Amazing sticks from ice cream sticks

If you like ice cream on a stick, then this article is sure to please you. We will tell you how to make interesting crafts from improvised materials. The basis for them will be those very wands.

They are an ecological pure material, with which it is pleasant enough to work. You can do a variety of crafts from sticks from ice cream. It can be caskets, coasters, vases and much more. But first things first.

Considering the crafts of sticks from ice cream, first we will stop on the frame.

Picture frame

To make a similar thing, you will need:

• glue;
• Eight sticks of ice cream;
• acrylic paints;
• Various decorative ornaments (printed pictures on a sheet of cardboard).

The process of making an article from ice cream sticks looks like this:

1. First coat with acrylic paints sticks (choose colors yourself, for example, a good combination is green, blue and pink).
2. After this action, you need to wait a little while the paint dries. Then lay two sticks on the table in parallel to each other. Using glue, connect them with the other two (they should lie perpendicular to the first, forming a square).
3. Further, when the glue dries, from the opposite side, glue two more sticks. Wait a little, so that the glue dries, turn the frame so that its double walls are located at the bottom and top.
4. Then cut out the drawings from the cardboard and paste them on the frame using glue. On the back of the frame, put glue (small amount) in the center of the upper double bar.
5. After you place the frame on the table at the optimum angle and glue the stick (this will be the support). If you plan to hang the product on the wall, then just skip this item. The last thing you need to do is paste a picture from the back of the frame.

Stand for pencils

What can be done from ice cream sticks? Vase-stand. It will help to organize the pencils, you no longer have to look for them on all the tables.

To make such a stand, you will need:

• glue;
• Cardboard roll from toilet paper;
• paints;
• Sticks of ice cream;
• Cardboard base of round shape;
• Decor elements (optional).

Production of the product

First, attach a roll to the cardboard base (previously trimmed to the desired height). Then stick glued sticks on its outer side, make sure there are no gaps between them.

If desired, the stand can be made curly, for example, with denticles. If you want, you can paint the finished vase with acrylic paints.

A few more interesting ideas

What can be done from ice cream sticks? A lot of gizmos. After all, the sticks are a malleable material. From it you can easily do more complex products. For example, a house of wands looks very beautiful and spectacular. Such a product will appeal to the child, and will also serve as an excellent decoration of the interior.

Considering crafts made from sticks from ice cream, one can not help but touch on the subject of making bracelets. To make a similar thing, you will need:

• Sticks (the number depends on the design of the product);
• Rolling pin (for shaping);
• Scotch tape (or bandage);
• Ornaments.

The manufacturing technique is very simple. First for half an hour, boil the sticks in water so that they become elastic. Then wrap them around the rolling pin and fix it with a bandage or tape. After they dry up, glue them together and decorate with beads.

A small conclusion

Now you know what you can do crafts from sticks from ice cream. We have provided a master class for the manufacture of these gizmos. We hope that you will be able to make such crafts with the child.