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25 Silly Straw Activities for Five Year Olds

October 3, 2017 Mary Malcolm

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Your five year old will love making and playing with these straw activities and crafts.

straw activitiesStraws 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

3d shape learningYour kids will love exploring 3D structures when they build with straws.

Via Meaningful Mama
4th of july explosionThis fireworks burst is a safe way for children to enjoy fireworks this Fourth of July (and super fun to make).

Via My Kids Guide
bubble artFive-year-olds love blowing bubbles, so they’ll absolutely love making bubble art using straws.

Via Kids Activities Blog
buildingThese straws make great connectors for building cardboard structures.

Via Deceptively Educational
butterflyPractice using scissors while making this adorable clothes pin butterfly.

Via Krokotak
eiffel towerYour kids will say oui oui when you ask them if they want to make this Eiffel Tower using straws!

Via Cutting Tiny Bites
friendship braceletsFive-year-olds make great friends, and now your child and their friends can make these friendship bracelets.

Via Kidlutions
geodomesThis geodome is a fantastic way to study structure and your kids will be amazed as it is being formed.

Via Babble Dabble Do
marble mazeWant to give your child a game they’ll love, made with straws? Check out this a-mazing maze.

Via Kids Activities Blog
masquerade masksYour kiddo will be the belle of the masquerade ball with these crazy masks.

Via Mom
monster blow artMonster blow art is super cute to make and super easy using only a straw and some paint.

Via Picklebums
name plaquesGive your child a chance to spell their name and make a name plaque for their bedroom with this straw activity.

Via Childcareland
necklacesStraw necklaces are an awesome fine motor activity, and they’re adorable to boot.

Via Cutting Tiny Bites
ninjasThis bendable ninja is easy to make and your five-year-old could have an entire army built in no time.

Via Frugal Fun for Boys
noise makersNext time your kiddo has a party, show the kids how to make these awesome straw noise makers.

Via Kids Activities Blog
octopusThese articulated octopi are adorable and a great fine motor activity.

Via Buggy and Buddy
planesThese planes might not look like much, but just wait until you see them fly!

Via Handmade Charlotte
plant holderNext time your five-year-old wants to make a gift for someone, show them how to make this awesome planter.

Via Brit+Co
race carsIt’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.

Via Mommo Design
geometry bubblesInside each of these straw structures is a bubble that takes on the shape of the structure. How cool is that?

Via Babble Dabble Do
rocketThese rockets are fun to make and your child will have a blast sending them soaring across the house.

Via Relief Teaching Ideas
star burstsStar bursts are an awesome way to use up old straws and make art that will last.

Via Aunt Peaches
straw fireworksThis Fourth of July, help your five-year-old create and awesome fireworks display using straws.

Via Crafty Morning
submarineThis submarine has a straw periscope for all the things your child’s imaginary crew will need to see.

Via Crafty Morning
toilet roll ninjasWatch 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.

Via Kids Activities Blog
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