How To Make A Beaded Snail

Snail crafts are a fun way to get your kid interested in all creatures, great and small (especially small). The Beaded Snail is a quick DIY kids’ craft that’s doable for both younger and older age groups. This is a great craft to try after a nature walk or a trip to the zoo. You can make the beaded snail shell with earthy wooden beads, or get creative with colorful pony beads. All the kids will have to do is string them to a pipe cleaner and add some glue and to stick it to an ice lolly stick. You can even make a whole family of little snails to keep each other company!

What You Need

Instructions For Making The Beaded Snail

• Start by threading one of your brown pipe cleaners with wooden beads.
• Curl the end of your pipe cleaner to form a circle and wrap the extra pip cleaner section around the beaded strand to secure it in place. Continue curling and bending the beaded strand around in circles to form a snail shell
• When you get to the end you’ll have the extra pip cleaner section from the other end showing. Wrap it around the beaded pipe cleaner to secure it and hold the beaded snail body in place.
• Use the hot glue gun (adult supervision required) to glue your beaded snail body onto the ice lolly stick.

• Cut a small section off of your other brown pip cleaner (about ¼ of it) and bend it in half. Curl the ends to make antennae, and then, use the hot glue gun to glue it to the back of the ice lolly stick at the front.

• Finish your snail craft by glueing a small googly eye onto its face and add a smile if you’d like!