19 Doctor Who Crafts You Gotta Try – Do It Your Freaking Self
If you’ve ever watched the TARDIS disappear into thin air and thought, “I wish I could bring a piece of that magic into my actual house,” then congratulations — you are exactly the kind of person this post was written for. Doctor Who has been capturing hearts across the universe (and multiple regenerations) for decades, and the fandom is one of the most creative, passionate, and frankly unhinged communities on the planet. In the best possible way.
Whether you’re a Tenth Doctor die-hard who still hasn’t fully recovered from “I don’t want to go,” a Classic Who purist who thinks the show peaked with Tom Baker’s scarf, or a brand-new fan who just discovered the show and immediately went down a three-day rabbit hole — these crafts are for you. No TARDIS travel required. No sonic screwdriver needed (well, mostly). Just your hands, some supplies, and the irresistible urge to make something gloriously nerdy.
Let’s get into it.
1. Build Your Own TARDIS Bookshelf
The TARDIS is bigger on the inside, and your bookshelf should be too — at least in terms of personality. Building a TARDIS-shaped bookshelf is one of the most impressive Doctor Who DIY projects you can tackle, and the results are jaw-dropping. You can go as simple or as elaborate as you want, from a basic painted wooden box with TARDIS detailing to a full-scale police box with working LED lights inside.
For a beginner-friendly version, grab unfinished wood crates from a craft store, stack and connect them, then paint them in the iconic Police Box blue (a shade somewhere between cerulean and “I painted this while sobbing over the finale”). Add white trim, craft the classic sign panels using printouts or hand-lettering, and finish with a little light on top. Mount it on your wall and fill it with your favorite sci-fi novels. It will become the centerpiece of every room it’s in, guaranteed.
2. Crochet the Fourth Doctor’s Iconic Scarf
Tom Baker’s extraordinarily long, multi-colored scarf is one of the most recognizable pieces of television costuming in history. And yes, you can make it yourself, and yes, it will be the most satisfying knitting or crochet project of your entire life.
The original scarf was reportedly made from pattern instructions that were misunderstood, resulting in something twice as long as intended. So there’s actually no wrong way to do it. You can find fan-made patterns online that replicate the exact color sequence from various seasons, or you can freestyle it and make it your own. Use chunky yarn for speed, a simple single or double crochet stitch, and prepare to start conversations with every stranger who sees you wearing it in public.
3. TARDIS Terrarium
Take a glass jar or a geometric terrarium globe and transform it into a tiny, ethereal TARDIS scene. Fill the base with blue-tinted sand or aquarium gravel, add small ferns or moss to represent alien landscapes, then place a miniature TARDIS figurine in the center. A few tiny pebbles, maybe a small resin figure of the Doctor, and a string of micro LED lights, and you’ve got yourself a little universe in a jar.
These make incredible gifts and they look gorgeous on a windowsill or bookshelf. You can even seal the top with a glass lid for a terrarium effect. The blue glass tones, the soft greenery, and the glow of the lights make it look like something straight out of a dream sequence.
4. Dalek Pepper Grinders
Because nothing says “EXTERMINATE” like grinding fresh pepper over your pasta. Take a plain wooden pepper grinder and paint it up to look like a Dalek — gold or grey body, black bumps (you can use small craft gems or paint them on), the eyestalk detail, and whatever color scheme matches your favorite Dalek variant.
This is a legitimately fun weekend project that results in something you’ll actually use every single day. Your dinner table will never be the same. You can also do salt and pepper sets with two Daleks in different colors, facing each other down across the condiment tray like rivals.
5. Weeping Angel Garden Statue
“Don’t blink” takes on a whole new meaning when you’ve got one of these in your front yard. Weeping Angel garden statues are an absolutely iconic Doctor Who craft project, and the results are genuinely beautiful and creepy in equal measure. You can start with a plain cement cherub statue from a garden center and transform it with grey stone-effect spray paint, some dark wash paint for shading, and careful detailing around the face and wings to give it that “quantum-locked” stone appearance.
Position it in your garden with its hands raised toward its face and watch your neighbors do a double-take. Bonus points if you move it slightly between visits without telling anyone.
6. Sonic Screwdriver Wand Hybrid
For those who are fully committed to living in multiple fandoms simultaneously, a sonic screwdriver styled like a wizard’s wand is the crossover craft event of the century. Use a wooden dowel or chopstick as your base, wrap the handle in metallic tape or paint it copper, then build up the tip with air-dry clay shaped into the signature sonic cylinder shape. Paint it with metallic blues and silvers, add a small LED button-light to the tip if you’re feeling ambitious, and seal it all with a glossy varnish.
