Dollar Tree Craft Stick Cactus Kids Craft

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Create Dollar Tree Craft Stick Cactus Kids Craft just in time for Cinco de Mayo or even a Taco Tuesday. Using simple supplies from the Dollar Store, create these quick and easy Craft Stick Cactus with the kiddos in just 30 minutes. It’s a simple way to keep the kids entertained and get in the crafty spirit.

Read on below, and download the free printable patterns to see how easy this craft is to make with your kids. Also, be sure to check out all of our Dollar Tree Kids Crafts for even more ideas!

Popsicle Stick Cactus Craft

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Here's what you need to make Craft Stick Cactus

• Craft Sticks, Jumbo – Dollar Tree
• Americana DecoArt Acrylic Craft Paint – Foliage Green, Festive Green, Titanium White
• Basecoat Paintbrush Set – DecoArt
• Craft Foam – Brown, Yellow, Pink – Dollar Tree
• Assorted Rick Rack Trim – Variety of Colors
• MONO Twin Permanent Black Marker – Tombow
• Glue Gun and Glue Sticks – Dollar Tree
• Scissors – I love my Fiskars!
• CRAFT STICK CACTUS PATTERNS download from the bottom of this post ⇓

Here's how to create Cactus from Popsicle Sticks

STEP ONE

To begin the Craft Stick Cactus, gather all supplies. To create the barrel cactus base, line up five jumbo craft sticks on your work surface with a rounded top edge. Using scissors, trim additional jumbo craft sticks to the width of the cactus and attach with a glue gun and glue sticks. With scissors, trim the excess craft sticks from the base of the cactus. TIP: You can use liquid craft glue for this project, but you will have to wait for it to dry.

STEP TWO

To create the saguaro cactus, line up three jumbo craft sticks on your work surface with a rounded top edge. Using scissors, trim additional jumbo craft sticks to the width of the cactus and attach with a glue gun and glue sticks. To create the cactus arms, cut jumbo craft sticks in half, and then cut the rounded end from one piece.

Glue the saguaro cactus arm pieces together at a right angle, with the rounded part facing up. Then attach the cactus arms to the right and left sides of the cactus base.

STEP THREE

Base coat the barrel cactus with Foliage Green acrylic craft paint, and the saguaro cactus with Festive Green acrylic craft paint. Let dry, and apply a second coat, if necessary. I love Americana Acrylics from DecoArt because they have one-coat coverage on most surfaces.

STEP FOUR

Download, print, and cut out the CRAFT STICK CACTUS PATTERNS from the bottom of this post. Using the MONO Twin permanent marker, trace the clay pot patterns onto brown craft foam. Trace the flower patterns onto yellow and pink craft foam. Cut out all patterns with scissors, making sure to cut inside the traced lines for a clean, finished project. I love drawing and tracing with the MONO Twin Permanent Marker from Tombow because it has a large bullet tip and a small extra fine tip.

STEP FIVE

Attach the cactus into the craft foam terra cotta pots, and the flowers to the cactus using a glue gun and glue sticks. Use your imagination, make up your very own cactus shapes, along with containers and flowers. The Dollar Tree craft section is perfect for finding good quality arts and crafts supplies to get creative with the kiddos!

Attach the rick rack to the craft foam clay pots using a glue gun and glue sticks. If you don’t have rick rack handy, use markers to draw on a pattern, or cut out a pattern from craft foam, felt or colored paper.

STEP SIX

To create the needles on the saguaro cactus, draw the letter “v” in a random pattern with the MONO Twin permanent black marker. Stamp the needles onto the barrel cactus with the blunt end of the cut craft stick dipped into Titanium White acrylic craft paint.

Download the Craft Stick Cactus Patterns HERE

Dollar Tree Popsicle Stick Cactus Kids Craft

Create these fun Dollar Store Craft Stick Cactus to work on shapes, cutting, color, and counting with the kiddos. Make learning FUN! Make a garden full of fun and funky cactus, then add names with a marker to create colorful place cards for Taco Tuesday dinner.

More Cinco de Mayo Crafts and Printables

This year the stars are aligned and Cinco de Mayo falls on Taco Tuesday. SCORE! Even though we are at home we can still celebrate. Gather up the basic household supplies needed to create Easy Clay Pot Sombreros, pour yourself a margarita, and get crafting with the kiddos!

What do you do with a sketchbook FULL of ideas and A LOT of time on your hands? FREE PRINTABLES! I put together these 5 Fun Cinco de Mayo Printables FREE Coloring Pages just for y'all. I love being able to get back to my roots by drawing and sketching again. And, I am excited to share my hand-drawn coloring pages with you today!

I love the bright and unique color combinations of the rustic handwoven Serape blankets. Since we're not traveling to Mexico anytime soon, I have an easy DIY tutorial to share today. Kunin Felt is the perfect medium to create a DIY Mexican Serape Table Runner to decorate for your Cinco De Mayo celebration or add color to your everyday table. 

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