![]() Learning Letters with Pipe Cleaners by Make and Takes – Make learning letters hands-on with this simple pipe cleaner craft. Check out this post for a whole list of adorable pipe cleaner animal crafts you and your kids can make! Learning with Pipe Cleaners Pipe Cleaner Animals by Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls – There are so many animals that can be created using pipe cleaners. ![]() It’s a wonderful craft to make that works on fine motor skills. Hungry Caterpillar Craft by A Mummy Too – Kids can make this adorable hungry caterpillar craft to go along with The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Pipe Cleaner Fireworks Craft by Crafty Morning – Using pipe cleaners, even toddlers can create some fireworks art! This is a great activity to do around New Year’s Eve or any patriotic holiday. It’s a great craft to add to a summer learning program or beach theme. Pipe Cleaner Starfish by Glued to My Crafts – This cute little starfish craft is simple to make with some pipe cleaners and googly eyes. Pipe Cleaner Crown– This simple crown can be made with glittery pipe cleaners for some added sparkle! They are a wonderful craft to make and wear to celebrate birthdays and holidays such as New Year’s Eve! And the best part is pipe cleaner crafts make excellent activities for quiet time! Pipe Cleaner Crafts for Kids Kids of all ages will have fun creating, playing, and learning with these pipe cleaner craft ideas. Pipe Cleaner Crafts: Things for Kids to Make & Do It includes 28 weeks of daily activities to enjoy with your little one, covering all fundamental preschool skills through play! The activities are all low or no-prep and use common household materials and crafting supplies-like pipe cleaners! Take a peek right here: I’ve made mine green like a real gecko (not that it looks all that real!) but you can obviously make it in any colour you choose.This printable is part of my preschool program, Play into Kindergarten Readiness. Finally, glue the eyes in place on top of the spoon and allow to dry.You can then add a bit of glue to underneath the spoon to help hold it in place but the glue itself is not strong enough to hold the tongue on it’s own while it is still wet (at least I found it wasn’t) so you need the extra grip of winding it around the other pipe cleaners. ![]() Attach the pipe cleaner tongue to the underside of the spoon by winding it around the pipe cleaners which form the front legs. Cut the pink pipe cleaner in half and curl it around your finger or a pencil to help get the spiral shape.Glue a line of small pom poms all along the top of the tail pipe cleaner too. Pom poms are very absorbent so you’ll need to be quite generous with the amount of glue you use or it might not stick. Glue the pom poms on to create the body with your tacky craft glue.Wind the tail onto the pipe cleaner legs at the back on top of the spoon as shown in the image above. Wrap one around the top end of the handle to create the front legs and one around the bottom end to make the back legs. Tacky craft glue, or if your prefer a hot glue gun.A pink or red pipe cleaner to make the tongue.I’ve used one large, two medium, one small and 5 even smaller for the body, as well as two white along with two mini black ones to make the bulging eyes Would you like to see how to make one too? It’s easy, I promise. Today I’ve made something a bit different, a cute little pom pom gecko. They can be fun to use as decorative bits and bobs that you glue onto things and my own kids love to make catapults for them using wire coat hangers. The store-bought pom poms are often included in those general kids craft kits that you can buy cheaply so many of you probably have them at home already. ![]() Often I make my own using a DIY pom pom maker but I also have store-bought acrylic ones in all different colours and sizes in our supply cupboard. So cute! It’s a fun animal craft idea which is simple to put together, but warning – your fingers might get sticky! Today Im sharing this easy pom pom gecko craft, which uses a wooden teaspoon as the body and bendy pipe cleaners for the legs and tail. ![]()
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