These braided pipe cleaner bracelets are so cute, and they can be made in less than 10 minutes using simple craft supplies. Combine pipe cleaners and beads to make these easy and fun pipe cleaner bracelets! Pipe Cleaner Bracelets Pipe cleaner bracelets are such a fun pipe cleaner craft! They're so simple to make AND they're a no mess craft (my favourite!). Because these pipe cleaner bracelets are so easy to make, they're a perfect activity for summer camp, Girls Scouts, or just for fun at home. It's always cool for kids to wear jewelry that they make themselves! And
Second graders created portraits with pipe cleaners. They twisted and bent the cleaners into a variety of unique personalities. :)
This cute Pipe Cleaner Dragon craft is very simple to make, even for children. Just follow my step by step tutorial to make your own Pipe Cleaner Dragon.
These 4 strand pipe cleaner bracelets are so beautiful and they're so simple to make! You can create a bracelet in less than 10 minutes using only pipe cleaners and beads. 4 Strand Pipe Cleaner Bracelets I absolutely love simple crafts! These 4 strand pipe cleaner bracelets are so pretty, and they are way easier to make than they look. Best of all, you can make one using two common craft supplies: pipe cleaners and beads. You can assemble these bracelets in 10 minutes or less, and the bead work is great for developing hand-eye coordination. Why not improve fine
How to make cute pipe cleaner and bead dolls.
These belong in every teacher's craft kit.
This is my version of a pipe cleaner skeleton created years ago to make a little boy happy. Why was this young man obsessed with skeletons? Pyrates. Not POTC pirates, but MegaBloks Pyrates. Later MegaBlocks did make a few POTC sets, but they didn’t have the same magic. Here’s a little taste of that magic where you can see the whole skeleton crew in action. Enough about pirates, it’s time for skeletons. You will need 6 pipe cleaners or chenille stems, 2 googly eyes and a bit of glue. Step 1 – The Skull Make a circle with the center of the pipe cleaner, leaving a 2.5" tail on either side. Fold the end pointing down, across to the left. Then fold it in half, tucking the end back around to front. Now your circle should be smushed into an oval, with a smaller portion (the jawbone) hanging below the fold. Shape your smushed oval into a skull shape, and make sure the tail you just wrapped around is flat and tight. Now take the remaining tail, give it a little squiggle and twist the end around the top of the skull. Step 2 - The Pelvis Leave 4" of pipe cleaner for a spine and make a small loop for half the pelvis. Make a second loop and wrap the end over and around at a diagonal to hold everything in place. If this picture made you giggle, we all know what you're thinking. Fold a half inch of the spine over the jawbone and give it a couple of good twists. Step 3 - The Arms Find the middle of your pipe cleaner, leave a little neck room and twist it around twice. Step 4 - The Ribs For the first two ribs start by making a half inch bend at the end of a pipe cleaner. Point it down, against the spine. Give it twist all the way around and then pull it to the right. Bring it around to the left making a loop. To gauge the size of your loop, loosely wrap the remainder of your pipe cleaner around to make two loops about the same size, then go a tad smaller than that for your first loop. Secure it in place by wrapping the pipe cleaner around the spine again. Make your second loop, and again wrap the end around to hold it in place. Repeat again for second set of ribs. Start by wrapping around the half inch bend. Make two more ribs, securing them with a full wrap around after each loop. Place two fingers inside the rib cage and pull in opposite directions to the side to shape them. Step 5 - The Legs Find the middle of a pipe cleaner and bring through both sides of the pelvis. Wrap the legs around once to secure them. To finish up make a little horseshoe bend to make a hand. Then twist the end or the thumb around to keep it in place. Bend the shoulders, elbows, knees and feet. The last touch is to add the googly eyes with a dab of glue. He's actually a durable little fellow, we have a rainbow of skeletons that have been joining us for Halloween the last five years with only the occasional minor reshaping.
The boys and I had SO MUCH FUN making ninjas out of pipe cleaners and beads this weekend! (Yes, it was Easter, but they didn’t want to decorate eggs!) I saw this idea for bead figures in the most recent Family Fun magazine, except that they did them as a girly craft with pink beads […]
Starfish Craft Idea Made From A Pipe Cleaner I was recently inspired to recreate something I saw on a craft post on Artsy Crafty Mom, which led to today's
Start the two parts of the body (the carapace and abdomen) by creating two circles and two pinched ovals. Connect the two ovals at the point and bend them slightly outward in the middle to…
If you’ve got superhero fans, you will not want to miss this adorable kids’ craft! Kids will have a blast creating their own jointed and posable superheroes out of very simple materials. Pipe cleaners, straws, beads… You probably have most (if not all) of the supplies on hand! It’s amazing how much personality you can […]
Pipe cleaner animals
Fun and easy crafts for kids to make when bored at home! These cute little pipe cleaner animals are so simple to make with cheap supplies that you probably already have. A super creative craft project for older kids and teenagers! Full tutorial included on how to make these cute pipe cleaner animals.