It’s functional (as a wand or a prop), it’s gorgeous, and it immediately announces exactly who you are as a person.
7. TARDIS Door Decal for Your Bedroom
Turn your bedroom door into the entrance of the TARDIS with a DIY vinyl decal or painted mural project. If you’re renting and can’t paint directly on the door, use removable vinyl sheets — you can cut them to shape with a craft knife or a cutting machine like a Cricut. The TARDIS panels, the “POLICE PUBLIC CALL BOX” header, and the window details can all be recreated in blue and white vinyl and applied straight to your door surface.
If you own your space and want to go all in, tape off the panels and paint them directly for a result that looks absolutely stunning and makes you feel like you’re stepping aboard every single time you walk into your room.
8. Gallifreyan Jewelry
The circular written language of Gallifrey — developed by BBC’s graphic design team and embraced enthusiastically by the fandom — is one of the most beautiful fictional writing systems ever created. And it translates gorgeously into jewelry. You can use polymer clay, resin, or metal stamping to create pendants, earrings, and rings featuring Gallifreyan script.
Look up a fan-made Gallifreyan translator online, write out your name or a meaningful phrase, and render it in its circular, geometric form. Cast it in silver-colored resin, bake it into polymer clay, or etch it onto a metal blank. The finished pieces look utterly otherworldly and most people won’t even know what they’re looking at — which is either a great conversation starter or a perfect secret.
9. Tardis Blue Macramé Wall Hanging
Macramé is having a serious moment, and there’s absolutely no reason it can’t be a Doctor Who moment too. Create a large macramé wall hanging in shades of TARDIS blue, midnight navy, and cream. You don’t need to replicate the exact shape of the TARDIS — instead, lean into the aesthetic. Deep blue tones, geometric knotwork, and a little fringe at the bottom makes for something that feels both boho and sci-fi in the best possible combination.
Add small wooden beads painted to look like stars or planets throughout the knotwork for extra flair. It’s subtle enough for any room but meaningful enough for any Doctor Who fan who walks through the door.
10. Dalek Pinata
For your next Doctor Who viewing party, birthday, or general Tuesday celebration, a Dalek piñata is the chaotic, joyful craft project you didn’t know you needed. Use the classic papier-mâché method over a balloon for the main dome, attach a toilet paper roll for the eyestalk, and build up the sink-plunger arm and whisk arm from cardboard tubes. Cover it all in layers of tissue paper in your chosen Dalek color, fill it with candy, and let your guests take turns exterminating it.
The irony of hitting a Dalek with a stick until it surrenders its sweets is not lost on anyone, and it will be the highlight of any gathering.
11. TARDIS Shadow Box Display
A shadow box is a shallow framed display case, and when Doctor Who-themed, it becomes a gorgeous piece of wall art. Arrange miniature TARDIS figures, small character badges, printed episode quotes, fabric swatches from cosplay projects, convention badges, and other memorabilia inside a deep-frame shadow box. Paint the interior of the box a deep space blue or black with gold-painted star details before you arrange your items.
Seal it all behind glass and hang it up. It’s part craft project, part personal museum, and it turns your collection of little treasures into intentional, beautiful art rather than stuff sitting in a drawer.
12. Fez and Bow Tie Photo Props
Bow ties are cool. Fezzes are cool. And they make absolutely excellent photo booth props for parties, cosplay events, or just random Tuesday nights in your living room. Cut fez shapes from thick red craft foam or cardboard, paint them and add a black tassel from craft supplies or an old piece of yarn. For the bow ties, use patterned fabric (the more eccentric the better) cut into a classic bow tie shape, stiffened with interfacing, and attached to an elastic band or alligator clip.
Make a whole set in different colors and patterns for variety. Lay them out with a ring light and a blank backdrop and you have an instant photo booth that any self-respecting Whovian will absolutely lose their mind over.
13. Cyberman Helmet Costume Prop
This one takes a little more commitment but the payoff is enormous. Using craft foam, metallic spray paint, and some strategic cutting and gluing, you can build a genuinely impressive Cyberman helmet. Start with a basic foam head base, cut out the distinctive Cyberman face shapes — the circular ear details, the rectangular eye holes, the grille mouth — and layer them up to create dimension.
