These mini Lightsabers sprang into action when my son turned 6 and we threw him a Star Wars Birthday Party. I was coming up with fun Star Wars related crafts and this one popped into my head. They make for great party favors and fit perfectly into little hands.
Supplies for Mini Lightsabers:
- Pipe Cleaner (also known as Chenille Stems, Fuzzy Sticks, Pipe Wire). You’ll need black and your favorite lightsaber color.
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- Cut only the black pipe cleaner in half then fold it in half.
- Fold the long red pipe cleaner in half.
- Make an X with the black and red pipe cleaners and fold them over.
- Twist up the black one and twist up the red one.
You’re done! Now your mini lightsabers are ready for a duel. They even fit perfectly in the hands of your action figures!
Will your lightsaber be Blue, Green, Purple, or dun dun dun… Red?
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OK, that RULES! and this post has inspired me to share my star wars party story…i’ll let you know when i post it. : )
I love this idea!! My son and his friends will think I’m the coolest mom because I am totally doing this!
That is way cute, loved it.
Those are too funny!!
I love those! Even though I don’t have boys my daughter is still a star wars fan because my husband shared his love of star wars with her. I could see my husband having a great time making them for himself, I mean for my daughter to play with.
Kathy – My daughter loves it too! She actually chose the purple one!!
Really cute!!! You should cut down Yoda’s a bit because Yoda’s lightsaber is shorter than everyone else’s. Yup… I have my own Star Wars fan… except that mine is 26 years old.. hehe
Thank you, thank you, thank you for this post. I have an upcoming Star Wars party to plan. Great ideas!
That is so clever and simple. My nephew will love this!
My five year old heard me say, “That’s neat,” when I pulled up your blog. He said, “I want to see what you are looking at.” So I showed him and he said, “I want to make one.” I guess I will be heading to the store after the FedEx guy comes this morning to get really fun chenille stems. All three of my kids (even my one year old, who remembers the music – you would have to read one of the latest posts on my blog for laughs at that one) love Star Wars and this will be fun. It will be much less hazardous than playing with their real light sabers, during which time someone always gets hit on the head too hard or my littlest screams because he can’t play with one (that’s the hard part about having three kids and two light sabers). Thanks for the idea!
too funny! my son loves star wars..and since he is always unintentionally relocating (ha) the lightsabers..this is a great replacement! and good fine motor work, too.
thanks!
this was kid tested and approved by my five year old son :)
he loved it
This is a GREAT idea!! I am definitely going to have to do this!! My six year old is into Starwars, just started reading the comic book! (well I read it to him-but he tries to get some of the words!) Now I need to get some of the little figures!!
Thanks for another great idea!
Onna
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