Pipe cleaners are great materials for crafts. They’re versatile, cheap, and come in a large range of colors, making them ideal for a wide variety of activities and crafts.
This tutorial includes instructions for both dragonflies and lightning bugs but the basic technique behind the two is the same.
The body of both bugs is made from one pipe cleaner that has beads threaded onto it. For the dragonflies, two pipe cleaners are used for the wings whereas the lightning bugs only need one.
When you’ve attached the wings to the bodies you can also add googly eyes for the finishing touch.
This is the first of two Christmas-themed pipe cleaner crafts included in this list.
You can give these candy cane reindeer as gifts or even add some string and hang them on your Christmas tree if you wish.
They’re very simple to make but look great! Simply wrap a brown pipe cleaner around the hook of a candy cane and curl the ends so that they look like antlers.
Add some googly eyes and a red pom pom for the nose to finish the reindeer look.
Coffee filters are another great craft supply that are versatile and can be used in many different ways.
In this activity, they’re used to make the beautiful flowing skirts of some elegant dancers. Color the filters with some washable markers and then drip a little water onto them so that the colors run together.
You will need to leave the filters to dry overnight. The body of the dancers is made from two pipe cleaners that are then ‘dressed’ with your colored coffee filters.
This is another great craft for Halloween but can also be used at any time during the year.
Once the technique for making the puppets is mastered, you can go crazy and let your imagination run wild to make cute and crazy monsters.
The monsters are made into finger puppets by wrapping a pipe cleaner around your finger and the monster bodies are pom poms of different colors and sizes.
This craft is perfect for spring and Easter. The tutorial teaches you how to make carrots and two different types of bunnies: one standing upright and one leaning forward.
The standing bunnies and carrots require two pipe cleaners whereas the leaning bunnies only need one.
Both types of bunnies are adorable and can be made even cuter with the addition of some googly eyes and pom poms for a tail and nose.
With this activity, you’re not only making a craft, but also a fun game that young kids are sure to enjoy.
Making the fish is easy as it only requires twisting together the ends of a pipe cleaner.
As pipe cleaners have a line of metal inside them, this makes them magnetic and the aspect of this activity takes advantage of this.
It uses fishing rods with small magnets attached to pick up the fish pipe cleaners and is a great way for young children to practice their hand-eye coordination.
If you don’t have green fingers and struggle to keep plants alive, then this is the craft for you.
Both the petals and the stems of the flowers are made from pipe cleaners so make sure you have a variety of colors as well as green.
You can make detailed flowers by adding the center of the flowers and also some additional leaves.
To make your pipe cleaner flowers look especially authentic, place some floral arrangement foam into a plant pot to hold your flowers and top the pot with some soil or artificial moss.
If you’re looking for some new decorations for the Christmas tree, then these pipe cleaner wreath ornaments will fit the bill.
The combination of the green wreath and red bow makes these cute decorations feel very seasonal and will look great on any tree or as decorations around the house.
They’re quick and easy to make and after adding some string they can be hung anywhere.
These are the second spiders on our list but the addition of styrofoam cups makes them very different from the other pipe cleaner spiders.
For these spiders, the bodies are made from styrofoam cups and these can be colored and decorated however you wish to make your spiders either scary or cute.
The long and spindly legs of the spiders are made from pipe cleaners
There’s nothing better than sitting down after a long, stressful day with a good craft or hobby - right?
Hi, my name is Helena Forsite and I am a self-proclaimed crafter. I love everything to do with DIYs, baking, crafting, and more!
When I was younger, fresh out of college, I developed a pretty strong anxiety disorder. I found it difficult to go to work, socialize with friends, or even get out of the house at all.
