What to Make with Craft Sticks: Kid Art to Hang on the Wall

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This is my preschooler’s idea of what to make with craft sticks. Completely child-led and made and I couldn’t be more proud.

After playing with colored crafts sticks with Louis, George took on a craft stick project all by himself.

He asked if we could glue the craft sticks together.

Sure! Why not?

I set up the table with some newspaper while George got the glue out.

We just used colored craft sticks and basic school glue (affiliate links) for this project. These are two things I almost always have in my craft cupboard!

I wasn’t sure how it would hold up with just school glue, but its stayed together just fine!

Gluing craft sticks together for a wall art project

Putting the newspaper on the table was the only part I took in this project.

George began creating with craft sticks.

Maybe he had something in mind. Maybe he knew what he wanted to make.

He took complete control of his project. Which makes me so proud to watch him do.

what to make with craft sticks - glue craft sticks together to make wall art

A dab of glue on the end of craft sticks to stick onto another one.

Overlapping them just right.

And then we let them dry.

Such a simple crafts sticks art project for kids to make. It's a true DIY project for kids to make anything they want with craft sticks.

I think he could have kept going, but when we ran out of craft sticks (I had only a few of them out from playing with Louis) he declared his project done.

We left it to dry overnight. I turned it over on the paper a few hours later to try to keep it from sticking too much. It did stick a little and I had to rip off newspaper in places.

I didn’t need to touch up any glue. It stayed completely together the way George did it.

The next day, we found a place in his bedroom to hang it up.