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Bring beads and pipe cleaners to life by shaping them into some new bendable action figures! Make an entire sports team or a family.

Gather Tools and Materials

 
Beads
Pipe Cleaners
Buttons
Scissors
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Learn what best friends are all about.


Let's Get Started!

 

1
Bend a pipe cleaner.

Bend one pipe cleaner in half to make a V.
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2
Cut a pipe cleaner.

Cut the pipe cleaner in half and put on piece aside.
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3
Bend a pipe cleaner, again.

Bend another pipe cleaner in half to make a V.
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4
Make a small t.

Lay the short piece of pipe cleaner over the one you just folded to make a small t.
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5
Bend pipe cleaners.

Bend each side of the smaller pipe cleaner across to attach it to the folded pipe cleaner.
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6
Slide on beads.

Starting at the open end of the folded pipe cleaner, slide on 4 or 5 beads. This is the body of your friend.
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7
Slide on beads, again.

The rest of the pipe cleaner is the legs of your friend. Choose another color bead and slide around 7 or 8 onto each leg.
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8
Bend feet.

Bend the end of the pipe cleaner so the beads won’t fall off. This also makes it look like a foot!
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9
Slide on beads, again.

Slide 6 or 7 beads onto each arm.
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10
Bend arms.

Bend the ends of the pipe cleaner so the beads won’t fall off. This also makes it look like an arm!
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11
Add a button and make some hair.

Slide your large button onto the closed end of the pipe cleaner to make a head. Bend the remainder of the pipe cleaner to make crazy hair.
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