Pipe Cleaner Firework Prints

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Create festive and colorful firework patterns from a few common household items! In the process, your child will practice creative tool use, pattern recognition, and fine motor skills. 

What We’re Learning & Skills We’re Building 

  • Creativity – making unique art from different materials
  • Fine motor skills – using the small muscles in the hands to grip and twist pipe cleaners together
  • Tool use – using pipe cleaners to create a new tool for stamping
  • Pattern recognition – seeing the repetition of shapes and lines made from the pipe cleaner firework stamp

Materials 

Optional Materials 

(Note: If you don’t have pipe cleaners, you can use toothpicks or child-safe forks covered in paint to create firework prints. Or, use all 3 materials to create firework prints of different sizes and shapes!)

Making Pipe Cleaner Firework Prints

  1. Twist several pipe cleaners together to create a flat firework shape. 
  2. Pour several paint colors onto a paper plate or pie tin. 
  3. Pinch pipe cleaner firework in the center to hold it. Press it into the paint.
  4. Press paint-covered firework onto several spots around the paper to create firework prints! 
  5. (Optional) Follow steps 2-3, but instead of pressing the pipe cleaner firework down and picking it back up, hold it down in the center and spin it to create colorful circles/spirals. Let the paint dry, then repeat steps 2-4 on top of the circles. 
  6. (Optional) Once the firework prints have dried, add details using markers, crayons, colored pencils, or more paint.