Your A-Z of creative activities
We know that millions of you already take part in some form of creative activity and we want to put together an A-Z of all them – from Acting to Zithering.
We’ve started a list but we’re looking for your help to fill in the gaps. Let us know what should be added by emailing getcreative@bbc.co.uk. And why don’t you show us your work by sharing it on social media websites using the hashtag #bbcgetcreative and we’ll show the best and most interesting on the site.
We’ll highlight an everyday artist of the week which we’ll put on the Get Creative homepage. Check out the FAQs for more information.
Over the year, together with you, we’ll build a comprehensive catalogue of activities. So, whether you’re into jewellery making, jazz or xylopyrography – that’s burning images onto wood – then get creative.
A
Acrobatics
Acting
Animation
Archaeology
Architecture
Art
B
Baking
Ballet
Barbershop singing
Basket making
Batik
Bead work
Beat boxing
Bhangra
Body painting
Braiding
Brass bands
Busking
C
Cake decorating
Calligraphy
Carnival
Cello
Cheerleading
Choral music
Circus arts
Collage
Comedy
Conducting
Conservation
Craft
Creative writing
Crochet
Cross-stitch
D
Dance
Decopauge
Design
Digital printing
DJing
Drama
Drawing
E
Embroidery
Enamelling
Etching
F
Fashion design
Feltmaking
Filmmaking
Floristry
Folk dance
Folk music
G
Games-design
Garden design
Graffiti
Greening
Guided walks
H
Harmonising
Hip-hop
Horticulture
I
Illustration
Imagining
J
Jazz
Jewellery making
K
Kite-flying
Knitting
L
Lacemaking
Landscape design
Leather-tooling
Light painting
Literature
M
Making cards
Marching bands
Mela
Mime
Model building
Morris dancing
Mosaic
Murals
Music
N
Needlework
O
Opera
Origami
P
Painting
Papier-mâché
Photography
Playwriting
Podcasting
Poetry
Pottery
Printmaking
Pumpkin carving
Puppetry
Q
Quiltmaking
R
Reading
S
Salsa
Scrapbooking
Screen writing
Sculpture
Sewing
Singing
Soap making
Songwriting
Spinning
Square dancing
Stained glass
Steelband
Storytelling
Sugarcraft
T
Tap dancing
Tapestry
Theatre
Theatre design
U
Ukulele
Ultra-violet painting
Upcycling
Urban design
V
Videogame design
Videography
Vintage
Violin recitals
Vocal harmonising
W
Watercolour painting
Weaving
Woodcarving
Writing
X
Xylopyrography
Y
Yarning
Yoga
Z
Zithering
A look back at our artists
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Kenneth Small
A retired tool-maker who painted a life-size Canaletto replica
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Bev Cain
A crafter who didn't think drawing would be her forte but had a go anyway
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David Colbert
A former teacher who went looking for a hobby and found the ukulele
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Emily Auger
A jewellery designer who discovered a love for digital printing and uses it as a way to relax and to cure jet-lag
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Cheryl Lloyd
A dedicated mum and knitter who makes retro tank tops for her rugby- mad son and his friends to add a splash of style to the stands
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Rachel Orchard
A stitcher who joined a sewing group to meet like-minded people. She's made tea cosies and draught excluders as gifts and hopes to move to dressmaking
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Peter Egriega
A stroke survivor who has used painting, music and writing to rehabilitate. He shared his first self-portrait using his affected hand with Get Creative
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Sally Taft
A keen cross stitcher and crafter who uses it as a way to relax and wind down after a day content producing for Get Creative








