Pipe Cleaner Crafts: 50 Colorful Projects for Kids of All Ages!

I can't believe how graceful pipe cleaner and coffee filter dancers can look! Aren't they beautiful?

Learn how to make a St. Patrick's Day shamrock headband for kids or adults. I love how the pipe cleaners give this headband some fun movement!

Make these fun rainbow ornaments for St. Patrick's Day, spring, or for your Christmas tree!

Create posable superheroes using paper straws, beads and of course pipe cleaners! These turned out great.

Make a wine cork reindeer with pipe cleaner antlers using this simple tutorial - perfect for turning into a Christmas ornament, decor, or place settings.

I love when kids can make their own toys. After these cuties are finished, they can join the other toys in the playroom!

Make your giraffe as tall as you want with this construction paper and pipe cleaner craft. Just stretch the springy neck up higher if you like!

It's easy to craft up princess bubble wands using a few pipe cleaners and beads. This is a craft that most preschoolers can do independently or with little assistance! You can make any shape you like.

I love these ghosts! Sometimes the simplest thing can be so much fun. Just one pipe cleaner and 2 wooden beads needed for each one.

Learn how to make clothespin butterflies that kids are going to love! This is easy to make with craft paint and pipe cleaners.

Oh my! These are too cute for words. They are made with wool and pipe cleaners and they even have little felt blankets.

I just love the pipe cleaner tails on these wine cork cats! I can think of so many places to put them for a fun surprise.

Something with this many legs usually would make me run in the other direction. But this love bug? He is just too cute!

Make your favorite pet into a pencil holder! These are not only cute, they are a recycle craft since they start with a toilet paper tube.

Get step by step instructions to make a paper pumpkin with a pipe cleaner stem and leaves! Kids are going to love this fun craft idea for fall and Halloween.

Look how bright and colorful this unicorn craft is! This combines a paper plate craft, a cotton ball craft, a pipe cleaner craft and coloring — phew that is a lot of fun.

Turn a paper plate into a cactus by painting it green, adding holes with a holepunch and giving it a pipe cleaner flower and needles!

These wooden bead and pipe cleaner bunnies are adorable! Fun kid's craft for spring or to celebrate Easter.

Pipe cleaners are perfect for creating colorful garlands for a celebration.

Learn how to make various animals using pipe cleaners! This turtle is super adorable and has step-by-step directions with photos.

When it comes down to it, pipe cleaners can make just about anything. Turkeys are included! I love all of the colors used for this bird craft!

Create pretty snowflakes using white pipe cleaners and glue. Hang them as ornaments, or use them as fun winter coasters as shown!

Kids will love creating this fun craft stick elf ornament to hang on the Christmas tree. The highlight of this ornament is the fun whimsical hat made from a pipe cleaner.!

Use sparkly glitter pipe cleaners to make this fairy! You can hold her by a pipe cleaner in the back and make her look like she is flying.

These crystal stars made from pipe cleaners and a simple borax solution are SO COOL. They're a real easy science project. The crystals magically form overnight!

Your kids will love doing their homework with these fun bird pencil toppers! I want one for myself.

Such a delightful whale blowing out water made of pipe cleaners! This would be a fun craft any time of year.

This easy Christmas craft for kids will be a cute addition to your holiday decor! Families can make this poinsettia canvas together.

Make a super fun crab with a seashell, googly eyes and pipe cleaners! You can make them whatever fun colors you like.

Make pipe cleaner flowers to go in an Easter egg 'vase'! The fuzzy flowers are so cute. These are fun hands-on craft for your kids and easy to do in an afternoon! 

Make these cute butterflies using inexpensive supplies like coffee filters and pipe cleaners! Kids will love to make these for spring or summer.

Pipe cleaners and painted dry pasta can make some really cool sculptures. This one looks a bit like people dancing, don't you think?

I love this silly bunny! Learn how to make the pom pom base and then give him some pipe cleaner glasses.

The pipe cleaner arms and legs are just so cute on these fun acorns. Your kids will have fun drawing different expressions and waving the hands!

How about a white Christmas this year? These white pipe cleaners make it look like you have a snowy Christmas tree ornament!

Just add beads to pipe cleaners for these fun pony bead pumpkins - such great way to work on fine motor skills and keep toddlers occupied at the same time.

Looking for a "last minute" craft to do with the kids in honor of Halloween? Use white pipe cleaners and a craft stick to make a little mummy puppet and put on a show.

Have kids get involved with decorating cakes with pipe cleaner toppers. These are stars for the 4th of July, but there are so many shapes you can create!

Create your own fuzzy feathers using pipe cleaners and colored pencils. For this craft, kids will need to know how to braid... or they can learn!

Turn a paper towel cardboard tube and some pipe cleaners into a fun zebra! The pipe cleaners are perfect for the mane and tail.

I can see little bunny finger puppets hopping around just looking at this craft. Oh, and that tail!

Use varying sizes of foam eggs to make your own dinosaurs. You just need some toothpicks, paint and pipe cleaners!

These pipe cleaner heart rings are easy and SO CUTE. They're perfect for Valentines Day or any time. All you need is one or two pipe cleaners and 5 minutes!

Have fun coloring the free downloadable jellyfish and then adding tentacles using colorful pipe cleaners!

If you need an easy kids’ craft idea with great results, this egg carton art is fun and sure to please. This recycled canvas art can be customized for any holiday or decor!

Playdough, pipe cleaners and googly eyes are all your kids will need to make these not-so-scary spiders!

Have the kids get into holiday decorating by making these cute pipe cleaner and pom-pom trees. Display them all together or spread them around the house for everyone to find.

Use yellow and black pipe cleaners to wrap around your finger and create a bee finger puppet. Oh, you need to see the super cute photo of Jennifer's son wearing 5 puppets on one hand!

All you need to make these cute Easter bunny ears are pipe cleaners! Super easy craft.

Use pipe cleaners and pom poms to make your own patriotic finger puppets: the Statue of Liberty, a bald eagle and Uncle Sam.