Cotton swabs are a fairly affordable and inexpensive mass-market product. In addition, they are usually sold in hundreds, which means that you can make an excellent craft for school or kindergarten. Photos of crafts made from cotton swabs can be seen below.
You can always use additional materials such as paints, plasticine, cardboard, colored paper and other items that will be at hand. Creative impulses are limited only by imagination!
Reliable fixation
Before you make a craft out of cotton swabs, you need to figure out the methods for fastening them. Here are some rules:
- smear part of the stick with cotton wool, if you need to glue them one by one
- spread the base with glue if you plan to fix several sticks at once
- after applying glue and applying the stick to the base, you will need to press it for 10-15 seconds, and then send it under the press
- if desired, it is possible to replace the glue with plasticine
- glue stick fixes better than PVA glue
The simplest crafts
The simplest option is application on thick cardboard. A wonderful selection of crafts from cotton swabs for preschool children! Instructions:
- You will need to dip the sticks into the paint of the color you like, dry.
- Next: lay out a plasticine application on cardboard, let it be, for example, a vase from which willow twigs peep out.
- It is necessary to roll plasticine into bundles;
- Roll them into a spiral, mark the neck of the vase with one of the bundles;
- Then you should add twigs, also made in the form of bundles.
- Cut off the colored parts of the cotton swabs and attach them to the twigs.
Voila, the craft for the kindergarten from cotton swabs is ready!
Another similar craft is a house. In this case, not only sticks are also useful, but also cotton wool, glue, cardboard.
- First you need to take the cardboard.
- The task is to lay out a house of sticks in the form of a lattice, fasten it with PVA glue.
- The next step is to cut the cotton wool into small pieces and glue it to the cardboard, so the snow will be depicted.
- Tip: in order for the child not to smear everything around with glue, you need to pour it into a bowl and show how, using tweezers, gently immerse pieces of cotton wool in the glue and attach to the cardboard.
If desired, the picture can be made colorful, but this is at the discretion of the little creator.
More complex compositions
Crafts from cotton swabs with your own hands are exciting and will make you forget for a while about gadgets, instant messengers and even the new season of a TV series! It's time to move on to the manufacture of volumetric structures, for example, a house.
- Step 1: making the frame. It is necessary to fold the sticks in a square on the base, glue the cotton ends together with the help of silicone glue for greater reliability. Next: make several such squares to get the house of the desired height.
- Step 2: making the roof. You need to cut a rectangle out of thick paper, fold it in half, glue the sticks to it as tightly as possible (it will look much better) and attach it to the frame.
- Step 3: painting. Cotton ends or even the sticks themselves can be coated with spray paint or a brush: let the house sparkle with bright colors!
- You can always complement the composition and build other crafts from cotton pads and sticks.
The next craft is a Christmas tree. First, you need to decide on the dimensions of the future product and correlate them with the dimensions of other structures, if you plan to create a solid composition. If not, then the size of the finished Christmas tree depends only on the desire and capabilities of the child.
Materials:
- Cardboard cone
- It is advisable to take cotton swabs with a green plastic base
- Silicone glue
The cone can be made of plasticine, in which case glue is not required.
The further steps are quite simple: cut off the cotton ends of the sticks and, one by one, glue them to a cardboard cone, level by level, or immerse them in a plasticine cone.
The finished craft can also be painted in any color you like, you can make a decor from beads or sequins, sequins. It will be appropriate to lay out and glue pieces of cotton wool around it, imitating snow. Of course, this should be done on a cardboard or plastic base.
Cotton swab sheep
It would seem, how can you make animal figurines using cotton swabs - not the most suitable item? Further, there is an instruction on how to make a craft from cotton swabs step by step. So, the lamb is number one on this list.
- Draw on thick paper or cardboard the contours of the future lamb. It is desirable that the paper be white or black, because it is a lamb. Tip: when drawing the head, it is advisable to increase the size of the forehead so that the forehead can fit on it.
- Cut off the cotton parts of the sticks and begin to glue them to the body from the periphery to the center.
- Place the forelock and ears on the head also from the tips of the sticks.
- Attach the head to the torso using any available glue.
- On the head, draw the eyes, nose and mouth using a marker, felt-tip pen or gel pen.
- To make legs from 4 whole cotton swabs or wooden sticks, you can use wooden clothespins.
Teddy bear
- Cut out the body, head, legs from cardboard.
- Cut off the cotton swabs (you will need about 25 pieces).
- Apply glue to the base, fix the sticks securely, start glueing from the periphery to the center.
- Stick on eyes and nose made of cardboard, plastic or use buttons (be careful, children can swallow them!).
- The final touch is to paint at your discretion!
Any animal can be depicted using a similar scheme. Time to create!
Cotton swab craft ideas
A spectacular craft is a bright craft, experiments with color are welcome! Calla lilies can be made using cotton pads and sticks. This will also require green and yellow glue and paints.
Instructions:
- Take sticks with a green plastic base.
- Paint the cotton tip yellow.
- Wrap a cotton pad with an overlap around the stick and fix.
- Cut leaves from green paper, glue to sticks.
- Put "flowers" in a makeshift vase or attach to a cardboard base.
Successful creativity and pleasant minutes with your family!
Photo of original crafts from cotton swabs
