Festive craft guide
Pipe Cleaner Ganpati Decoration & Craft Ideas
Flexible chenille stems can be shaped into flowers, leaves, small garlands and decorative borders for a Ganpati mandap. Use the finished pieces as lightweight accents and keep all craft materials safely away from flames.
Shop 8mm pipe cleaners
Materials to keep ready
- • 8mm pipe cleaners in your chosen colours
- • Child-safe scissors with adult supervision
- • Card, thread or a lightweight craft frame
- • Craft glue where the design needs extra support
Ganpati craft ideas with pipe cleaners
Flower garland
Coil pipe cleaners into small petals, group five or six petals around a centre and connect the flowers along a flexible stem.
Mandap border
Twist two contrasting colours together, form repeating arches and attach the border to a lightweight backing.
Ganpati toran
Make small leaf loops in green and alternate them with bright flower shapes for a reusable entrance or mandap accent.
Useful colours for this project
Choose colours to match your decoration rather than treating the combinations as fixed rules.
Safety: Pipe cleaners contain a flexible wire core. Adults should supervise children, cover or fold sharp ends, and keep decorations away from diyas, candles and other open flames.