Craft Activities For Visually Impaired Adults in 2025

Your eyesight may change as you get older, but it doesn’t mean you have to give up on arts and crafts. This guide covers craft activities for visually impaired adults in 2025. All of these ideas are suitable for any age or ability, even if you have limited mobility or poor eyesight.

If you’re looking for activities for the blind or activities for partially sighted elderly, these hobbies can keep your hands busy and your mind active, whether you’re at home or in a senior care setting.

Pottery

Pottery is a hands-on activity perfect for those with poor vision. Working with clay or salt dough stimulates your fingers and thumbs while encouraging creativity.

• Visualise an object in your mind first.
• Use your hands to recreate it by touch.
• Focus on texture and shape rather than fine details.

Pottery is a popular choice when thinking about crafts for blind adults because it builds strength, coordination, and imagination.

Jewellery Making and Bead Work

Bead threading is a rewarding craft for blind people, and it’s easy to adapt:

• Use larger beads with wider holes.
• Try a beading needle, which is longer and easier to thread.
• Look for beads with Braille markings to personalise your creations.

You’ll finish with something you can wear or gift. Jewellery making also builds fine motor skills and gives you a tangible, personal result.

Painting

Painting is excellent for expression and relaxation. Famous artists like Claude Monet and Edgar Degas created masterpieces even with poor eyesight.

• Start simple: paper and basic paints.
• Later, explore oils, acrylics, or watercolours.
• Use canvas if you want to display your work.

Painting is a great hobby for those looking for activities for the blind because it encourages freedom of movement, not fine visual detail.

Knitting

Knitting is another accessible and satisfying craft:

• Choose mid-to-large size needles (lighted needles are also available).
• Use tightly woven, bright-coloured yarn to feel and see stitches better.

Finishing a scarf, hat, or jumper you can wear feels rewarding and keeps your fingers nimble.

Other Helpful Crafting Tips for Poor Eyesight

• Use good lighting: Set up a task light to help you see better.
• Magnify your work: Use magnifiers designed for crafting.
• Access online guides: Look for tutorials in large print or audio versions.
• Join a local group: Some community centres run arts and crafts classes for the blind and visually impaired. They’re a good way to get help and make new friends.
• Visit the RNIB website: It has more advice on crafts for blind people and hobby ideas.

You could also look into games for the blind, which offer a fun way to stay mentally sharp and social while using tactile or auditory skills.

Book an Eye Test and Support Your Vision

Regular eye checks help maintain your remaining sight. Early detection of eye health issues makes a difference.
We offer NHS-funded home visits across the UK if you can’t get to a high street optician.

• Full eye test and health check at your home or care home.
• Help choosing glasses from our wide range of affordable frames.
• Personal hand delivery and fitting of your glasses.
• Advice on NHS support for the cost of glasses.

Book your appointment today:

• Call 020 8998 4228
• Email info@opticalleyecare.co.uk