Let’s be busy with crafting. Here is the best and easiest crafting idea for kids. Pipe cleaner crafts are more fun than you think. However, this activity helps your child become happier and creative. So, have you ever thought that a simple Pipe cleaner could be this powerful for creativity?. Let’s go and see how this is going to happen.
What are these Pipe Cleaner Crafts?
These pipe cleaners are so satisfying. Also, a wide variety of colors, along with its flexible structure and texture, make this more comfortable and easier to use. So, Kids can bend it, cut it, and connect it in the way they want. Additionally, without large tools, creating a craft that makes them happy is the goal. The only thing is to follow up on the steps and use the templates. Keep the excitement going until you see the final result!! Before doing anything, scroll down, look for the templates that we have given, and download them.
Here, we have supplied ten templates. Firstly, you have to print them. Using the printed images, cut and bend Pipe cleaners to get the structure of the image. Simply, that is the thing that we have to do.
Materials Needed for Pipe Cleaner Crafts
- Pipe Cleaners
- Scissor
- Glue/ tape
- Printed templates
How to Use Pipe Cleaner Crafts Templates:
Each page in the PDF includes a big, bold shape for kids to follow. They can:
- Use these shapes as guidelines for making your pipe cleaner craft
- Place the pipe cleaners on top of the shape and bend them to match.
- Then get out your pipe cleaner shapes and attach them together to make a craft.
01. The Pipe Cleaner Dancing Man
Making a pipe cleaner man is easy. Firstly, grab a few pipe cleaners and shape one to form a circle. Then, to create the hands and legs, bend the pipe cleaner using the template. After that, connect them all. Now your pipe cleaner man is ready.
02. The Pipe Cleaner puffy Cloud
In addition, we are making clouds using pipe cleaners. Grab a blue color pipe cleaner and shape it as given in the template to form a cloud.
03. The Pipe Cleaner Red Heart
Using pipe cleaners to make a heart. Bend it into a heart shape using the given template. Also, use any other colors and make different color pipe cleaner hearts.
04. The Pipe Cleaner Flower
We are creating a colorful flower using pipe cleaners. First, use the template and bend pipe cleaners to form the petals. Then, get another color pipe cleaner and bend it into a spiral for the flower’s middle part. Get another pipe cleaner—two parts—to make the stem and leaf. Finally, twist all together to form the symmetric flower. Also, kids can learn the parts of the flower.
05. The Pipe Cleaner Rainbow
Meanwhile, we are creating a rainbow using pipe cleaners. Using colorful seven pipe cleaners and bending them as given in the template.
06. The Pipe Cleaner Fish
Using the pipe cleaners and bend them as given in the template. Also, use a button to represent the eye. After that, you can teach your kids about the body parts of the fish.
07. The Pipe Cleaner Star
Take one long pipe cleaner and bend it as given in the template. Then make a cute star shape.
08. The Pipe Cleaner Apple
As given in the template, bend the pipe cleaner to get the structure of the apple. Use another green color pipe cleaner piece to create the stem. Then twist them together as given in the picture. Otherwise, Use a green color pipe cleaner and make a pipe cleaner green apple.
09. The Pipe Cleaner Sun
Creating a bright sun using pipe cleaners. Gather yellow and orange pipe cleaners. Start rolling the yellow color one into a tight spiral, as in the picture. Then, bend the orange pipe cleaner into the shape “v” as in the figure. Finally, attach them gently to get the output.
10. The Pipe Cleaner Butterfly
We are creating a beautiful butterfly using pipe cleaners. Bend the pipe cleaners into a spiral shape to form the wings. Then, using another pipe cleaner, make the body part of the butterfly, bending as given in the figure.
Tips and Tricks for teachers and elders:
01. You can use this activity to teach them colors, Structures, and textures.
Ask them simple questions while doing the activity:
- What is your favorite color among these?
- What is your favorite flower?
- Do you know how many colors are in the Rainbow? Shall we tell them loudly?
- What is your favorite apple color? Green or Red?
02. You can teach them poems about the sky, the sun, the stars, the fish, the butterfly, and other things you’ve made.
03. You can use these pipe cleaner crafts to teach lessons such as animals, things we see in the sky, fruits, and our positions.
04. Ask them to build up a story with the items that they have made. Otherwise, you can teach a new story using your crafts.
05. Build up these kinds of discussions with them to improve their vocabulary, ability to answer the question!!
Benefits of pipe cleaner crafts for kids:
Doing this crafting is not only a fun activity. This will improve the ability of,
- Hand-eye coordination: Twisting, cutting, and shaping the pipe cleaners.
- Finger strength and dexterity: Bending and twisting motions build finger muscles for writing.
Cognitive and thinking skills:
- Creativity and imagination: Kids will think of new designs, colors, and ways to bend
- Planning and sequencing: They learn to follow steps and plan ahead to finish their craft successfully
Social and emotional development
- Sharing and teamwork: They learn to cooperate and appreciate others’ ideas.
- Patience and focus: Crafting takes time.
Sensory and Aesthetic Awareness
- Color recognition: Working with colorful pipe cleaners helps with visual learning.
How to Expand Pipe Cleaner Crafts
Let’s get their ideas about what they think of this, and now what they want to build with pipe cleaners.
- Make a mobile by hanging pipe cleaner shapes from a hanger
- Story time: Make characters and act out a story with the crafts
- Math fun: Count how many bends each shape takes
- Color sorting: Group crafts by color to help younger kids learn
- Gift making: Make whatever you like or select from templates and gift it to your best friend or parents, or teachers.
**** Click here to get the free PDF template: Download