Easy Popsicle Stick Crafts
Popsicle Stick Plant Markers for Pots and Seed Trays
Turn craft sticks into plant labels with a painted top and a hand-written name. Five simple styles, plus honest advice on how wood behaves in damp soil.
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.
30 tutorials published
Popsicle Stick Decor
Popsicle Stick Planter Box: A Decorative Holder for Small Pots
Build a square craft stick sleeve with slatted walls and bead feet that hides a small potted plant on its saucer. For indoor display only.
Popsicle Stick Organization
Popsicle Stick Desk Organizer with Three Compartments
A rectangular craft stick organizer with a tall pen cup, a medium note bay and a low clip tray, built on a two-panel base with log-cabin walls.
Popsicle Stick Models
Popsicle Stick Bridge: Building a Simple Truss Model
Build a small display truss bridge from whole craft sticks: two matching side trusses made flat on a template, then joined with cross sticks, a deck and top braces.
Popsicle Stick Decor
Popsicle Stick Hexagon Shelf: A Honeycomb Wall Display
Stack whole craft sticks three at a time over a hand-drawn template to build a honeycomb-style hexagon display for small, light objects.
Craft Stick Techniques
How to Stain Popsicle Sticks: Wood Stain, Watercolor and Marker Methods
Three ways to color craft sticks while keeping the wood grain visible: water-based wood stain, a thin watercolor or acrylic wash, and markers for small parts.
Popsicle Stick Models
How to Build a Popsicle Stick House: A Simple Decorative Cottage
Build a small decorative cottage from four flat wall panels and two roof panels made over your own drawn template, with a painted door and a pitched roof.
Popsicle Stick Organization
How to Make a Popsicle Stick Box with a Lid
Build a square box from whole craft sticks with a flat base panel, log-cabin stacked walls and a lift-off lid that locates inside the walls. No cutting needed.
Popsicle Stick Decor
Popsicle Stick Wall Art: A Geometric Sunburst to Hang
Twenty-four craft sticks radiate from a painted card circle in two tiers to make a sunburst about 12 in across. No stick cutting, and a twine loop for hanging.
Craft Stick Techniques
How to Paint Popsicle Sticks: Smooth Color Without Warping
Thin coats of acrylic craft paint on both faces, dried raised on spare sticks, give smooth color without curling. Plus when to paint before or after gluing.
Popsicle Stick Organization
Popsicle Stick Pencil Holder: A Simple Desk Cup Built Around a Cardboard Tube
Glue craft sticks upright around a sturdy cardboard tube to make a round desk cup. Includes a paper-strip method for the stick count and a masking tape shortcut.
Craft Stick Techniques
How to Cut Popsicle Sticks Cleanly Without Splitting
Soften the stick in warm tap water, cut just outside the line with sturdy scissors, then sand back to the mark. Here is how to get square ends without cracks.