Adorable Pipe Cleaner Flowers for Spring or Anytime
Bring the sunshine with these playful pipe cleaner sunflowers – easy to make, fun to wear, and perfect for decor that never wilts!
Skills Required: None. You’ll be folding pipe cleaners and using a hot glue gun. This is perfect for people who have never crafted before.
Who says flowers have to grow in dirt? Around here, they grow on glue guns and good vibes!
Sunflowers are the ultimate feel-good flower, and making your own version with pipe cleaners gives you a vibrant, handmade option that never fades.
These playful little pipe cleaner flowers are bursting with personality – and the best part? They’ll never wilt, droop, or beg for water. (Low maintenance is always in style.)
This craft is giving total sunshine-in-your-pocket energy. It’s the kind of DIY that makes you smile while you’re making it. And double that when you realize just how stinkin’ cute your flower turned out.
There are a lot of options once your flowers are done as well. You can make a ton and create a bouquet, put some on hair clips, or just use them to decorate around your home. They will brighten any space.
Even if your crafting skills max out at doodling hearts in the margins, you can totally make this. If you can fold and twist a pipe cleaner, you’re golden (like sunflower petals, obviously).
It’s quick, it’s cheerful, and it’s the perfect excuse to break out that hot glue gun that has been in the drawer for awhile (let’s face it). Both kids and adults will love this idea.
Grab your pipe cleaners, crank up the summer playlist, and get ready to make a flower that brings the sunshine – no watering can required.
Get the printable how to card below.
Pipe Cleaner Flowers
Equipment
- 1 Scissors
Materials
- Pipe cleaners green, yellow, brown
- 1 Felt sheet(s)
- 1 Dowel rod(s) thin
- Metal barrette clips optional
Instructions
- Create your petals by first folding the pipe cleaner in half. Next, fold each half section in half to form an M, and then twist the two arms together where they were folded (the top points of the M).
- Finally, bring both arms down to the initial fold (to Fold 1). Twist them together at the base and fluff them up to create a petal shape. Refer to the photo for visual instructions.
- Create the center by coiling a black or dark brown pipe cleaner tightly. You can use 1 ½ or 2 pipe cleaners for a full-sized flower. Cut a piece of felt into a circle about the size of the circle you just made. Use hot glue to attach.
- Attach the first layer of petals to the back of the brown center, making sure to space them evenly. Let cool. Once dry, attach your second layer.
- To create the leaf, follow step 1, but use a green pipe cleaner. To create the stem, wrap green pipe cleaners tightly around a thin dowel, and secure the ends with hot glue.
- Attach the stem to the flower using hot glue. Cut a small round piece of felt to cover the back. Use hot glue to attach the circle and finish.
Notes
Love making flowers? Let me know in the comments! I’ve also got some other ones for you to try out of different materials below:
Coffee Filter • Crepe Paper • Crochet • Paper • Washi Tape
