A simple yet amazing craft you can make with straws! An idea that will have you completely absorbed
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Great news for kids wondering, “What should I make?” It turns out there are tons of fun crafts that both kids and adults can get absorbed in using nothing more than straws.
You can easily make things that seem difficult—like fountain pens, gliders, and mobiles! This time, we’re introducing craft ideas that are not only beautiful to look at but also practical.
Precisely because the materials are simple, with a bit of creativity you can create projects that make people around you say, “Wow, that’s amazing!”
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Simple but amazing crafts you can make with straws! Ideas that will get you hooked (41–50)
Perler beads
If you’re doing straw crafts at home, ironing beads (perler-style) are recommended.
Just line up the straws, sandwich them with kitchen paper, and press with an iron—that’s it! It’s also fun to try different shapes by combining straws of various thicknesses and colors.
Be sure an adult supervises and helps.
Simple yet amazing crafts you can make with straws! Ideas that will get you totally hooked (51–60)
easel
From an environmental standpoint, many places have switched from plastic straws to paper ones.
A craft I recommend using paper straws for is an easel.
You can make it easily with just four paper straws and some twine, so give it a try.
You thread the twine through the straws to assemble it, and this threading work can also help improve concentration.
It’s also a great idea to display your own drawings on the easel you make.
Since it’s paper, it’s convenient that you can easily attach things with glue.
Water note
Here’s a project where you can cleverly use tools like a hair iron and a glue gun.
Melt a straw with the heat of a hair iron to form a tube, pour colorful dyed water inside, and create a vibrant water notebook! It looks like you could adapt this idea for things other than notebooks, too!
oil straw
This craft project makes full use of a straw-working technique—melting with heat—to create a magical and beautiful “oil straw” that takes advantage of the separation of water and oil.
It would also be great as an accessory or an ornament.
Be careful not to burn yourself and have fun making it!
garland
Let’s make a room decoration garland using colorful straws! Cut the straws to the same length and thread a string through them to form triangles.
If you attach a bent piece of wire to the end of the string, it works like a threader and makes it easier to pass through the straws.
By threading the string back through the first straw at the end, you can complete a neat triangle.
Once you’ve reached your desired length, decorate by attaching bells or tassels to the tips of the triangles.
You can express your originality by making triangles in your preferred sizes, arranging them randomly, and using a variety of colors.
Straw Maze
It’s a great idea to treat straws like walls and create a “maze.” Because straws are easy to shape, kids can make a maze just the way they imagine, which is really fun.
Use an empty box as the base and create your own straw maze.
I’m sure it will make a delightful toy!
straw airplane
Here’s how to make a straw airplane using a straw and construction paper.
Many households probably have these on hand, so you can make one right away! It’s very simple: prepare two long, narrow strips of construction paper in different lengths, form each into a ring, and attach them to the front and back of the straw.
Any type of straw is fine, but if you’re using a bendy straw, cut off the flexible section.
Changing the length or thickness of the straw will affect how it flies, so try making several and see which one flies best—or discover ones that fly in interesting ways!