Document And Entity Information (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2014	Jan. 19, 2015	May 31, 2014
Entity Registrant Name	ARTS WAY MANUFACTURING CO INC
Entity Central Index Key	0000007623
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--11-30
Entity Filer Category	Smaller Reporting Company
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding (in shares)		4,048,552
Entity Public Float			$ 12,759,986
Document Type	10-K
Document Period End Date	Nov. 30, 2014
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2014
Document Fiscal Period Focus	FY
Amendment Flag	true
Amendment Description	Art's-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. (the "Company") is filing this Amendment No. 1 (the "Amendment") to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2014, which was originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on January 29, 2015 (the "Original Filing"), for the purpose of including the Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity table, which was inadvertently omitted from Item 8 of the Original Filing, and furnishing the associated XBRL Interactive Data File, which was inadvertently omitted from the Original Filing. In accordance with Rule 12b-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Amendment also includes currently dated certifications from the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer as required by Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and a currently dated consent of the independent auditor. As required by the rules of the Commission, this Amendment sets forth an amended "Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules" in its entirety, which includes the currently dated consent of the independent auditor and currently dated certifications of the Company's principal executive officer and principal financial officer as Exhibits 23.1, 31.1, 31.2, 32.1 and 32.2, respectively. This Amendment does not otherwise update any exhibits of the Original Filing. Except as described above, no other changes have been made to the Original Filing. The Original Filing continues to speak as of the dates described in the Original Filing, and the Company has not updated the disclosures contained therein to reflect any events that occurred subsequent to such dates. Accordingly, this Amendment should be read in conjunction with the Company's filings made with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Original Filing, as information in such filings may update or supersede certain information contained in this Amendment.