Pipe cleaner crafts are great for kids of all ages. This collection of easy crafts are perfect for the classroom or at home. From everyday crafts to holiday fun, you’ll find something for everyone!
Pipe Cleaner Crafts
Pipe cleaners are a great craft supply for kids of all ages. This collection of kids’ crafts is great all year long!
From everyday flower crafts and cute animals to festive Christmas crafts. You will find the perfect craft for your little one!
And since they are inexpensive they are great for classrooms, Sunday school, or just an afternoon craft at your kitchen table.
Why do we love pipe cleaner projects?
Because they are an inexpensive craft supply that can be purchased at your local dollar store Plus it secretly teaches so many important skills for kids while providing frugal fun for kids.
- Fine motor skills
- Cutting practice
- Hand-eye coordination
- Following instructions
- Colors
- Counting
- and more!
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Pipe Cleaner Craft Ideas
These fun and easy pipe cleaner crafts for kids are perfect for the classroom or at home.
Pair pipe cleaners with cardboard to create this super simple flower craft.
A simple sun that uses pipe cleaners, cardboard, and construction paper.
String your pipe cleaner with primary-colored construction paper to create this adorable snake.
Create these easy cross pencil toppers for Easter, Valentine's Day, or any Sunday School lesson plan.
Glittery pipe cleaners make this flower craft so much fun.
These flower magnets are great for hanging your child's artwork on the fridge!
Grab the template to create this fun paper flower craft. This little project is perfect for the classroom.
These giant paper flowers pop off the page. The pipe cleaners make the centers sparkle.
Use chenille stems to build your kid's fine motor skills and create a fun flower in the process!
Create a simple sunflower. Yellow construction paper and some green and brown pipe cleaners make this a simple craft for kids.
These rainbow daisies are super fun for kids to make. Plus they teach the color of the rainbow in the process!
Check out the step-by-step instructions to create these giant rainbow paper flowers.
Grab some spare buttons, some felt, and a few pipe cleaners to make these flowers. Added bonus, button practice!
Or switch it up and create button snakes instead. Building button skills is a great fine motor builder.
Use pipe cleaners as the body in this tissue paper butterfly craft.
Kids will love to play with these heart wands. Plus you can use a variety of colors when creating them. So it's a great craft for using up your stash of pipe cleaners.
Make a Valentine's Day love bug with construction paper, colorful pipe cleaners, and a craft stick
Pipe cleaners make great pumpkin stems! It's great for fall or Halloween crafting.
This spider craft sneaks in some fine motor skill-building and some hand-eye coordination.
These adorable paper spiders are a simple pipe cleaner craft that children of all ages will love to make.
String green pipe cleaners through some paper to make Christmas trees. It's a great activity for building fine motor skills.
Let your kids grab some sticks and decorate them with pipe cleaners to make adorable Christmas ornaments.
These pipe cleaner activities are great for some easy quiet time. Use it at a restaurant, on road trips, or any time you need to wait in line.
Pipe cleaners make this angel ornament shine! Check out the full tutorial for step-by-step instructions.
These paper poinsettias have pipe cleaner centers.
To create this unique Christmas tree ornament string beads over the pipe cleaners and attach them to a tea light.
More fun pipe cleaner crafts
- Pipe Cleaner Animals
- Pipe Cleaner Flowers
- Valentine’s Day Pipe Cleaner Crafts
- Pipe Cleaner Christmas Crafts
Looking for more ideas? We searched Pinterest, so you don’t have to. Check out some of these collections.
More fun easy ideas you might like:
- Construction paper crafts – Love crafts with simple supplies? Check out these construction paper crafts!
- Rock Painting for kids – Kids love to paint rocks, get some fun ideas with this collection of tutorials.
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