Your five year old will love making and playing with these straw activities and crafts.
Straws make for great building materials and are so fun to play with. What kid hasn’t found joy in twisting straws into spirals at a restaurant? These 25 silly straw activities for five year olds will take that fun to the next level and provide you and your child with hours of silly straw fun. Enjoy!
25 Silly Straw Activities for Five Year Olds
Your kids will love exploring 3D structures when they build with straws.
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This fireworks burst is a safe way for children to enjoy fireworks this Fourth of July (and super fun to make).
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Five-year-olds love blowing bubbles, so they’ll absolutely love making bubble art using straws.
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These straws make great connectors for building cardboard structures.
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Practice using scissors while making this adorable clothes pin butterfly.
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Your kids will say oui oui when you ask them if they want to make this Eiffel Tower using straws!
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Five-year-olds make great friends, and now your child and their friends can make these friendship bracelets.
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This geodome is a fantastic way to study structure and your kids will be amazed as it is being formed.
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Want to give your child a game they’ll love, made with straws? Check out this a-mazing maze.
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Your kiddo will be the belle of the masquerade ball with these crazy masks.
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Monster blow art is super cute to make and super easy using only a straw and some paint.
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Give your child a chance to spell their name and make a name plaque for their bedroom with this straw activity.
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Straw necklaces are an awesome fine motor activity, and they’re adorable to boot.
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This bendable ninja is easy to make and your five-year-old could have an entire army built in no time.
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Next time your kiddo has a party, show the kids how to make these awesome straw noise makers.
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These articulated octopi are adorable and a great fine motor activity.
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These planes might not look like much, but just wait until you see them fly!
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Next time your five-year-old wants to make a gift for someone, show them how to make this awesome planter.
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It’s off to the races with these balloon race cars. Blow them up with the straw, set them down, and sit back to see who wins.
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Inside each of these straw structures is a bubble that takes on the shape of the structure. How cool is that?
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These rockets are fun to make and your child will have a blast sending them soaring across the house.
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Star bursts are an awesome way to use up old straws and make art that will last.
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This Fourth of July, help your five-year-old create and awesome fireworks display using straws.
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This submarine has a straw periscope for all the things your child’s imaginary crew will need to see.
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Watch out – these ninjas look like they mean serious business. Their straw belts are holding in their fighting sticks so you’ll probably be safe – for now.