15 simple and cute no-fuss pipe cleaner crafts with your preschooler while boosting fine motor skills and creativity.
Turn an everyday craft material into a jungle of fun when you make Pipe Cleaner Pals. These easy kids' crafts can be completed in minutes, but the results will provide endless fun. You no longer have to buy toys at the store because now you can make animal crafts that are just as good. Pipe cleaner crafts are inexpensive ways to have a blast, and since they cost pennies, you can make an entire farm full of your favorite animals. Twist, cut, and twirl to transform something ordinary into something extraordinary. This fabulous tutorial is an excerpt from Martha Stewart's Favorite Crafts for Kids. For more great projects like this, subscribe to our free email newsletter!
FUN, hands-on constellation STEM activity learning about star patterns using pipe cleaners & free printable constellation flashcards!
Today I'm sharing a great Halloween craft tutorial that is perfect for kids. Well really it's great for anyone, but this is a very appropriate craft for smaller children. These beaded pipe cleaner spiders have a very small supply list, so there is a good chance you have almost everything you...
Beaded corn made with pipe cleaners is a fall craft that is easy and beautiful! A simple fall corn craft for kids and adults!
Bubble play just got kicked up a notch with easy DIY pipe cleaner bubble wands! They’re quick, easy, and completely customizable.
Don't you love simple crafts!? These pipe cleaner butterfly rings are so pretty and they're really easy to make. Pipe cleaner crafts are so much fun, especially when you can make something really awesome in less than 5 minutes using nothing but 2 and a half pipe cleaners! You don't need any glue, and you don't need any fancy supplies. Just pipe cleaners and a pair of scissors. This is such an awesome low mess craft for kids... and tweens, and teens, and adults... it's pretty great for all ages! These pipe cleaner butterflies are Part 2 in our pipe
This Space STEM Activity takes us to the stars! Build Pipe Cleaner Constellations three different ways, includes free printable task cards.
Pipe cleaners are a versatile craft material easily obtainable if not already in your craft supplies at home. Kids can make all sorts of pipe cleaner crafts, and they're also perfect for learning activities such as STEM projects or fine motor activities. Kids can even make little toys to play with using pipe cleaners! Below
The 40 Best Pipe Cleaner Crafts for kids - from flowers, to rings, to Christmas ornaments, to finger puppets the sky’s the limit!
Deep breathing is one of the best calming strategies you can teach your students. It's effective and they always have it with them. While it is simple, students often need to be exposed to it many times and in many different ways. This calming strategy activity has students make their own breathing stick to help
The Art I students designed birthday cards for their favorite artists!
If you have little girls, you will want to learn how to make these easy Pipe Cleaner Princess Crowns! They can be made quickly and in so many fun colors to match every outfit and are inspired by the cute kids show, NELLA THE PRINCESS KNIGHT. You can watch Nella the Princess Knight weekdays on Nickelodeon.
These leaf people are so cute!! Collect fall leaves on a nature walk around your neighbourhood and make this adorable (and easy!) fall leaf people craft. Celebrate the changing colours of the leaves and use your imagination to create this fun autumn craft. You only need a few simple craft supplies to create a leaf man or woman, and it's a great fall activity for at school or at home. This post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something we may earn a small commission which helps us run this website. How to Make Leaf People
This week my Assistants and I have spent lots of time in the classroom reviewing lessons, looking over materials and getting things ready for our 'School Visit' morning. This is a block of time for enrolled children to come in and get a sense of the classroom. They find their cubbies, hooks, work bins, the restroom, and other components of their new environment. During this time, I also set up some traditional play materials such as blocks, trains, and markers for coloring so that the children may identify with familiar materials. One activity I thought would be exciting for the children to complete is a pipe cleaner sculpture. This, I thought, would be something simple and fun which the children may take home with them after their visit. Hopefully by bringing their sculpture home, they can continue dialogue about school with their families and keep the excitement going! My assistants assembled the activity using remnants from the art closet - this is a wonderful way to use up extra beads or pipe cleaners you may have! We thought setting it up at a large table would be ideal during the 'School Visit' morning where three to four children may be working together. A large container holds a batch of play dough - a small piece of this will form the base of the child's sculpture. A divided tray holds an assortment of colorful beads with many interesting textures. The eye catching Turkish vase is the perfect place for an array of pipe cleaners. Beads and pipe cleaners for sculptures. After placing the pipe cleaners into the play dough base, the child may explore shape and dimension while bending the wires into the desired position. Meanwhile, they can also thread their choice of beads onto the pipe cleaners to create one-of- kind, multi-dimensional sculptures! Bending... ...and twisting... Pipe cleaner sculpture! We also set up a stack of parchment paper squares on which to place their sculpture and to write the child's name with a Sharpie marker. It is our plan to have this activity available during the first days of school as well. So fun and cheerful - just what we want the kids to feel! Montessori Monday Link-Up
Kids will love how simple and easy it is to make pipe cleaner flowers for a fun spring craft or handmade gift for Mother’s Day.
Below you'll find an easy craft spider project. This Tarantula is made from just pipe cleaners and soda tabs.
