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25 Silly Straw Activities for 5-Year-Olds

October 3, 2017 Mary Malcolm

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Straws make for great building materials and are so fun to play with. What kid hasn’t found joy in twisting straws into spirals at a restaurant?

These silly straw activities for 5-year-olds will take that fun to the next level and provide you and your child with hours of silly straw fun.

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Ready, set, straw!

Your 5-year-old will love making and playing with these straw activities and crafts!

Awesome and Silly Straw Activities for Five-Year-Olds

1. 3D Straw Structures

Your kids will love exploring 3D structures when they build these straw crafts from Meaningful Mama!

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Enjoy 3D structures!

2. Straw Fireworks Burst

This fireworks burst idea by My Kids Guide is a safe way for children to enjoy fireworks this Fourth of July (and super fun to make)!

4th of july explosion, Silly Straw Activities for 5-Year-Olds
Burst the color and fun!

3. Bubble Art with Straws

Your 5-year-old loves blowing bubbles, so they’ll absolutely love making this bubble art using straws by Kids Activities Blog!

bubble art, Silly Straw Activities for 5-Year-Olds
Colorful bubble art!

4. Cardboard-Straw Structures

These straws make great connectors for building cardboard structures! This is a neat idea for 5-year-olds from Deceptively Educational!

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Craft more structures!

5. Crafty Clothespin Butterfly

Your 5-year-old can practice using scissors while making this adorable clothespin butterfly craft by Krokotak!

butterfly, Silly Straw Activities for 5-Year-Olds
Adorably cute!

6. Eiffel Tower Straw Craft

Your kids will say “Oui, oui!” when you ask them if they want to make this Eiffel Tower idea from Cutting Tiny Bites using straws!

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Oui, oui!

7. Friendship Bracelets from Straw

Five-year-olds make great friends, and now your child and their friends can make these friendship bracelets from Kidlutions!

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Friends forever!

8. Fantastic Geodome

This fantastic geodome from Babble Dabble Do is a fantastic way to study the structure and your 5-year-old will be amazed as you both form it!

geodome, Silly Straw Activities for 5-Year-Olds
What a fantastic geodome!

9. Cute Straw Maze

Want to give your child a game they’ll love, made with straws? Check out this amazing maze by Kids Activities Blog!

marble maze, Silly Straw Activities for 5-Year-Olds
Have fun with the maze!

10. Cute and Crazy Masks

Your kiddo will be the belle of the masquerade ball with these crazy mask ideas from Mom!

masquerade masks, Silly Straw Activities for 5-Year-Olds
Creative and crazy masks!

11. Monster-Blow Art

This monster-blow art from Picklebums is super cute to make and super easy using only a straw and some paint!

monster blow art, Silly Straw Activities for 5-Year-Olds
Feel the monster blow!

12. Straw Name Plaque

Give your child a chance to spell their name and make a name plaque for their bedroom with this straw activity from Childcare Land!

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Cool names!

13. Awesome Straw Necklace

These straw necklaces from Cutting Tiny Bites are an awesome fine motor activity, and they’re adorable to boot for your kids!

necklaces, Silly Straw Activities for 5-Year-Olds
Awesome necklace!

14. Cool Bendable Ninja

This bendable ninja craft by Frugal Fun for Boys is easy to make and your 5-year-old could have an entire army built in no time!

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This ninja is the coolest!

15. Straw Noisemakers

Next time your kiddo has a party, show the kids how to make these awesome straw noisemakers by Kids Activities Blog!

noise makers, Silly Straw Activities for 5-Year-Olds
Cool straw noisemakers!

16. Cute Straw Octopi

These articulated octopi crafts by Buggy and Buddy are adorable and a great fine motor activity for your 5-year-old!

octopus, Silly Straw Activities for 5-Year-Olds
Blob, blob!

17. Fabulous Straw Planes

These straw planes might not look like much, but just wait until you see them fly! This is a super amazing craft for 5-year-olds by Handmade Charlotte!

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Fly and be amazed!

18. Awesome Straw Planter

Next time your 5-year-old wants to make a gift for someone, show them how to make this awesome planter by Brit+Co!

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Beautiful straw planter!

19. Balloon Race Cars

It’s off to the races with these balloon race cars by Mommo Design! Blow them up with the straw, set them down, and sit back to see who wins!

race cars, Silly Straw Activities for 5-Year-Olds
Exciting and fun racing game!

20. Bubble Straw Structures

Inside each of these straw structures is a bubble that takes on the shape of the structure! How cool is this fun activity by Babble Dabble Do?

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Bubbles in different shapes!

21. Rocket Flight

These rockets from Relief Teaching Ideas are fun to make and your child will have a blast sending them soaring across the house!

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Have fun flying the rockets!

22. Lovely Starbust Crafts

Starbursts are an awesome way to use up old straws and make art that will last! Your young ones will surely fall in love with these cute crafts from Aunt Peaches!

star bursts, Silly Straw Activities for 5-Year-Olds
Lovely and easy to make!

23. Fireworks Display with Straw

This Fourth of July, help your five-year-old create an awesome fireworks display using straws in this fun activity by Crafty Morning!

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Happy 4th of July!

24. Cool Straw Periscope

This submarine craft from Crafty Morning has a straw periscope for all the things your child’s imaginary crew will need to see!

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Crafty submarine!

25. Straw-belter Ninjas

Watch out! These ninjas from Kids Activities Blog look like they mean serious business. Their straw belts are holding in their fighting sticks so you’ll probably be safe – for now!

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Watch out and be careful!

More fun and Silly Crafts for Kids from Play Ideas!

  • Simply fun and cool kids crafts to try out for every season!
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  • Train your child young for Olympics with these sports-theme cute crafts!
  • These awesome Ninja crafts will definitely give your kid’s playtime a twist!
  • Awaken the force within your kid with these fantastic Staw Wars crafts!
  • How about a Dr. Seuss-inspired kids craft? No one would say no to these!
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Which cute straw craft for kids are you making with your kiddo today?

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