It’s amazing how much personality you can get with some pipe cleaners, beads, and straws! This fun craft for kids is also a fun homemade toy! Ready to make some Pipe Cleaner Superheroes? First, grab your supplies: o Pipe cleaners o Felt, for capes o Straws – we used paper straws, but regular straws are just fine (and much cheaper) o Googly eyes o Pony beads o Wooden beads – we used 3/4 inch diameter beads o Tacky Glue o Hot glue o Scissors o Markers – we used Sharpie oil based paint markers. They bleed less on wood than regular Sharpies.
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It’s amazing how much personality you can get with some pipe cleaners, beads, and
straws! This fun craft for kids is also a fun homemade toy!
Ready to make some Pipe Cleaner Superheroes?
First, grab your supplies:
o Pipe cleaners o Felt, for capes o Straws – we used paper straws, but regular straws are just fine (and
much cheaper) o Googly eyes o Pony beads o Wooden beads – we used 3/4 inch diameter beads o Tacky Glue o Hot glue o Scissors o Markers – we used Sharpie oil based paint markers. They bleed less on
wood than regular Sharpies.
Step 1: Start by drawing hair and superhero masks on the wooden beads.
Step 2: Glue on googly eyes – SO CUTE! Then draw a little mouth.
Step 3: Grab three pipe cleaners. Twist them together in the middle. I found that three
“twists” was enough to hold them securely together. Then adjust them so that they are
in the arrangement shown.
Step 4: Slide three pony beads onto BOTH of the bottom two pipe cleaners. This will
form the body.
Step 5: Cut a straw into 8 one inch segments. (Or feel free to adjust the size!) We
found that we could get 7 segments out of each straw, so you’ll need two straws per
superhero, with quite a bit left over.
Step 6: Build each limb by sliding on a straw segment, then a pony bead, then another
straw segment.
Step 7: Bend the ends of the pipe cleaners into hands and feet. I found that it helps to
wrap some of the excess around the wrist or ankle to make it secure. Then trim off any
excess ends.
Step 8: Slide the head onto the final two pipe cleaners. Then trim off the excess.
Step 9: To make the head more secure, attach it with Tacky Glue. Squirt some glue
onto the pipe cleaners. Then slide the head on. We had a little bit of glue ooze out at
the bottom of the head. Just wipe off the excess with a paper towel.
Step 10: Cut out a cape from felt and use hot glue to attach it to the backs of the arm
segments.
I made an S for the back of this cape, but we didn’t decorate any of the other capes.
They are cute either way!
Then make more superheroes with different colours! I thought the paper straws really
increased the fun level on this craft. They come in such fun prints! However, they