The crafting table is the most used item in the game and is the means of making 90% of items/materials in Minecraft. To make a crafting table you need to craft 4 wooden planks in a square, unlike your on hand crafting the crafting tables space is 3 by 3.
Crafting Table
Minecraft Discussion
Minecraft Crafting
Blocks
Ore Blocks TNT Wool Glowstone Stairs Slabs Clay Block Snow Block Brick (Block) Bookshelf Stone Brick Sandstone Smooth Sandstone Jack-O-Lantern
Mechanism
Pressure Plates Doors Trapdoor Stone Button Redstone Torches Note Block Lever Jukebox Redstone Repeater Dispenser Redstone Lamp Pistons Alternate Income
Tools
Shovel Hoe Axe Pickaxe Bucket Flint and Steel Fishing Rod Clock Map Compass Fire Charge Shears
Challenges
Careers Light Grey Grey Rose Red Dye / Red Wool Orange Dandelion Yellow Dye / Yellow Wool Expansion Packs Light Blue Cyan Purple Pink Magenta Green Wool Blue Wool Brown Wool
Misc
Painting Sign Ladder Iron Bars Glass Pane Paper Book Bed Fences Fence Gate Eye of Ender
Food
Bread Sugar Cake Cookie Bowl Mushroom Stew Golden Apple Melon Block Melon Seeds Pumpkin Seeds
Enchantment and Brewing
Glass Bottle Cauldron Brewing Stand Magma Cream Blaze Powder Gold Nugget Glistering Melon Fermented Spider Eye Enchantment Table
Transportation
Minecart Powered Minecart Storage Minecart Rails Powered Rails Detector Rails Boat
Basic
Sticks Torches Wooden Planks Furnace Crafting Table Chest
Armor
Helmet Leggings Chestplate Boots
