Bead and pipe cleaner crafts

Pipe Cleaner Craft: Beaded Snakes

Looking for easy pipe cleaner crafts for kids? My girls love making these beaded dragonflies! They are so cute for any spring project. A great boredom buster for when they are stuck at home. Cute little gifts, too.

These beaded pipe cleaner butterflies are so pretty and so sparkly, and best of all, they're really easy to make!! You can make them in whatever colours you have on hand. I went with random colours from the same colour families for my butterflies, but you can also make them from one bead colour, rather than mixed. Or in a pattern. There's lots of options! My girls have a pretty big stash of beads at home. We've made our fair share of necklaces and bracelets over the years. I guess we're not…

These beaded pipe cleaner pumpkins are SO CUTE and super simple to make! You only need a two basic supplies: orange pony beads, and pipe cleaners. That's it! If you saw our beaded pipe cleaner Indian corn from a few weeks ago, the process is pretty similar. Except with these pumpkins, you pull apart the pipe cleaners to make a pumpkin shape - easy peasy! Before you know it, you'll have your very own pumpkin patch! I love pumpkin crafts. (And I love fall. And October. And the new sweaters I…

These beaded pipe cleaner flowers are so fun! They take less than 10 minutes to make and they're great for developing fine motor skills. And aren't they pretty?! They'd make a summery little flower arrangement for the kids' night table! And wouldn't they be great for Mother's Day? Pipe cleaners are turning into one of my favourite craft supplies. I have to laugh when I go back and read my post on how to make pipe cleaner tulips and daffodils, because at that point, I had a ridiculous supply…

Need a fun Halloween kid craft? Make these cute pony bead pumpkins with your kids this fall. They will love stringing the beads on the pipe cleaner!

And we're back. Don't you hate it when you make an announcement to the world, and then you can't follow through because life gets in the way? Yup. It's been one of those weeks! My publisher sent me the printed pages of my craft book to edit, mark up, and send back... so I had to read through 192 pages of crafts and instructions to find any mistakes. But I am ridiculously relieved to say that that was the FINAL edit and I won't see those pages again until it goes to print this summer. Crazy…

These beaded heart ornaments are a fun Valentine's Day craft for kids! They also make a great fine motor activity and pattern practice for preschoolers!

Today I'm sharing a great Halloween craft tutorial that is perfect for kids. Well really it's great for anyone, but this is a very appropriate craft for smaller children. These beaded pipe cleaner spiders have a very small supply list, so there is a good chance you have almost everything you...

Craft your own DIY bubble wands using pipe cleaners and beads, inspired by Nella the Princess Knight Nick Jr. show!