8 Brilliant Homemade Sex Toys For Mind-Blowing Orgasms

Crafting your own sex toys — reckless idea or clever money-saving hack? Honestly, it's a bit of both. Plenty of people experiment with DIY toys, though not always with the safest approach. This guide is here to fix that. You can safely build a few toys yourself, or repurpose everyday household items as a dildo. There's room to get creative when crafting your own dildo or bondage gear, and you can even bring artistic skill into the mix — especially handy if you already work with glass, leather, or another craft that translates well to sex toys.

So where should you begin?

8 Homemade Sex Toys

Below is a rundown of homemade sex toys worth trying yourself. They range widely in shape, purpose and difficulty, and not every one will be your cup of tea. Still, you might be amazed at what you can build or scavenge from around the house to get yourself off.

1. Ice Dildo

The ice dildo is a simple project to check off your homemade sex toy list. There are two routes:

1. Fill a condom with water, knot it, and freeze it solid.
2. Swap the water for juice inside a popsicle mold.

The popsicle route gives you a built-in handle, sparing you a frozen hand or a puddle everywhere. You can use the dildo with the condom left on, or carefully peel it away once it's frozen through.

Lay a towel down before playing with this one so your sheets stay dry — or take it to the shower instead, though it'll melt that much faster there.

Related: How to use your dildo.

2. Clone A Willy

Here's a homemade toy built to last a lot longer. Clone A Willy sells kits that let you mold someone's penis and turn it into a functioning vibrating dildo, a candle, or even an edible chocolate replica! It's a goofy, entertaining project to tackle together with your partner. The kit includes every material and instruction you need, and the whole process moves quickly, leaving little room to stall or fumble.

A common mistake is over-mixing the mold compound, which causes it to set too fast. The mold needs to stay pliable while your partner stays hard, so timing matters on his end too! Get it right, though, and you'll end up with a genuinely functional, custom toy.

Learn: How to masturbate for intense orgasms.

3. Tampons as Butt Plugs

If you've read our guide to using a butt plug during sex, you already know safety is essential when prepping for anal sex. Anything without a flared handle risks getting lost, making it that much harder to find or improvise a proper toy for anal masturbation. It's completely normal to want to try anal play without committing to buying a toy right away — and you don't have to.

Chances are you've got tampons on hand if you menstruate, or you could borrow one from a friend. Tampons with applicators slide in easily with a bit of lube (learn about lube here), instantly giving you a makeshift butt plug. Keep it in while you use a dildo elsewhere for an extra full sensation. Because tampons are softer and smaller than most toys, they're a gentle way to ease into anal insertion. Like it? Work your way up to something bigger. Not for you? No harm done.

Removal is easy, too, thanks to the string.

Related: 14 masturbation techniques for women.

4. Washing Machine

Laundry's spinning and you're craving an orgasm, but your vibrator just died. What now? Straddle or lean against the washing machine and let the vibrations work against your clitoris. Your laundry gets clean while you get dirty — and it might outdo any battery-powered toy you own.

You can also blend sex itself with the machine's vibrations by trying the Washing Machine sex position.

5. Back Massager

Let's be real — a lot of back massagers are basically vibrators that happen to double as external stimulators. That's actually how the Hitachi and the Wahl became two of the most beloved wand vibrators out there. So if you've got an old massager stashed away from a pulled muscle, dust it off and try it somewhere a little more sensitive. You'll thank us.

Discover: How to use a vibrator during masturbation and sex.

6. Vibrating Phones and Gadgets

No massager handy, and the washing machine's on the fritz? No problem — most of us are already carrying a vibrating device at all times: our phones. And yes, your phone is great for sexting and sexy selfies, but it's got another sneaky use too.

Phone vibrations are far weaker than an actual vibrator, but they'll do in a pinch. The real concern isn't butt-dialing someone — it's keeping the vibration active and putting a barrier between skin and device, both to guard against bacteria and to protect the phone from moisture. Using it externally through your underwear sidesteps most of these issues.

Vibrate Plus and Pleasure Droid are two Android apps built for this; Apple keeps similar apps off the App Store. Just know that using your phone this way will burn through the battery fast.

Even beauty gadgets have jumped on the vibrating trend, so a vibrating mascara wand or electric toothbrush can pull double duty, battery permitting.

Learn: 9 clitoral stimulation techniques.

7. Clay Dildo or Plug

Another homemade option: a dildo or plug sculpted from clay. Beyond the satisfaction of pleasuring yourself, you get the added reward of having made something entirely your own. Pick whatever colors, size and shape appeal to you most — glow-in-the-dark clay is even an option.

Firing the piece in a kiln, if you know someone with access to one, is by far the safest and most reliable route. A pottery wheel helps with shaping a plug. Fire it twice, glazing between rounds, to seal it nonporous and body-safe — otherwise chemicals and pigment could leach out into your body. Not good. Steer clear of softer or crumbly clays, since they can flake or break apart, risking infection.

8. Repurpose Household Items for BDSM

These aren't strictly homemade toys, but plenty of everyday objects around your house can spice up your sex life. A few ideas:

• A spatula or wooden spoon doubles nicely as a spanking tool.
• A soft belt can stand in for a single-tail whip (skip the buckle end!). Learn about impact play.
• Paper clips and clothespins work as nipple clamps for nipple play.
• A clean feather duster makes for great teasing and tickling.
• A soft scarf or fuzzy wrap feels wonderful dragged across bare skin.
• Old sports paddles convert easily into spanking paddles if you're disciplining a submissive.

Learn: How to spank your husband.

If you're feeling ambitious, you can even build wood paddles from scratch — cut, sand and paint to whatever shape you like. A length of rope tied with a few knots becomes a flogger, and you can even fashion one from old shoelaces. Rope itself is inexpensive and endlessly useful for bondage gear.

Discover: Light bondage tips and ideas.

And if you've got leatherworking tools for cutting, punching and stitching, a whole new category of homemade toys opens up.

The Risks of Homemade Sex Toys

There's real risk involved with the DIY approach. Going this route means you're exposed to:

• Infection risk, such as bacterial vaginosis or a yeast infection.
• Injury from using items never designed for insertion.
• Losing something without a flared base or handle inside your rectum, landing you in the ER.

Use good judgment and caution whenever you're crafting or repurposing homemade toys. Take your time with each project, and you can end up with something both safe and genuinely well-made. Rush it because you're desperate to get off, though, and you risk ending up in pain at the hospital instead.

February 25, 2022