Fantastic Pipe Cleaner Crafts for Kids

Kids of all ages will love these fantastic pipe cleaner crafts!

We love crafting with pipe cleaners because they are so inexpensive. They are also easy to store and so versatile for creating cool crafts. You’ll be amazed at what you can make with pipe cleaners!

These crafts work well for a wide range of ages, including pre-teens and teens.

Pipe Cleaner Animal Crafts

We have a whole collection of Pipe Cleaner Animals to Make. There’s a dinosaur, turtle, fish, pig, dog, and more.

Then these Pipe Cleaner Monkey are SUPER cute. We used ours as pencil toppers, but they’re also just fun to play with.

Make some adorable Felt and Pipe Cleaner Frogs! You’ll need green pom pom balls and googly eyes too, but these are just too cute.

I am loving these Pipe Cleaner and Popsicle Stick Crocodiles from Easy Peasy and Fun. You probably have the supplies on hand for these!

These Pipe Cleaner and Perler Bead Snakes from Artsy Craftsy Mom are pretty adorable, for snakes. Ha! Great fine motor practice for young kids, too.

Here’s another one that combines pipe cleaners and popsicle sticks. Make some colorful Pipe Cleaner Dragonflies.

One of my sons has always been a huge fan of dragons. These Pipe Cleaner Dragons are lots of fun to make with craft foam wings.

Then here’s a collection of Pipe Cleaner and Felt Dragons inspired by How to Train Your Dragon. This is a more advanced craft!

Pipe Cleaner People Crafts

If I had to choose a favorite, these Pipe Cleaner Superheroes would be my top pick! They are posable and so fun to play with.

Then these Pipe Cleaner Princesses are also tons of fun. Use cupcake liners to make the dresses!

These Pipe Cleaner Ninjas were one of our first crafts on Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls. Our boys loved these!

Here’s another way to make Pipe Cleaner Dolls from The Craft Train. These have clever yarn hair!

Useful and Decorative Pipe Cleaner Crafts

Pipe Cleaner Flowers are one of the best projects because you can truly use whatever colors you have and they look fabulous on display. And there are so many ways to make a flower!

Here’s a different approach – try making these Pipe Cleaner Beaded Flowers from One Little Project.

Want to make something useful? These Pipe Cleaner and Yarn Trivets and Coasters are fun for kids to make, and they are great to give as gifts!

These Pipe Cleaner Bracelets from One Little Project look amazing! With any wearable pipe cleaner craft, you’ll want to be careful of sharp places where the wires stick out. Use scissors to trim off any sharp points.

I am loving this Pipe Cleaner Rainbow Craft from Happy Toddler Playtime. Also, if you’ve got toddlers or preschoolers you will definitely want to check out this whole website.

Make your own Pipe Cleaner Bubble Wands for use with homemade or store bought bubble solution. If you need a good bubble recipe, we’ve got a good bubble solution recipe that makes giant bubbles!