General Information:Someone once described a pipe cleaner as a "hairy wire". While it isn't actually hair, it is a fairly good description.
Creative Ideas for Pipe Cleaners and Chenille Stems
Pipe cleaners have been a favorite craft supply for generations because they are simple to use, inexpensive and remarkably versatile. Their flexible wire core allows them to be bent repeatedly while the soft chenille covering adds texture, color and dimension to countless projects.
Create Flowers, Plants and Floral Accents
Chenille stems are popular for making realistic flowers, leaves, bouquets and floral embellishments. They can be twisted together to form petals, stems and vines or added to wreaths, centerpieces and seasonal arrangements for extra texture and color.
Perfect for Holiday Crafts
From Christmas ornaments and candy canes to Halloween spiders, Easter decorations and Valentine's Day gifts, pipe cleaners make it easy to create festive seasonal crafts. Metallic tinsel stems add sparkle to ornaments, wreaths and holiday decorations.
Great for Kids, Schools and Scout Projects
Easy to bend and safe to cut with adult supervision, chenille stems are a classroom favorite. They encourage creativity while helping children develop fine motor skills, color recognition and basic construction techniques through hands-on crafting.
Make Animals, Characters and Decorations
Twist and shape chenille stems into animals, insects, dolls, monsters, jewelry, bookmarks, party decorations, puppets and countless imaginative creations. Add googly eyes, pom poms, beads, felt and other embellishments to personalize every project.
Useful Beyond Traditional Crafts
Pipe cleaners are also used as flexible supports inside felt crafts, stuffed animals and costumes, to secure floral arrangements, create armatures for sculptures, organize cords, and build science and STEM models. Their combination of flexibility and strength makes them useful wherever a lightweight bendable wire is needed.
Available in Many Colors and Styles
Browse our selection of solid colors, seasonal assortments and sparkling tinsel stems to find the perfect chenille stems for your next project. Whether you're purchasing a few for a family craft or stocking up for classrooms and group activities, you'll find quality pipe cleaners ready for your next creative idea.
Quite versatile, a chenille stem can be bent or cut. There are so many craft projects on the internet to make with them.
Here are some ideas to use chenille sticks:
- Use as stiffeners inside craft projects such as stuffed animals, face masks and felt crafts.
- Pipe cleaners are the perfect kids' craft staple!
- Twist chenille sticks around the end of a pencil or pen for a cute writing companion.
- Wrap chenille stems around the upper section of a wire coat hanger to prevent clothes from falling off of your hanger.
- Slip beads onto them for Christmas ornaments, tree hangers, and even to create antenna for the cutest chenille stem bugs.
- Use pipe cleaners around the edge of a picture or drawing for a wonderful scrapbook frame.
- Fashion flowers, stars, animals or toys with pipe cleaners for a 3-D look.
- Form ears, hands and feet with them to create a cute critter using a water or soda bottle for it's body.
- Wrap a green chenille stem around a pencil to create a spiral. Add red pony beads to the spiral and then bring the 2 ends of the chenille stick together and twist together for a nice wreath.
- Spiral yellow and black pipe cleaners together to form a cute bee's body. Use small sections of white to form it' wings.
- Use them as a tool to clean out tiny spaces.
- There are so many things that can be done with them!
We went on pinterest and found literally thousands of uses for them. Everything from using them as tools to holiday decorations, to helpful things to kids crafts, and everything in between.
