There are so many creative summer craft ideas for kids. Crafting with cotton swabs is really exciting and easy to do. Try some of these ideas with your little ones!
Everyone has cotton swabs at home. Many crafts can be made from it and you can try these interesting DIY ideas! They are suitable for children of all ages and can be made at home or at school.
Making flowers with cotton swabs for children
Flowers are loved by everyone and you can delight your little ones with these pretty cotton bud flowers. You will definitely be amazed,make this craft yourself! This is a very simple craft for preschoolers.
You need these materials:
- Malpapier
- cotton swab
- Kneading mass
- Glue
- Scissors
How to make flowers with cotton swabs:
- Cut a piece of light blue painting paper into a large circle.
- Then cut out a bow from a piece of green painting paper. To do this, cut out the inside of the bow in a wave shape.
- You need to cut the cotton swabs into different lengths.
- You will need a strip of green painting paper for the stem of the flowers.
- Glue all the pieces together. The center of the flower is made from colored plasticine.
- Insert the cotton swabs around the center of playdough. Create your own design of the flower.
- Finally, glue on the leaves of the flower. Complete!
Make cute bunnies with children
This craft is very quick and easy. Suitable for small children.
Materials required:
- paper plate
- cotton swab
- White glue
- pink Puffball
- big staring eyes
- Ribbon
- Scissors
DIY instructions:
- Cut a bundle of cotton swabs in the middle. In the middle you only need the tips.
- Cut out the inner circle of a paper plate. Save the edge of the paper plate for the ears.
- Add white glue around the edge of the paper plate and begin attaching cotton swabs around the circle. After completing the first layer, add another layer that goes in a circular pattern like the last one.
- Using the edge of the paper plate, cut out bunny ears. Coat the bottom with white glue and place the paper plate on the ears.
- Finally, attach the puffball nose, the goggle eyes and the ribbon with white glue. It's that easythis cute craft for kidsrestore.
Easy DIY dinosaur craft
Children love dinosaurs and will definitely be fascinated by this exciting idea. This project is perfect for dinosaur lovers of all ages.
Materials required:
- Black construction paper
- Scissors
- cotton swab
- School glue
- Pencil
- Dinosaur templates
Instructions for crafting:
- Print and cut out a dinosaur silhouette from the template. Then trace the cutout on your construction paper and cut out the dinosaur from the construction paper.
- Next, add lines of glue to the dinosaur.
- Use cotton swabs as bones and form a dinosaur skeleton on the cut-out construction paper. You may need to cut the cotton swabs in half to fit the dinosaur.
Lamb craft from cotton swabs
This is a really cute craft idea for kids. The materials are simple.
Materials required:
- cotton swab
- White glue
- A fine marker
- Pink pencil crayon
- Scissors
- White paper
- 2 clothespins
- Red bow
Instructions for crafting:
- First prepare the body and head of the lamb. For the body, simply cut out an elongated oval. And the head is shaped like an egg.
- Next, cut off the tips of the cotton swabs.
- Start by adding a small line of glue to one end of the lamb's body. You can also use a glue gun. Place the ends of the cotton swabs neatly over the glue line. Starting with the outer edges, overlap the second layer of cotton swabs with the first layer. Keep adding tape and cotton swabs until the body is finished. The area where the ends of the cotton swabs are exposed should be on the right. Use your head to cover the ends.
- Then do the head. Put a small amount of glue on the narrow part and add three cotton swab ends.
- Add more glue and two side cotton swabs for the ears. Then cover the ears with more cotton swabs.
- Now you can draw the little nose and mouth.
- Tie the bow at the top of the lamb's head.
- Be sure to wait until everything is completely dry before gluing the head to the body
- Then take two clothespins and stick them to the back of the lamb so it can stand. So your cotton swab lamb is ready!
Dandelions made from cotton swabs and Styrofoam balls
You can make small dandelions for a vase or large dandelions to decorate a room in your home.
What you need:
- cotton swab
- Styrofoam balls (size of your choice)
- Food coloring (your choice)
- Scissors
- Wooden skewers or decorative sticks (for the flower stems)
How to make the dandelions:
- Take the cotton swabs and cut them in half.
- Insert them into the Styrofoam ball. Place them so that they cover the entire surface of the ball.
- Dissolve food coloring and color the cotton balls on the sticks.
- When the ball is dry, insert a skewer for the stem, which you can wrap with green florist's tape or leave as is.
- Make some dandelions and put them in a vase.
Make your own hedgehog from cotton swabs
Styrofoam is a great craft material and is ideal for small children andkid-friendly activities and crafts. Make this cute hedgehog!
What you need:
- An egg made of Styrofoam
- Colors
- Construction paper or foam
- Marker
- Cotton swab (halved)
Instructions for crafting:
- Paint your egg and let it dry.
- Cut out a head, small feet and a tail from construction paper or foam. Draw a face on the head.
- Glue the cut pieces in place.
- Insert your cut cotton swabs into the porcupine's back. You can paint the tips when you're finished to add a little more color or just leave them white. This pretty craft can be used as a decoration at home.
Make colorful wall decorations with cotton swabs
Do you want something beautiful for your walls? This wall hanging is easy to make. Check out the step-by-step instructions.
The craft materials you need:
- Colored paper
- adhesive
- cotton swab
- Pencil
- Quilling-Nadel
- Scissors
- Quilling strips
- Cardboard
- Cutter
- Decorative mirrors
- Glitter paper
DIY instructions:
- Create the craft base. Cut out circular cardboard with a diameter of 15 cm. Make 3 such cardboard circles.
- Then place the circular cardboard on the colored paper and measure the paper accordingly to cover the cardboard with glue.
- Take a piece of cardboard and cut out 3 strips measuring 4.5 x 35 cm each.
- Make several teardrop-shaped coils in orange and blue colors.
- Now take a round cardboard and glue the teardrop-shaped coils in a flower-like pattern with glue. Place a small, tight coil in the center.
- Take a few cotton buds and paint them with different colors of your choice.
- Use glue to stick the cotton swabs between the coils to create a lace pattern.
- In the same way, prepare the 3 circular cardboard bases.
- Make the frame. Take the cardboard strips made earlier and paint them with black paint. Allow the paint to dry. Using glue, assemble the cardboard strips into a triangular frame and glue the three decorative quilling round cardboards to each corner of the triangular cardboard frame.
- The final step is to add some glitter to the triangular cardboard frame using decorative mirrors and glitter foil pieces.
Decorate an elegant vase with cotton buds
A very versatile idea is to decorate a beautiful vase with cotton buds. Customize your vase by painting the cotton buds in colors of your choice. All you need is a container, cotton swabs and glue. And of course a bit of imagination!
Make decorations for the front door
Try making this colorful decoration yourself. Here too you can play with shapes and colors and create the craft according to your preferences. You will need yarn of different colors, cotton swabs and glue.