Silver and gunmetal grey spray paint gives it the metallic look, and a gloss sealer makes it shine. You can attach LED strips inside for glowing eye effects if you want to take it to the next level. Wear it to your next convention and prepare for every person there to stop you for a photo.
14. TARDIS Candles
Make your space smell like adventure (or at least like a really good candle) with homemade TARDIS-themed soy candles poured into TARDIS blue jars. Source small square blue glass jars or paint plain mason jars with blue glass paint. Pour melted soy wax with a scent that feels appropriate — something cool and atmospheric like rain, ozone, sea salt, sandalwood, or even a “time and space” fragrance blend you mix yourself.
Add blue or silver mica powder for shimmer in the wax before it sets, and label them with a custom TARDIS sticker or a hand-lettered “Police Box” tag. These candles make exceptional gifts for Whovians in your life and look stunning as a set on a mantle or bookshelf.
15. Knitted or Sewn TARDIS Amigurumi
If you crochet or knit, amigurumi (small stuffed figures) are absolutely your medium for Doctor Who crafting. A tiny TARDIS amigurumi, worked in blue yarn with embroidered white details, is portable, adorable, and incredibly satisfying to make. From there you can expand your collection to include miniature versions of each Doctor, companion figures, Daleks, and even K-9.
Patterns for Doctor Who amigurumi abound in the fan crafting community, and the hobby has spawned some genuinely breathtaking miniature collections. Line them up on a shelf and you’ve got the most delightful TARDIS crew imaginable.
16. Galaxy Resin TARDIS Paperweight
Resin art is one of those crafts that feels like actual magic while you’re doing it. For a TARDIS-themed galaxy resin paperweight, pour layers of deep blue, purple, black, and silver resin into a square or dome-shaped mold, swirling them together to create a nebula effect. Before the resin fully sets, push a small TARDIS charm or miniature figurine into the center so it appears to float in space.
Once cured, sand and polish the surface until it’s smooth and glassy. The result is a stunning, weighty desk object that looks like a piece of the universe has been frozen in time — which is, honestly, very on-brand.
17. Doctor Who Themed Embroidery Hoop Art
Embroidery hoops make beautiful, customizable wall art and they’re incredibly beginner-friendly. Stretch fabric in TARDIS blue, deep navy, or black across a wooden hoop, then embroider iconic Doctor Who imagery in colorful thread — the TARDIS silhouette against a starfield, the circular Gallifreyan symbols, a swirling vortex pattern, a quote from your favorite Doctor.
The combination of the wooden hoop frame and the hand-stitched artwork gives it a charming, handmade quality that digital art simply can’t replicate. Cluster several small hoops together on a wall for a gallery effect, each featuring a different Doctor or era of the show.
18. TARDIS Birdhouse
Take a plain wooden birdhouse from a craft store and transform it into a TARDIS. The basic shape of a birdhouse lends itself surprisingly well to the transformation — paint it blue, add the panel lines with white paint and a fine brush, top it with the characteristic lamp using a finial or wooden bead painted yellow-white, and letter the side panels. Seal it with exterior weatherproof paint and hang it in your garden.
The birds won’t appreciate the reference, but you absolutely will. Every time a little sparrow pops in and out you can whisper “bigger on the inside” to yourself and feel smugly satisfied.
19. DIY Doctor Who Tarot or Oracle Card Deck
This is the grand, ambitious finale project on the list, and it is absolutely worth the effort. Design and create your own Doctor Who-themed oracle or tarot card deck using printed or hand-drawn artwork on card stock. Each card can correspond to a character, concept, or moment from the show — the TARDIS as The Chariot, the Weeping Angels as The Tower, the Doctor themselves as The Fool beginning an endless journey.
Print your artwork on thick cardstock, cut your cards to size, round the corners with a corner punch, and seal them with a laminating sheet or a matte card finish spray. Store them in a hand-decorated box. This project combines art, storytelling, deep fandom knowledge, and craft into something genuinely one-of-a-kind that you will keep and treasure forever.
Final Thoughts
The beautiful thing about Doctor Who crafting is that it spans every skill level, every medium, and every budget. You can spend an afternoon making a simple fez prop or dedicate weeks to building an elaborate TARDIS bookcase. The show itself is about creativity, imagination, and the belief that ordinary people can do extraordinary things — and honestly, that energy translates perfectly into a crafting session.
So pick your favorite project from this list, gather your supplies, put on your favorite era of the show in the background, and make something wonderful. The universe is big, time is wibbly-wobbly, and your next great craft project is just waiting to happen.
Allons-y.
