5. Beaded Pipe Cleaner Butterflies

This craft is excellent for fine motor skills. Threading beads onto pipe cleaners helps kids with hand-eye coordination while creating a shimmering, textured friend.

  • Materials: Two pipe cleaners, colorful plastic beads.
  • Steps:
    • Thread beads onto two pipe cleaners, leaving an inch at each end.
    • Twist the pipe cleaners into two “loops” (the wings).
    • Use a third, shorter pipe cleaner to wrap around the center and create antennae.