Easy and quick, let’s discuss 6 ways to craft vegetables and fruits with pipe cleaners. We shall discuss crafting the fruits and veggies for fall, summer, and spring. All these have googly plastic eyes that make them REALLY cute and PERFECT pencil toppers.
From the carrot to the strawberry, avocado to broccoli, you will get an idea of how to craft almost any fruit with pipe cleaners.
Before you begin, learn how to work with pipe cleaners with our step-by-step guide.
Suggestion #1: Craft A Pipe Cleaner Carrot
The piper cleaner carrot will be the easiest craft of this discussion. Learn it now with the googly plastic eyes and add to the fall and Thanksgiving basket. Looping a piece of pipe cleaner around a pencil and gluing the carrot, it will become a pencil topper.
Have a 30cm (be sure it is large enough), bend at an angle so have an open triangle. Fold the edges in semi circle and secure with a pair of pliers.
Then you have to braid the pipe cleaner so that the carrot is solid. The sprout will be a 4 pressed loops of green pipe cleaner. Use hot glue.
Suggestion #2: Craft A Pipe Cleaner Strawberry Topper
Maybe you are looking for a pencil topper for spring homework. Without any doubt, this pipe cleaner strawberry that’s cute, of course, is what you should craft.
Small yellow cylinder beads cover it like the seeds of a strawberry, and you can also use googly eyes. This time, start with an oval base and braid the remaining pipe cleaners inside.
You won’t want to use the complete pipe cleaner for the base. Just make a small loop; if that feels right, cut the remaining. For the sprout, this time, use cutouts of green pipe cleaner.
Suggestion #3: Craft A Pipe Cleaner Avocado
While folding a miniature avocado with a pipe cleaner, you will also find out how to attach a perfect edging stem. This will make the peel of the avocado. The method is the same.
Start with an oval loop with the first color and secure the edge. Fold into the loop, wrap around, and insert again. Repeat the process until the loop is covered all the way around.
The seed will only be a rolled pipe cleaner in brown. Around the avocado, wrap the dark green pipe cleaner. That’s all.
Suggestion #4: Craft A Pipe Cleaner Pineapple
We are about to cover all the seasons. Because you can also craft the summer’s favorite pineapple with a pipe cleaner and googly eyes. A small loop would be enough. Then you can braid the pipe cleaner by wrapping and inserting, and so on.
In this pineapple keychain and topper, the sprout will need two folding patterns. That is, the rolled pipe cleaner and pressed loops. Use hot glue for joining.
Suggestion #5: Craft A Pipe Cleaner Broccoli
I would recommend crafting the broccoli around a pencil. This way, you get enough width for the bottom. Start by wrapping a green pipe cleaner around the top of the pencil.
Then, take small lengths of the same color and glue them around the wrapped pipe cleaner. 10 will be enough.
You have to keep the things a bit random, like how natural broccoli is. Fold the stems outward a bit, too. For the stem edges, roll the pipe cleaner pieces and attach. It is easy but repetitive.
Suggestion #6: Craft A Pipe Cleaner Apple
The loop pattern for a pipe cleaner apple would be a little difficult. You can also use a cardboard base to get it right. Also, you will have to secure the middle and bottom by wrapping. It will be a REALLY perfect pencil topper for Christmas and fall. With a brown loop, it can also become a hanging charm.
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