Children love to be creative and as parents, grandparent’s and care-givers, it’s our job to give them the tools to do it. While some craft projects cost a lot of money and take a lot of time, this particular one is relatively inexpensive and whips up quickly. The supplies list is PER dream catcher.
Kid’s Craft Project: Dream Catcher
4 Different Colored Pipe Cleaners
3 Different Colored Craft Feathers
10-12 Plastic Pony Beads
Thin Brown Twine
Scissors
Take two pipe cleaners and twist them together to form one. Take the other two pipe cleaners and twist them together to form one. Now take BOTH of them and twist the ends together to form a circle.
Cut three pieces of twine in different lengths. Tie one end of twine onto the pipe cleaner circle and the other end onto the stem of the crafting feather. You’ll want to space them out around the lower half of the circle that you formed.
Next, cut five pieces of twine at varying lengths, but make sure they are longer than the circumference of your circle. One end of each piece will be tied onto the circle and then thread two to three plastic pony beads onto it and tie the remaining end onto the circle. Use the above photo for reference and use scissors to trim off the ends. You’ll want to form a criss-cross pattern.
Once done, cut off an additional piece of twine and tie it to the top of your circle. Tie a loop on the other end of the twine to form a little hanger, so that children can hang up their new dream catchers.
Kids can get creative with these and add more beads, different shapes & sizes of beads and so forth. One of the ones that we made we glued a faux butterfly onto the edge of the Dream Catcher and that looked cute too.
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Love dream catcher and they are even better when they are home made. I can remember, 25+ years ago making something like this with my nieces. One of them still has the one she made.
I know kids love dream catchers. I appreciate that you have given them alternatives and the option to add different items to it. Kids can show their creativity with them.
I love these but have never even considered making them. I so appreciate the wonderful crafts shared on this blog as does my granddaughter. We always have something fun to do after school and I like that the crafts have supplies that are readily available and inexpensive. Thanks.
I remember making them with my girl scout troop years ago.
I love dreamcatchers. I never thought of making one with my nephews, but it’s a nice idea.
I love dream catchers and have seen so many pretty ones, especially when I lived in Colorado and visited the gift shops of Estes Park. I love feathers too but the ones on a necklace I have, practically disintegrated so I’m not sure how to take care of them. I didn’t make the necklace so don’t know if they are craft feathers, but they were colored. It was so pretty I never wore it but it was more an art piece. I’ll have to replace the feathers now though!
Gosh I remember making these! They were so very popular years ago. Some were quite intrictate and it seemed everyone I know had one they had made. I like this craft, and I like the story that goes with it.