Choose from 26 fun pipe cleaner animals for your next fun crafting session. These are perfect for learning about animals, giving as kid-made gifts, or decorating your playroom.
Pipe Cleaner Animals
These simple pipe cleaner crafts are perfect for the animal lover in your house.
These adorable animal crafts are perfect for preschoolers, kindergarteners, or even your big kids.
Plus, kids will love to play with these crafts after they create them. Which is a win-win in our book!
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How to make pipe cleaner animals
Animals big and small can be made with pipe cleaners. Check out this fun collection of animals made with pipe cleaners.
This easy spider craft with pipe cleaners will make a fantastic non-scary Halloween craft for kids.
Supplies:
Any color Pipe Cleaner
Paper Tube
Googly Eyes
Skills:
Fine Motor
This paper snake craft is perfect for working on those fine motor skills.
Supplies:
Green pipe cleaners
Construction Paper
Googly Eyes
Skills:
Fine Motor
These pipe cleaner bugs use pom poms to create the adorable bug's heads.
Supplies:
Colorful pipe cleaners
Pom poms
Googly Eyes
Skills:
Fine Motor
This gecko uses pipe cleaners for legs and a super fun tongue.
Supplies:
Colorful pipe cleaners
Pom poms
Wooden teaspoon
Skills:
Imaginative Play
These adorable reindeers are created with pasta!
Supplies:
Colorful pipe cleaners
Pasta
Skills:
Fine Motor Skills
Twist up some pipe cleaners to create this snail craft.
Supplies:
Fuzzy pipe cleaners
Googly Eyes
Skills:
Fine Motor Skills
The pipe cleaners turn this plate of pom poms into an adorable chick.
Supplies:
Yellow & Orange pipe cleaners
Yellow Pom Poms
Googly Eyes
Paper Plate
Skills:
Fine Motor Skills
This craft actually jumps!
Supplies:
Paper Cups
Rubber Bands
Googly Eyes
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Skills:
STEAM
Another reindeer craft. But this one is food-free.
Supplies:
Brown pipe cleaners
Pom poms
Googly Eyes
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Skills:
Fin Motor
These mini chicks are a quick craft, perfect for some Easter crafting.
Supplies:
Yellow pipe cleaners
Cardboard tube
Googly Eyes
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Skills:
Fine Motor
Create simple fish and even sneak in some fine motor skills.
Supplies:
Black pipe cleaners
Beads
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Skills:
Fine Motor
Combine black and white pipe cleaners to make this zebra craft.
Supplies:
Black and white pipe cleaners
Paper Tubes
Googly Eyes
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Skills:
Fine Motor
Simple and cute, this bunny craft is an easy pipe cleaner craft for kids.
Supplies:
Colorful pipe cleaners
Wooden Beads
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Skills:
Fine Motor
Make an underwater world with pipe cleaners.
Supplies:
Colorful pipe cleaners
Googly Eyes
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Skills:
Fine Motor
Spiral pink pipe cleaners to make these fantastic flamingos.
Supplies:
Pink pipe cleaners
Googly Eyes
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Skills:
Fine Motor
Use this worm craft to create a garden sensory bin.
Supplies:
Different colors of pipe cleaners
Beads
Googly Eyes
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Skills:
Fine Motor Activities
Sensory
This raccoon craft is super cute and uses pipe cleaners.
Supplies:
Black and Grey pipe cleaners
Googly Eyes
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Skills:
Fine Motor
Colorful pipe cleaners create a very hungry caterpillar.
Supplies:
Multiple colored pipe cleaners
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Skills:
Fine Motor
Use pipe cleaners to make these finger puppets pop.
Supplies:
Black pipe cleaners
Pouch Lids
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Skills:
Fine Motor
Imaginative Play
Wrap green pipe cleaners around clothespins to create this crocodile craft.
Supplies:
Green pipe cleaners
Clothes Pins
Googly Eyes
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Skills:
Fine Motor
Imaginative Play
Combine pom poms with pipe cleaners to create these bees.
Supplies:
Black, yellow, and white pipe cleaners
Yellow Pom poms
Googly Eyes
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Skills:
Fine Motor
This craft uses fuzzy pipe cleaners.
Supplies:
Fuzzy pipe cleaners
Googly Eyes
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Skills:
Fine Motor
Combine popsicles with pipe cleaners to create this bunny.
Supplies:
Pipe cleaners
Craft Sticks
Googly Eyes
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Skills:
Fine Motor
Pipe cleaners make the body and ears of this bunny craft.
Supplies:
White Pipe cleaners
Wooden Bead
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Skills:
Fine Motor
Sparkly pipe cleaners make this dragonfly shine.
Supplies:
Glittery Pipe cleaners
Clothes Pin
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Skills:
Fine Motor
Another craft with sparkly pipe cleaners.
Supplies:
Metallic Pipe cleaners
Feathers
Googly Eyes
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Skills:
Fine Motor
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Other simple pipe cleaner crafts you may enjoy
- Sparkle Flowers – Use fun pipe cleaners to create these unique flowers.
- Turtle Paper Craft – Create an easy paper turtle with this construction paper craft for kids.
Our Favorite Craft Supplies.
These craft supplies are perfect for crafting with young kids. While not each of them is used in the crafts above, they are all staples in our craft stash. If you don’t have any on hand, that might be ok. Take a look at the craft first before you head to the craft store.
- Construction Paper – One of our favorite craft supplies. These crafts are a great way to use up that stash of black paper.
- Pipe Cleaners – (aka chenille stems) This versatile craft supply holds its shape so it’s fun to play with afterward.
- Craft Sticks or popsicle sticks – A classic staple, use them in your craft or to mix paint.
- Kid-Friendly paint – Kids love to get messy! Check out our favorite tips for painting with young children.
- Googly Eyes – You can literally add them to any project and it instantly becomes cuter.
- Tissue Paper – We always have this on hand. Buy it new or use or save it from birthday parties and holidays.
- Toilet Paper/Paper Towel Rolls – A great way to recycle your paper tubes is to use them in crafts!
- Paper Plate – Grab this party supply to create fun crafts.
- Contact Paper – We use this a lot to create suncatcher crafts
- Beads – Wood beads, pony beads, and more. Colorful beads are so much fun to create with.
- Hot Glue Gun – One of the most important tools for crafting
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