Have you discovered cotton wool or cotton balls while rummaging through the cupboards and are now wondering what you could do with them besides the usual things? Since you landed on our article, you are most likely looking for creative decoration or craft ideas. We will show you a few such ideas that youtogether with the childrencan implement. No matter whether you want to make winter decorations or something suitable for this time of year in general, bunnies for Easter or just for no special reason, you will find what you are looking for with us. You can make the following things with cotton wool:
By the way, for crafting with cotton wool, you can use the pre-formed balls, tear a large piece of cotton wool into pieces and then stick them on or shape them into balls yourself. This basically depends on what exactly you want to design.A snowy landscapefor example, looks best with torn cotton wool, while fur (for example, if you're making a sheep with cotton wool) can also be used with balls.
Make pictures with cotton wool
Such pictures are super easy to make and can not only keep the children busy at home, but also train the children's craft skills in kindergarten. Depending on their age, the children can cut out the elements themselves and stick them on, or you can prepare them and the little ones just stick the cotton balls on. No matter whether you make sheep with cotton wool or onewinter penguin, the results will look simply cute with their cozy look.
You cansimple coloring pagesuse for this project. The children color these in and then stick the cotton balls on them. You can also cut out the motif and then glue it onto colored paper for a more interesting background. If you want to make a snowman out of cotton wool, you don't even need a template because you just have to put circles together. Then it's decorated - for example with buttons and sequins.
Universe in a glass
If you do crafts with cotton wool, feel free to choose this project that every child will simply love! Create your own galaxy in a glass - a trend that delights young and old alike. We already have some ideas for oneSpace theme partygiven, now we'll show you how you can make such a decoration with cotton wool. You need the following materials:
- Jar or glass bottle with lid
- cotton balls
- Glitter
- food coloring
- Water
- Colors that glow in the dark
To make a galaxy in a glass with cotton wool, first fill the bottle/glass halfway with cotton balls. Then add some water, but only as much as the cotton can absorb. So she shouldn't swim in the water. Use a straw or another suitable tool to flatten the cotton. Then add drops of food coloring and choose a color that also occurs in a galaxy. Then add a splash of fluorescent paint and some glitter.
Now repeat all the steps several times to create additional layers and fill the bottle completely, choosing a different color for each layer. When the bottle is full, close it tightly with the lid. Complete! Over time the water evaporates and needs to be refilled.
Make ice cream cones with egg cartons and cotton balls
Trim the tipsEierkartonsand you get the perfect ice cream cone, which you then just have to fill with cotton wool to imitate ice cream (glue it in place). You can make the ice cream with cotton balls to create ice cream balls or you can tear the cotton wool yourself and form the classic soft ice cream out of it. In addition to cotton wool, pompoms are also suitable. The finished “ice cream” can then be decorated as desired, for example with small pompoms for cherries or real sprinkles that you sprinkle on a blob of glue.
Depending on what color the egg carton is, you can leave the ice cream cone as is, because in some cases the color is very similar to that of an ice cream cone. Green or gray egg cartons can also be usedwith acrylic paintspaint. You are also welcome to draw the typical diamond pattern/grid with an Edding pen.
Make your own bunnies
The white color of the cotton wool is just perfect for imitating the fur of many animals, including the rabbit. Regardless of whether you have chosen this motif specifically for Easter or just think bunnies are cute – bunnies are perfect for crafting with cotton wool. We'll show you a few ideas:
Make a rabbit head on paper with cotton wool
Similar to the first idea in our ideas list, you can also use this oneMake bunnieswith cotton wool. Use a compass to draw a circle on white paper and cut it out. Then cut one side straight (you can also use this element as a template for further circles). Cut out a bunny ear and the pink interior and use the two elements as a template to cut them out a second time. Glue them to the circle above and you will get a rabbit head, which you can then decorate with cotton balls. For the ears, only cover the area between the edge and the inside of the ear. Glue on eyes, a bobble nose and whiskers made from pipe cleaners.
Tipp: Make several of these bunnies and vary the color of the inside of the ears. Or if you fold the white paper in half and create the circle at the fold (the straight side is at the fold), you will have a round card that you can write on the inside. A cool Easter greeting card that you can easily make with cotton wool and paper!
Make a rabbit figure with cotton wool
Would you like oneMake decorationswith cotton wool, this bunny is really wonderful. It can't just decorate the table at Easter, but it fits the theme particularly well.
- Cotton wool
- white paper
- pink colored pencil or felt-tip pen
- Googly eyes or small buttons
- small pompom or pearl in pink
- Glue
- Scissors
Form a ball of any size out of cotton wool for your head. If you want, you can also use a ready-made cotton ball for this. Then cut out a rabbit ear from the white paper, which you then use as a template to cut out another one. Draw the inside of the ears in pink. Glue the ears into the cotton ball. Then use two small pieces of cotton wool to form the mouth (called “cheese” for the rabbit) and also glue the two elements to the ball.
Where these two elements touch, glue the pink pompom as a nose and arrange the eyes above it. Then form an oval-shaped body out of cotton wool and glue the head onto it. All that's missing is a small cotton ball for the tail and four paws.
Craft ideas in winter – make a snowflake
You can't just oneMake a snowmanfor children, snowflakes are also very popular motifs for crafts in January. There are several ways to make snowflakes for windows or as table decorations using cotton wool. One would be, for example, to cut a snowflake out of paper and then simply stick it with beads. For this purpose you can print out a template from the Internet.
You could also make a snowflake out of popsicle sticks (instructions for making snowflakes with popsicle stickscan be found here) and then stick them on. Both the finished cotton balls and self-made ones are suitable for sticking. Such snowflakes look especially interesting if you assemble them from balls that are different sizes. Or how about skewering the cotton balls onto shish kebab skewers and then sticking them together to form a snowflake?
Garlands as snow decorations made of cotton wool
And while we're on the subject of winter, we'd like to introduce you to one last idea that you can make in winter with cotton balls. Make it snow in your own four walls by making snowballs with cotton wool and thenin the form of garlandshang from the ceiling or from a window. Get ready-made balls or form some yourself in any and different sizes. Then thread them with a needle and thread (add some glue if you want to keep them in place later) and hang them in the desired places using double-sided tape.
Make a cloud with cotton wool and paper rainbows or dab pictures with cotton balls
