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Making crafts is often connected to improved wellbeing and previous studies in this field have shown that crafts support the makers’ wellbeing. Mental health issues are very common among youth and they can lead to social exclusion which has lately been on display a lot in the public forum. The intention of this study was to examine the therapeutic effects of crafts and their possible connections to youth’s mental health and its progress. The study mission is to find out the therapeutic factors in the crafting process and their effects on youth’s mental health. This study is a descriptive literature study. I collected versatile material consisting of different academic and reliable publications. To collect the material I availed the database of Helka and the Google Scholar search engine. As keywords I used the ones mentioned below and their combinations. I chose 21 academic publications, availing most of them concisely. This study showed that the craft process has several factors that can improve youth’s mental health. These factors have versatile effects which can be connected to the challenges in the day-to-day life of the youth. The most notable effects are related to individuals – the development of self-esteem, self-image and self-confidence and also many life skills, such as emotional, interaction and coping skills. Based on this literature study, crafts can play a part in improving mental wellbeing and lower the risk of developing a mental health disorder.