Beautiful Pipe Cleaner Snowflakes
Creating beautiful pipe cleaner snowflakes is a delightful and easy craft project that can bring a touch of winter wonderland into your home. All you need are some colorful pipe cleaners, scissors, and a dash of creativity to get started. By simply twisting and bending the pipe cleaners into different shapes and patterns, you can design unique snowflakes that sparkle and shine. These charming decorations can be hung on windows, added to wreaths, or even used as festive ornaments for your Christmas tree. Whether you're crafting solo or with friends and family, the process is sure to be fun and rewarding. So grab some pipe cleaners and let your imagination run wild as you create a flurry of charming snowflakes to brighten up your space!
SUPPLIES:
To make our pipe cleaner snowflakes, you’ll need:
- metallic or chenille pipe cleaners
- plastic beads
- scissors
- metallic thread for hanging
INSTRUCTIONS:
- To start, cut two pipe cleaners in half. Set one of the pieces aside as you’ll only need 3 to make a six-pointed snowflake.
- Fold your three pipe-cleaner pieces in half to make 3 V’s (see above photo).
- Link two of the pieces hooking them together at the bottom of the V’s. The open ends of the V’s will be facing in opposite directions. Give them a twist where they meet to secure them together.
- Next, insert that twisted section deep into the crease of the third pipe cleaner.
- Secure each arm of this third pipe cleaner around its next-door neighbour.
- Now that you have all 6 arms of the snowflake in place, you can adjust them slightly to make sure they’re all equally spaced.
If any of the snowflake’s arms seem loose and wiggly, just twist it around its neighbour, and adjust the spacing again.
Bead your Snowflake!
Young children may not be interested in making their snowflake look perfectly symmetrical. They may be happy with some simple patterning or they may just want to use random mis-matched beads. Older kids who want their snowflakes to be symmetrical will need to select sets of 6 matching beads for their snowflake.
Have the kids leave a bit of pipe cleaner empty at the end of each arm so it can be crimped to prevent the beads from falling off.
Finish by tying a loop of metallic thread to each snowflake so it can be hung and enjoyed in a window or on the tree.
