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Spring Clown

Spring Clown

Discover a fun and easy activity that allows children to create a funny and colorful clown mounted on a paper spring.

 

An ideal creative craft to do during Carnival!

How to complete this tutorial step by step?

Etape par étape

Materials

To make a spring clown, you will need:

- a round cardboard box Ø 8 cm

- a polystyrene ball Ø 5 cm

- colored cardstock 25 x 35 cm (300 gr/m²)

- pipe cleaners

- googly eyes Ø 18 mm

- a pom-pom

- geometric stickers

- white paint and a brush

- a pair of scissors

- a glue stick

- adhesive gel dots (glue dots)

Step 1

Step 1 -

Paint the cardboard box and the lid with white acrylic paint and let it dry for about 30 minutes.

Step 2

Step 2 -

Cut 2 strips of 4 cm x 35 cm from thick colored cards. 

Step 3

Step 3 -

Glue the ends of the two strips of paper together to form a right angle.

Step 4

Step 4 -

Fold the strips of paper over each other along their entire length to form a "spring" from paper.

 

Secure the ends of the strips with a dot of glue.

Step 5

Step 5 -

Stick the 5 cm Ø polystyrene ball onto the paper spring using a gel adhesive dot.

Step 6

Step 6 -

Glue 2 movable eyes and a pom-pom onto the polystyrene ball using adhesive dots.

Step 7

Step 7 -

Cut 5 or 6 colored chenille strips of 30 cm into two pieces to obtain 15 cm strips.

 

Tip: To achieve a beautiful dense hair, we used chenille Ø 9 mm.

Step 8

Step 8 -

Wrap the 15 cm chenille stems around a pencil to create colorful "springs".

Step 9

Step 9 -

Insert the chenille stems into the polystyrene ball to create the clown's hair.

Step 10

Step 10 -

Decorate the cardboard box and the lid with geometric stickers.

Step 11

Step 11 -

Glue 2 or 3 adhesive dots under the paper spring and then place the clown in the cardboard box.

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Customer review

Laure T. on 17/03/2026
Clown à ressort

Rigolo pour les petits et très coloré !

Megane N. on 17/03/2026
Boite petite

Dommage que la boite n’est pas assez haute pour la fermer avec le clown a l’intérieur… la fille était un peu déçu

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