If you’re looking for fun craft ideas to keep your kids occupied this summer, look no further than this COLOURFUL 3D CACTUS CRAFT. Made from simple paper cutouts and a paper cups this cactus craft shouts all things tropical, sunshine and colour!
This 3D cactus craft is perfect for summertime and is a great way for kids to express their creativity and have fun. They’re easy to make and kids can have a blast customising them with different colours and decorations.
We’ve decorated the pot for our 3D cactus with mini pom-poms, which gives it a gorgeously colourful South American vibe. We think these cacti would go really well with Paper Cup Llamas or Rocking Llamas. We’ve also got another Paper Cactus Craft too, if you’d like to make a selection of desert plants.
This 3D cactus craft is great fun for kids! It’s simple to make and so colourful. It’s also a fantastic craft to team up with learning about cacti and their different shapes and sizes.
Let’s grab our paper and paper cups and let our little ones’ imaginations run wild. They can make their cactuses any colour they want, and they can even glue on some fun additions like googly eyes. The sky’s the limit!
Let’s get started!
How To Make A 3D Cactus Craft
Supplies:
- Green Cardstock
- Green Paper Straws
- Tissue Paper Squares
- Colourful Paper Cup
- Rainbow Yarn
- Mini Pom Poms
- Brown Shredded Paper
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Glue
Let’s Make a Colourful Cactus!
1 – Fold a piece of green cardstock in half. (A4 or letter size) Sketch a cactus shape onto it and cut it out. (Tip: Keep the cactus quite wide to give it more stability but make sure it will still fit inside a paper cup.)
2 – Fold the cactus pieces in half to find the mid point. Open them up and cut down the middle of one from the base to the mid point. Then cut down the middle of the other from the top to the mid point.
3 – To make the cactus spikes, cut your paper straws into little pieces and glue them onto both sides of the paper cactus pieces. Don’t glue any along the midline!
4 – To make cactus flowers, wrap a square of colourful tissue paper around the end of a pencil and glue it onto the end of the arms of your cactus pieces.
5 – To make the cactus 3D slot the two pieces together. You can add a little glue to hold them in place.
6 – Now your cactus needs a colourful pot. Wrap some rainbow yarn around the top of the paper cup and sticky tape it into place. Then glue on some mini pom-poms.
7 – Put some brown shredded paper into the bottom of the cup and then sit the cactus in. Fill the gaps around the base of the cactus with more shredded paper to hold it upright.
Now your gorgeously colourful 3D cactus craft is ready to go on display! What a wonderful craft for summer!
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