DIY Adorable Yarn Monsters

A cute craft for kids and the young at heart!

How to make adorable monsters with colorful yarn, fuzzy pipe cleaners, and googly eyes. This easy yarn craft is ideal for beginners with no skills required. It’s surprisingly simple for how awesome these unique critters turn out, and your little ones will have fun playing with them or simply admiring them on a shelf.

Go crazy with a variety of bright colors and styles! Once you make one monster, you’ll want to make several more to make sure your creations have a few furry, one eye-balled friends to hang out with.

Supplies Needed

colorful yarn
fuzzy pipe cleaners
googly eyes
scissors
piece of cardboard or cardstock (about 8 inches long)

How To Make The Most Adorable Yarn Monsters

Step 1Wrap the yarn around your cardboard like shown below. The exact size of cardboard doesn’t matter! In fact, you could also use a small book or anything else that would work well. The more yarn you wrap around, the thicker and fluffier your monsters will be.

Step 2Stick a pipe cleaner through the top of the wrapped yarn and twist it tightly together to secure the yarn. Next, trim off the bottom of the yarn to your desired length. You should now have what looks like a hairy mop with antennas. 😄

Step 3Use another pipe cleaner to make your monster head. Simply wrap it around the yarn about an inch down from the top, pull it tightly, twist a few times to secure it, and then trim off the excess.

Step 4Roll the two pipe cleaners at the top into spirals to create the monster’s antennas (you may need to trim them a bit first). Glue on a few googly eyes and you’re done! Place as many googly eyes in random places as you’d like. These are monsters, after all. Make them weird!

These quirky creatures come to life with vibrant colors and textures. They look really cool hanging out on a bookshelf, desk, bed, playroom, counter top, or anywhere else in the house you want to display a playful decoration.

Don’t be afraid to get creative and add your own little flair. You could even add pipe cleaner arms or extra antennas. There aren’t any rules with these fuzzy little critters.

Because these monsters are more cute than they are spooky, I think this craft is perfect for anytime of the year, but you could definitely incorporate them into the fall season for Halloween. Each one has its own personality and style!