Bug Pipe Cleaner Crafts with Pom Poms

Crafting with pipe cleaners is really fun (and great for fine motor skills) and there are tons of things you can do with them. Check out our pipe cleaner creations by combining them with pom poms!

There are so many cool creatures you can make, making this a great springtime craft for kids.

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We were walking through the woods today and heard this hum around some trees. And guess what we found? An impressive wasp house hanging from a tree.

Did you know that wasps chew up strands of bark in their little mouths and just spit them out to form the rough paper they build these houses out of? So interesting right?

And the house we found was full of little doorbells. We could see them coming in and out of her house and flying around her.

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We didn’t want to bother them as they get very angry and can bite our noses and hands, so we continued our walk.

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When we got home we thought of this great idea and made these adorable colorful buzzers that didn’t itch, then put them on our fingers and flew them around the house.

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We had lots of fun.

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How to craft insect pipe cleaners

What do you need:

• a caterpillar stick + 1/4 caterpillar stick
• a big bobble
• four or five small pompoms
• two eyes wide open
• foam board
• Hot glue gun or glue dots for toddlers
• scissors
• pencil

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Step by step instructions

head

Apply hot glue to the large pom pom, or if you’re working with younger kids, have them use glue dots,…

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…then looks at him wide-eyed. This would be the header of our buzzer.

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Body

Now apply some glue to the back of the head and start adding a small pompom,…

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…then add the other smaller pom poms and form a row.

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The frame of the wings.

Take the caterpillar stick and fold it like a pretzel.

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Then wrap the ends of the stick around the pretzel to secure it.

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Apply some glue to the wings…

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…and place them in the buzzer’s body.

Let the glue dry.

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the ring

Take the ¼ chenille stick, form a circle…

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…and fix with hot glue.

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Attach the circle to the body.

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The wings

Using your pencil, draw two wing-like shapes on the back of the self-adhesive foam sheet…

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…then cut out the wing shapes.

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Apply hot glue to the wing shapes,…

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…and glue it to the casement frame.

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Done!

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just right?

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Do what you want.

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Have fun playing with these adorable colorful buzzers!

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