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Handicraft is any kind of craft that can be using one's hands or simple tools. Handicraft, more precisely expressed as artisanic handicraft, is a type of work where useful and decorative devices are made completely by hand or by using only simple tools. The individual artisanship of the items is a paramount criterion, such items often have cultural or religious significance. It is a traditional main sector of craft. Usually the term is applied to traditional means of making goods. Handicraft encompasses many different crafts that are used traditionally in everyday life. Gardening, stained glass, sewing, knitting, metal work, crochet, leather making, spinning, bead work,, pottery, quilting, needlepoint, paper making, doll making and woodwork all are examples of handicrafts, as only your hands or simple tools are used to produce artistic objects used in daily life. Items made by mass production or machines are not handicraft goods.

Usually, what distinguishes the term handicraft from the frequently used category arts and crafts is a matter of intent: handicraft items are intended to be used, worn, etc., having a purpose beyond simple decoration. Handicraft goods are generally considered more traditional work, in traditional non-industrial and transitional societies created as a somewhat more necessary part of daily life (in comparison to industrial societies), while arts and crafts implies more of a hobby pursuit and a demonstration/perfection of a creative technique. In Britain in the late nineteenth century, however, the Arts and Crafts Movement was not a matter of hobbies, but of creating useful as well as creative work for people, using natural materials and traditional techniques. In practical terms, the categories have a great deal of overlap. The craftsmen of this period, under royal patronage excelled in jewelry making, woodcarving, sculpture, stone carving and weaving.