Summer vacations are still ahead, and it’s spring! So, why not let the kids try these popsicle stick hands-on craft activities? They save a lot of time, and kids are not gonna miss the flower, butterfly, and the buzzy buzz, bee crafts. Here is my idea:
Use the painted popsicle sticks as a base and glue on paper, felt, or cardstock cutouts using FREE templates. Or, weave the yarn around sticks to make plushies. Or, use a rubber and pipe cleaner band to make toys.
In this discussion, I will suggest similar popsicle + other material crafts you can try before the summer vacations. Most can be finished in less than 10 minutes. You can make bookmarks, wall hangings, photo frames, and much more with these no-skill crafts!
Suggestion #1: Bee Popsicle Stick Craft
This kawaii bee craft is a popsicle-cardstock combo with a FREE printable template for cutouts. Popsicles are only used as a base, so it should be a fun “paint, cut, and glue” activity for kids this spring. It is quick, so don’t worry if summer vacations have not started yet.
After lining up the 10 popsicle sticks, joining with three additional ones, and painting, kids will just attach the cutouts onto them. Isn’t it easy?
Suggestion #2: Popsicle Stick Shark Craft
Kickstart the summer vacation activities with this oh-so cute and easy stick & paper shark craft. There is a FREE printable template for the mouthpiece, kawaii eyes, and top and side fins.
So, print the template, take cutouts, and guide the kids to attach each to the popsicle base. Base should be coated in navy blue with 2-3 coats. To make the base, line up 7 popsicle sticks and attach using two more sticks from the back.
Suggestion #3: Summer Popsicle Stick Bookmarks
Well, reading won’t stop during the summer vacations, but it’s gonna be more fun! How? Well, with the favorite story book and these felt & popsicle stick summer bookmarks, including a sun, watermelon, flip-flop, and beach ball variation.
Just gonna be a painted popsicle stick with FUN felt cutouts that you can trace using a FREE printable template. To keep your craft table neater, be sure to paint over the sticks with a silver sheet.
Craft Sticks – Engineer Launchers
These popsicle stick cotton swab launchers are colorful, SUPER COOL, and great for teaching the kids basic engineering. Beside beging a part of STEM education crafts, they are so fun and high-range launchers. Partly a crossbow and partly a slingshot.
Nope! As I stressed, please play safe with the cotton swab shot, only! Also require rubber band, paint, wide plastic straw, and definitely a good amount of Q-tips (may get lost, easily!).
Suggestion #4: Yarn Butterfly Craft
These colorful, artistic, and unique yarn-wrapped butterflies are crafted around just two popsicle sticks. Aren’t they gorgeous? Well ofcourse! I have also covered my favorite “felt and yarn butterfly plushie: here, but can’t resist the charm this method and the resulting butterfly have.
I like the red, yellow & aqua version the most! What’s your favorite? Well, they also require the pipe cleaner for antennae and three beads for the head and tail.
Suggestion #5: Stegosaurus Dinosaur Craft
Well, I like it a lot when multiple crafting techniques and materials come together, just like in this Stegosaurus crafted MODEL. It requires a set of popsicle sticks in two sizes, clothespins, googly eyes, white paper, and acrylic colors, too.
You will end up with a cute, googly-eyed Stegosaurus with colorful cardstock spikes, a painted craft stick body, and balancing perfectly on the table with cloth-spinning legs. You can also try Q-tip painting and comic art on the spikes.
Suggestion #6: Cute Fish Aquarium Popsicle Craft
This is a 3D paper cut-out fish drawing and a wall hanging with a popstick photo frame. It should be a quick summer activity, as there is a FREE template for the seabed, seaweed, starfish, and fish cutouts.
Then, on a sky-blue square sheet, prepare the scene by gluing the seabed, seaweed, and starfish cutouts. You will want to separately hang the fish in red, blue, and beige in the front using jute cord.
Suggestion #7: DIY Pom Pom Flower Bookmark
Back to spring, let’s craft these oh-so-cute pom pom and popsicle stick flower bookmarks. Requires store-bought poms, 8 smaller ones for the petals, and 1 bigger one for the centre. For the leaf, also have two more pom poms in green.
You will want to assemble both the leaf and the flower onto a felt coutout so that you can easily attach onto the craft stick. Try this one in pink or purple, this spring for sure!
Craft Stick Mermaid
This CUTEST mermaid popsicle + cardstock craft is again a hands-on activity, as a FREE template is available. Just assemble four craft sticks, paint them green over a paper plate, and start gluing the mermaid cutouts over this base.
I like how there are separate front and back hairs, and the face is left to be drawn! Drawing the wavy lines over the tail makes it a little more fun!
Popsicle Stick Frog Craft
Yes, yes. Another cute craft stick + cardstock craft with a FREE template. It is a googly-eyed sitting frog with an open mouth assembled on an 11 popsicle stick base.
The template includes cutout outlines for the belly, middle legs, side legs, eyes, mouth, and tongue. So, it should be a REALLY fun activity.
Craft Stick Farm Animals
This craft must have been at the top, but brought here to tell you that you can continue exploring more popsicle crafts. You can craft almost anything with them.
Just like these 5 craft stick + felt animals bookmarks, including cow, horse, pig, cat, and chicken. These are easy and particularly quick to put up. So, try for sure!
