have to make beautiful, but chose to nonetheless — and the skill of their makers.
Posted November 26, 2025

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If you need something practical, does it matter what it looks like? Since time immemorial, people have said “yes!” as they created lovely, useful items in order to stay warm, to store food, to carry and pour and throw light. The February issue of Kayak explores many different kinds of crafts — things their makers didn’t have to make beautiful, but chose to nonetheless — and the skill of their makers.

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Kayak’s crafts issue is aimed at grades 2–7.

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