This simple pipe cleaner lavender craft is a lovely spring or summer activity for kids. Using soft purple pipe cleaners, children can twist and shape their own lavender flower stems to create a pretty little bouquet. It’s a relaxing craft that’s easy to set up and perfect for an afternoon of creative fun.
Lavender is such a recognizable plant with its tall purple flower spikes, which makes it ideal for recreating with craft materials. Personally, it’s one of my favorite flowers!
A pipe cleaner works perfectly for this because it’s flexible, soft, and easy for kids to twist into shape. The fluffy texture also gives the finished lavender flower a realistic look.
This pipe cleaner lavender DIY is great for home, classrooms, or craft groups. Kids can make one flower or create a whole bunch to turn into a pipe cleaner flower bouquet.
This craft is also ideal for making greeting cards, just glue your finished craft to the front of folded card. It works great for thank you cards, birthday cards and more.
Pipe Cleaner Crafts are Great for Kids
Making pipe cleaner flowers is not only fun but also helps children practice useful skills while they create.
Twisting the pipe cleaner into spirals helps strengthen fine motor skills and hand coordination. Kids also get to explore shapes and textures as they build their lavender pipe cleaner flowers.
This craft is also very forgiving. Pipe cleaners are easy to bend and reshape, so children can experiment with their designs without worrying about mistakes. The result is a bright and cheerful lavender flower that they can proudly display.
Supplies Needed for your Pipe Cleaner Flowers
To make your own lavender pipe cleaner flowers, you will need:
- Purple pipe cleaners (for the lavender blooms), some people call this fuzzy wire or chenille stems – they are the same thing.
- Green cardstock or construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Cardstock or construction paper for the background
How to Make Pipe Cleaner Lavender Flowers
Follow these simple steps to create your own pipe cleaner lavender DIY craft.
Lavender Pipe Cleaner Flowers
Create a beautiful pipe cleaner lavender craft with this simple and fun activity for kids. Using purple pipe cleaners twisted into soft spirals, children can make their own fluffy lavender flowers and arrange them into a sweet little floral design. This easy craft is perfect for spring and helps kids practice creativity and fine motor skills while making bright and cheerful pipe cleaner flowers.
Materials
- Purple Pipe Cleaners aka Fuzzy wire
- Scissors
- Glue or double sided tape
- Green Construction paper and your choice of background color
- Green Marker
- Template
Tools
- Printer if using the template
Instructions
- First, take a purple pipe cleaner and begin wrapping it tightly around your finger or a pencil to form a spiral shape. Slide it off carefully once the spiral is formed to keep the shape.
Repeat two more times so you have three lavender spirals. - Cut one rectangle from red paper (or your color of choice) and one slightly smaller rectangle from white paper and cut out the leaf template from green paper.
- Glue the white rectangle onto the red rectangle so it makes a border., and Glue the leaf piece near the bottom of the white paper.
- Glue the three purple spirals above the leaves to make the your lavender flower stems.
- Add extra details with a green marker
Once children learn how to make a pipe cleaner lavender DIY, they often want to keep creating more pipe cleaner flowers.
Try making different colored flowers and building a full bouquet. These crafts also make sweet handmade cards or decorations for spring.
You could also pair this activity with other fun pipe cleaner creations. We have a whole list of pipe cleaner animals you can make. Pipe cleaners are one of those classic craft materials that can turn into almost anything with a little imagination.
Download the Lavender Craft Template PDF
If you would like a printable template for the base and leaves used in this craft, you can download the free PDF below and print it at home.
The template makes it easy for younger children to cut the shapes they need and assemble their craft step by step. You can also easily draw and cut these shapes freehand if you do not have a printer.
Terms of use: Our lavender craft template is free for personal use and classroom use.
This pipe cleaner lavender craft is a simple and creative activity that kids will love. With just a few basic supplies, children can twist and shape their own fluffy lavender flowers and build a pretty little arrangement to display.
Crafts like this are a great way to encourage creativity while helping kids practice fine motor skills, and the finished pipe cleaner flowers make a cheerful decoration for spring or summer.
More Flower Crafts for Kids
If your kids enjoyed making these lavender pipe cleaner flowers, there are plenty more creative flower crafts to try. Flower crafts are a wonderful way to celebrate spring while encouraging creativity and hands-on learning.
From paper flowers to recycled craft projects, there are so many ways for kids to explore color, shape, and texture while making beautiful floral art.
- Super Easy Flower Stamping Craft
- Easy Paper Flower Bouquet Craft
- Paint Sample Flower Craft
- Easy Plastic Bottle Flower Painting
- Easy Red Pop Up Flower Craft
- Emotions Flower Face Craft
More Pipe Cleaner Crafts for Kids
If your kids enjoyed making these pipe cleaner flowers, there are so many more fun ways to craft with this simple material. A pipe cleaner is incredibly versatile and can be twisted, shaped, and bent into all kinds of creative designs. From pipe cleaner animals and characters to flowers and decorations, pipe cleaner crafts are a great way to encourage imagination while keeping little hands busy.
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If you make this pipe cleaner lavender craft with your kids or students, we would love to see how it turned out. Feel free to share the post with friends or on social media so more families can enjoy making these cheerful pipe cleaner flowers too.
