How to Make a Pipe Cleaner Octopus Tutorial

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Twist some pipe cleaners around a small Styrofoam ball and you’ll start to see how this adorable pipe cleaner octopus comes to life! Use 1 or 2 colors or more to make this an original.

Difficulty level: Intermediate
Time to complete: 8-10 hours (includes soaking time)
Age range: 10+

Things you’ll need:
Styrofoam ball
Pipe cleaners
Googly eyes
Scissors
Hot glue gun
Hot glue

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Things to do:
1. Loop a thicker pipe cleaner and a thinner one around the ball.
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2. Twist the pipe cleaners around each other as shown.
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3. Repeat with a second set of two pipe cleaners, going across the first set.
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4. Repeat the process with third set of pipe cleaners.
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5. Fill in the spaces with two more pipe cleaners, bringing them up from the bottom so the ends stick up from the top. This will create the top of the head.
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6. Fold the ends down as shown.
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7. This is what the octopus looks like once you’ve turn the tops down on the head. Warm up your hot glue gun and glue.
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8. Hot glue the google eyes to the front of the ball to recreate the octopus’s face.
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