Craft Stick Techniques
How to Plan a Popsicle Stick Project: Sketches, Templates and Stick Counts
Sketch at full size, measure in whole sticks, dry fit on your own paper template and count sticks with spares before you open the glue.
Tutorials
Every popsicle stick tutorial on the site, newest first. Each one lists the sticks and other materials you need, gives the finished size, and walks through the build one step at a time. New to craft sticks? The technique guides on glue, joints, and cutting are a good place to start.
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Craft Stick Techniques
Popsicle Stick Joints: How to Join and Reinforce Craft Stick Structures
The four basic craft stick joints, why end-to-end joints fail, and how braces, gussets, doubled layers and log-cabin stacking stiffen a structure.
Craft Stick Techniques
Best Glue for Popsicle Sticks: White Glue, Wood Glue and Tacky Glue Compared
White glue, tacky glue and wood glue compared for craft stick projects, plus how to apply a thin layer, clamp the joint and avoid warping.
Easy Popsicle Stick Crafts
Popsicle Stick Crafts for Beginners: Sticks, Glue and First Projects
What craft sticks are, the three common sizes, the short list of supplies you need, and the four kinds of first project that teach the core skills.
Seasonal Popsicle Stick Crafts
Popsicle Stick Star Garland for Holidays and Parties
Glue five craft sticks into a five-point star, make five or more, paint them in alternating colors and tie them to twine using a spare stick as a spacing gauge.
Seasonal Popsicle Stick Crafts
Popsicle Stick Snowflake Ornaments for Winter
Cross four craft sticks into an eight-point snowflake, add small V details from mini sticks and finish it three ways. A six-point version uses three sticks.
Mini Craft Stick Projects
Mini Popsicle Stick Chair and Table: A Simple Miniature Set
Build a decorative miniature table and chair from mini craft sticks, with a cutting list, a way to keep the legs equal and fixes for a set that rocks.
Popsicle Stick Gifts
Popsicle Stick Photo Magnets: Small Framed Gifts for the Fridge
Make small photo frame magnets from four mini craft sticks each, with a card-backed picture behind the opening and a craft magnet on the back.
Craft Stick Techniques
Common Popsicle Stick Craft Mistakes and How to Fix Them
Glue blobs, curled panels, split ends and leaning boxes all have simple causes. Here is what each popsicle stick craft mistake looks like, why it happens and how to fix it.
Mini Craft Stick Projects
Mini Popsicle Stick Shelf for Small Trinkets
Build a small free-standing two-tier shelf from craft sticks: two ladder-like side frames, two three-stick shelves and an X brace on the back that stops the wobble.
Popsicle Stick Gifts
Popsicle Stick Napkin Holder: A Handmade Gift for the Table
An upright napkin holder made from 28 whole craft sticks: a 12-stick base, two slatted side panels and four card gussets that brace the upright joints.
Popsicle Stick Models
Popsicle Stick Birdhouse: A Decorative Indoor Model
A decorative birdhouse model built from flat craft stick panels, with a square entrance formed by a gap in the front wall, a mini stick perch, a painted pitched roof and a twine loop.
Popsicle Stick Gifts
Popsicle Stick Gift Basket: A Small Slatted Tray for Presents
A low slatted tray built from whole craft sticks: six slats on two runners, log-cabin walls and a ribbon handle. Line it with paper shred and fill it with a few small, light items.
Popsicle Stick Decor
Popsicle Stick Photo Display: A Hanging Ladder with Mini Clips
A hanging ladder made from about 13 craft sticks, with lap-jointed rails, five rungs and a twine hanger. Photos clip to the rungs with mini clothespins, so no glue touches the prints.
Mini Craft Stick Projects
Mini Popsicle Stick Easel: A Tiny Stand for Cards and Photos
A five-stick A-frame easel for place cards, small photos and mini canvases, with a doubled ledge, a leaning back leg and sizes for mini, standard and jumbo sticks.
Popsicle Stick Organization
Popsicle Stick Phone Stand: A Simple Angled Desk Rest
Build an angled phone stand from about fifteen craft sticks. Two braced triangles, five cross sticks and a low front lip make a rigid desk rest with almost no cutting.