Spare yarn & sticks

My boys gravitate toward sticks. Whenever we are outside they are always finding the perfect walking stick or saying “this stick would be perfect for a bow and arrow!” It doesn’t matter how big or how small, we always end up with several “perfect sticks” when we hike through the woods. I don’t mind: sticks are free and are great for imaginative play.

The other day I thought about how they could decorate them. I pulled out some spare yarn and told them they could pick out several colors and they could each wrap a stick. They were very excited and had fun picking out the colors and thinking of different ways to wrap the sticks.

I like how they turned out.

Free sticks and spare yarn…a very easy and low cost craft!