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Make adorable pipe cleaner flowers with no glue or difficult materials. A no mess DIY kids will love that’s great for fine motor skills!
Looking for a quick and colorful craft that’s perfect for kids? Pipe cleaner flowers are a simple and fun way to get creative with just one item! Whether you’re making them for spring decorations, Mother’s Day, or just a rainy-day activity, this DIY is mess-free and perfect for practicing fine motor skills!
Pipe Cleaner Flowers – Materials
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Colorful pipe cleaners (also called chenille stems)
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Scissors
How to Make Pipe Cleaner Flowers:
We highly recommend watching the video in this post:
Step 1: Wound two pipe cleaners together securing the ends around would around each other to make one larger pipe cleaner.
Step 2. Wound the two connected pipe cleaners around a circular tube like a highigher pencil.
Step 3: Connect the two ends of the pipe cleaners and twist, then uncoil.
Step 4. Twist one end of the pipe cleaner through the center of the coil and connect it to the other end to secure.
Step 5. Press down then open and twist each petal to create the flower shape.
Step 6. Thread a small piece of yellow pipe cleaner through the center and then wound the end toward the middle to create the center of the flower.
Step 7. Wound a green pipe cleaner around the dangling yellow end to create the stem.
Make as many pipe cleaners as you’d like and connect them all with another green pipe cleaner to make a thicker bouquet stem.
Why Kids Love It:
This craft is hands-on, colorful, and gives instant results. It helps build fine motor skills and lets little ones play with shapes and color combinations.
Final Thoughts
Whether your kids make one or a whole bouquet, pipe cleaner flowers are a cheerful craft that’s easy to clean up and hard to mess up.
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