The holiday season is here, bringing with it the opportunity for festive decorations and family fun! If you’re looking for a creative activity to do with your children or even as a solo crafting project, popsicle stick crafts are an easy and charming solution. What better way to celebrate Christmas than by creating your favorite holiday characters, including the iconic Grinch, from simple craft sticks?
This blog post will guide you through making a Popsicle Stick Grinch and his festive friends step by step. It’s a budget-friendly, easy-to-follow activity that will add a touch of whimsy and warmth to your holiday décor.
It’s the most wonderful time of year, and that means it’s also time to get crafty with the kiddos!
This Grinch craft is perfect for little ones – all you need are popsicle sticks, paint, and cardstock paper! Let’s get started!
Craft Supplies:
Before we get started, make sure you have everything you’ll need on hand. Most of these materials are inexpensive and likely available at craft stores or can be sourced online.
- Jumbo Popsicle Sticks – 3 per craft
- School Glue
- Craft Paint {brown & green}
- Paint Brushes
- Cardstock Paper
- Cotton Balls
- Gold Pipe Cleaner
- Washi Tape
- Scissors
- Black Puffy Paint
- Christmas Ribbon
Directions:
Now, let’s jump into the fun part and start crafting!
- Each friend will have a different look. Please use our pictures for an example of what to do!
- First grab three popsicle sticks {three per friend} and glue them together to look like a triangle. Set aside to let it dry completely. Repeat for each piece you want to make.
- While those are drying, grab your cardstock paper {for each friend} and cut a triangular shape that will be placed within the popsicle stick design and be the face of each.
- At this point in time, you should also cut out the other embellishments from the cardstock, for EACH friend. Like ears and a nose for the dog, Santa hat for the Grinch and long, stand up hair for Cindi Loo.
- When the popsicle sticks shapes are dry enough, go ahead and paint them accordingly. Cindi Loo can stay plain for his skin tone but the Grinch should be green, while the dog is brown. Set aside to let them dry a bit.
- To finish off the Popsicle Stick Grinch Friends – have children glue their paper pieces in place on each popsicle stick shape, as well as any other embellishments to complete the loo. Like cotton balls for the grinch and the pipe cleaner antler taped to the back, for the dog. I even added a small heart sticker to mine, for the Grinch 🙂
- Once done, set aside to let it dry completely before displaying proudly for ALL to see!!!
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Don’t be the GRINCH and let the stop the crafty fun here!
We also have our SUPER ORIGINAL to Glued To My Crafts “Paint Splat Grinch Face” post that you should check out!!!
It’s a mixed media art piece that will make you feel like an artist but without the added fuss!!!
