" Practical recycling instead of throwing away "
Many children love ice cream and enjoy eating lots of it. After eating, they are left with a wooden ice cream stick, which can be used for so much more than throwing it away. Once you have collected a few sticks, you can use some additionalcraft materialsamaterial various great things. Some inspiring craft ideas for summer or fall are easy to make at home. Crafting with popsicle sticks is also a great idea for any children's birthday party.
Crafting with children and creative parents
Especially in summer, the whole family eats ice cream and can collect lots of sticks to make together on rainy days. A nice decorative idea is to make small flower pots. You will need some ice cream sticks, glue and a washed-out tin can. The sticks are glued to the outside of the tin in a row and form a pretty wooden rim. Particularly creative children may want to color their pot and can even give each style its own color. There are no limits to the imagination here. A plant is then potted in the tin and makes a special decoration for the home or, alternatively, can be used as a gift for grandma, aunt or friend.
Popsicle sticks are much more than just garbage, they can be used to make lots of things
If you don't want to use a plant, you can also use the newly made tin as a holder for pens. This looks very pretty in the children's room, but can also be used as a gift for Father's Day or Mother's Day. Fun, colorful straws also look great in an individually designed tin made from popsicle sticks and are a highlight in any kitchen. For personalization, use colourful craft beadswhich can be attached to the outside of the finished tin with string. With wooden or acrylic letter cubes you can alternatively add your child's name.
Craft ideas for a children's birthday party
Crafting with popsicle sticks is an excellent activity for a children's birthday party. As you only need popsicle sticks, glue and paint, you don't need to do much preparation. For example, if the child has decided on a pirate-themed party, you can easily make matching flags for pirate ships or even create a whole pirate head. A pirate flag is easy to make even for younger children and is the ideal task for beginners. About five sticks are glued together and then attached crosswise to a single wooden stick. The flag can then be painted in black or red with colored pencils or, of course, given your own colors. Children's imaginations are sure to come up with various possibilities. To perfectly reflect the motto, a skull and crossbones can be cut out of cardboard or paper and glued onto the flag. This way, the pirate's trademark has found its place.
Crafting with popsicle sticks calls for creativity
Crafting with children in the fall
If you catch a nice day or two in the fall, homemade fins made from popsicle sticks are perfect for floating down the river. To prepare, the child can color the sticks in advance and glue them together. A matching flag or sail can also be made quickly. Simply cut a triangle out of an empty carton of juice or milk and attach it to a wooden skewer. This is inserted into a halved cork from a wine bottle, which is attached to the raft made from the stems with glue. Two wine corks are also attached to the underside to make the raft stable and so that it can float well. Here too, the child can use any design they like. The following can also be added for individualization little bells or pretty wooden beads can also be attached to the raft. The fins can then be used for some exciting races in the water.
Crafting with popsicle sticks for the children's room
For animal lovers, there are also some ideas for which popsicle sticks can be used. For a funny walrus, for example, you will need a white pipe cleaner, brown paint, scissors, some glue, sticky tape, two googly eyes and small yellow balls in addition to the sticks. The first step is to paint five stems brown and stick them next to each other. Then cut the white pipe cleaner into two equal parts. They will later represent the two teeth of the walrus. Glue the two googly eyes next to each other and the two yellow felt balls directly underneath. The teeth can be attached underneath and the first animal is finished.
Popsicle sticks are wonderful for making animal models
Another idea is a cat made from popsicle sticks. For this animal, you will also need five popsicle sticks, scissors, sticky tape, two googly eyes, a white pipe cleaner and three felt balls. Two should be the same color and one a different color, for example two yellow and one blue. The stems are dyed black, orange or grey, depending on the color of the cat's fur. Then they are glued together. Cut the pipe cleaner into six pieces, four of which should be the same length and two of which should also be the same length but shorter than the other four pieces. Glue on the googly eyes, with the blue felt ball underneath as the nose and the two yellow balls immediately below as the mouth. Attach three pieces of the pipe cleaner to the left and right as whiskers. This is a quick and easy way to make a pretty cat when crafting with popsicle sticks.
