Lately I have been looking up a lot of different tutorials on how to craft different things. Some I wind up enjoying, some I don’t, but I still like learning different ways to make things and seeing how people do it.
One craft that caught my attention was pipe cleaner crafts. Not just typical pipe cleaners, but I learned that huge, fluffy and soft ones exist and they are great for creating cute little animals!
I practiced, was frustrated at first but then finally got the hang of it and really enjoy making each one.
The first one I made, I put on top of a Valentine’s day themed mailbox I decorated and stuffed full of hershey kisses for people to take at the medium art center. A small short siamese kitty. I gave it a curly tail in the back to reference my mom’s cat who always curls his tail.
We had a Valentine’s day theme fundraiser sale for our local therapeutic arts program (TAPS) and I created a lot of Valentine’s day themed ones for the sale. I made 18, and wound up selling 17 of them within a few hours of the sale which was very unexpected! I told myself I would be happy if just 5 of them sold, but people really seemed to like them which was such a nice surprise! I decided to keep one at the recommendation of my friend, because I kept saying “I really hope that one doesn’t sell because I want it”. I’m so glad she pushed me to keep it before it had a chance to sell because it would have been sad for me to part with it. (Yes I get emotionally attached to cute inanimate objects, don’t judge me!)
Here are some photos of a few of them:
After seeing people’s happy reactions and people asking for more after I sold out, it really made me think more about keeping up with this craft and putting more up for sale in the future and give as gifts. Not only is it enjoyable for me to make them, but they seem to bring joy to other people too, which is a win win. My head is full of ideas for themed ones I can make going forward and I am excited to get those started!
I never claimed to be normal 
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