Blogger / 22 July, 2026 / Nanny Anita

4 Craft Stick Activities

Craft sticks are especially useful supplies, not only can you use them for doing crafts, but they make wonderful bases for activities.  Here are 4 craft stick activities.

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To make these 4 craft stick activities you will need:

• Jumbo craft sticks
• Mini craft sticks
• Stickers
• Paint
• Craft clips
• Small colourful hair ties
• Craft knife

Activity 1 Craft Stick Jigsaw

Place two jumbo craft sticks together and put a sticker across them both.  You can add as many stickers as you like on it.  For younger children do one or two stickers, for older children add more.  Then use a craft knife to cut the stickers in half.  I made about 7 of these.  Then your little one can match them together.

Activity 2 Craft Stick Matching

For this one you will need jumbo craft sticks and craft clips.  You don’t want the clips to be too small, or it will become too fiddly for little fingers.  The ones I got from amazon were 3.5cms long and 1.1cm wide.  There are many ways that you can do this, ultimately you need to paint your craft stick one colour and paint the clips the same colour.  Your little one then needs to match the craft sticks and clips.  I made it slightly harder by painting the craft sticks in a gradient.

Activity 3 Craft Stick Counting

Write a number on a craft stick and then little ones need to put the correct number of hair ties on the craft sticks.  I did the number 1-10, but if you have children who are secure with counting 1-10, then you could do 10-20.

Activity 4 Craft Stick Dominos

Rather than using jumbo craft sticks this time you will need to use mini craft sticks.  A normal set of dominos has 28 tiles in it.  Rather than numbers, I painted coloured dots to make this set.  You can use them to play craft stick dominos or simply use it for little ones to match the coloured ends together to make a pattern.

If you enjoyed these 4 craft stick activities, be sure to check out my craft stick treasure boxes, craft stick catapult, craft stick harmonica, craft stick crossbow, and DIY French knitting doll.

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