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Quick Kids Craft: Stick Men

August 18, 2011

What crafts to make with sticks? Easy! Remember our Stick Men from ages ago? Well we made more! This is a great addition to our Crafts for Boys collection!

crafts with sticks

Pip Squeak had a go too – you can see the one with the squished fabric! She added tons of glue and squished it on. I think it looks rather lovely and robe like!!

Red Ted now likes to practice counting with these (especially pointing out that more of them are his).

So.. now get your Nature Bags, go find some sticks and Get Crafty!

Want more Stick Crafts? Check out:

10 Stick Crafts - finally get crafty with all those sticks brought back from walks

UPDATE: Having seen our photo above:

Oooh a reader and friend sent me this picture of her stick men! Hooray! I am sure that anthropologists would delight at these colourful men. I love the addition of pipecleaners, hats and hair!

stick men

And check out these giants sent to me via twitter @TinyTinRobot using wrapping paper & ribbons. Brilliant!

stick men

 

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Filed Under: Kids Craft, Nature, Recycling 35 Comments

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  1. GoodynuffMum says

    August 18, 2011 at 8:21 am

    These are lovely. I like the idea of leaving some in the park to make passers by laugh. I think eyes and glue are going to be permanent fixtures in my handbag now.

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  2. GoodynuffMum says

    August 18, 2011 at 8:22 am

    Do you just keep old clothes to cut up for material or do you buy material?

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  3. Little Wonders' Days says

    August 18, 2011 at 11:07 am

    My kids picked up so many sticks on our walk yesterday! We should try this. Your stick men are very cute.

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  4. Red Ted Art says

    August 18, 2011 at 12:33 pm

    Oh my, I LOVE the idea of leaving some in the park! How funny!! And imagine if a dog found it…

    And yes, we use old children’s clothes. In this example we used some old socks and jeans 🙂

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  5. Red Ted Art says

    August 18, 2011 at 12:33 pm

    (only stuff that is too worn out to pass along to other families!)

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  6. Esther says

    August 18, 2011 at 2:06 pm

    love it! Perfect craft for the stick man book!

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  7. Your Therapy Source says

    August 18, 2011 at 3:24 pm

    It would be fun to take a nature hike specifically to look for sticks that look like they have arms and legs. Then add the clothes and eyes when you return. I love the idea of using this activity with the Stick Man book (happens to be a favorite book in our house).

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  8. Monkey Toes Montessori (Jodi Pollack) says

    August 18, 2011 at 3:58 pm

    Cute Cute Idea! I love them!

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  9. Julia Deering says

    August 18, 2011 at 5:06 pm

    Ahhh. How lovely!

    We’ve just returned from Edinburgh and all enjoyed ‘Stick Man – the show!’ at the Fringe Festival.

    We’re keen to collect some sticks, attach some googly eyes, make them some clothes and get ourselves a Stick Family Tree! Just need this rain to stop (a bit) x

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  10. Red Ted Art says

    August 18, 2011 at 5:11 pm

    Ooooh lucky you! Would love to see the show! Will have to check on whether it will tour…

    Now – rain rain go away.. people have stick men to make!

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  11. northernmum says

    August 18, 2011 at 7:38 pm

    Oh oh oh I think I can do this one *rushes off to attack tree*

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    • Red Ted Art says

      August 18, 2011 at 7:50 pm

      Hooray! A craft for Nortyhernmum!

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  12. MummyMummyMum says

    August 18, 2011 at 8:08 pm

    Only just seen this! twitter makes sense now! We will make a lot this weekend, I’m quite excited. They are fab! xx

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  13. Red Ted Art says

    August 18, 2011 at 8:18 pm

    Yay! Stick Men Families all over the World 🙂

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  14. se7en says

    August 20, 2011 at 12:06 am

    Oh I love your Stick Men… We made some for the Crafty Crow and they have been hanging above my kitchen sink for weeks!!! http://www.se7en.org.za/2011/06/10/se7en-welcomes-the-crafty-crow

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  15. kasia says

    August 21, 2011 at 12:07 pm

    thank you thank you thank you! My little one is bringing home stones and sticks since… maybe 6 months. I am not allowed to throw them away. We figured out what to do with the stones (painting them) and a blogging colleague has also given me some tips on what to do with the sticks. With your post I cannot actually wait till Tina brings more sticks home… right! thank u so much for sharing

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  16. Red Ted Art says

    August 21, 2011 at 12:35 pm

    Kasia

    That put a huge smile on my face! 🙂

    Have a another little craft for you on Wednesday, that may help too!!!

    Maggy

    Se7en

    I LOVE your men too!

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  17. Cid says

    August 22, 2011 at 3:26 pm

    Love them!

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  18. Judy says

    August 24, 2011 at 5:12 pm

    My kids would love this…we’ve been picking up sticks in our backyard and finally have a way to put them to good use 🙂

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  19. Aimee says

    August 25, 2011 at 3:17 am

    Those are great! I bet they have rocks for pets 😉 Great project and thank you for sharing it on The Sunday Showcase

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  20. creativejewishmom/sara says

    August 26, 2011 at 7:50 am

    great project! thanks for sharing on Craft Schooling sunday!

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  21. April says

    January 13, 2012 at 11:49 pm

    What a fun activity! I love the way all of the stick men turned out,m I can see my nephew really enjoying this project. When we took down our tree, me and hubby cut up all of the useful branches for projects throughout the year, this one may have to go on the list. 🙂

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    • Red Ted Art says

      January 14, 2012 at 7:26 am

      Ooh I would love to have a set of “wooden discs” etc…. but we don’t have any wood cutting tools (nor a tree to cut down for that matter). But Stick Men do make us happy! So I am pleased you like them too!!!

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  22. BLOGGI says

    January 28, 2016 at 6:22 pm

    I love them! :-DDDD

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    • Red Ted Art says

      January 29, 2016 at 11:59 am

      yay!

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  23. Becky says

    June 23, 2016 at 8:34 pm

    Love love love thank you for sharing at #naturallycrafty over at Simple Parenting

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  24. Catherine says

    June 28, 2016 at 2:49 pm

    Oh I love these – my youngest is obsessed with sticks, this is perfect for getting creative with her ever-growing collection! #naturallycrafty

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  25. Becky says

    August 13, 2016 at 6:58 am

    LOVE your fab stick men thanks for linking up at #naturallycrafty

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