If you have no idea what to do with wire, such as pipe cleaners and paper clips, here are two ideas for you to try:

Beady Bookmark
You will need:

• paper clip
• thin cord
• scissors
• beads

1. Cut a length of cord, about 6 inches.
2. Tie one end of the cord to a paperclip.
3. String beads onto the cord. Tie a knot at the end, so the beads won’t slip off.

To keep your place in a book your are reading, carefully clip the paperclip onto the page with the corded beads hanging outside the closed book.

Pasta Animal Pals
You will need:

• dry pasta
• pipe cleaners
• glue

1. Slide a few pieces of pasta onto the center of a pipe cleaner. This is the animal’s torso.
2. Bend the pipe cleaner at each end to form the animal’s neck and tail.
3. Add a pasta head to the neck.
4. Wrap more pipe cleaners around the torso to form legs.
5. Glue pieces of mini pasta to add ears, feet, or whatever you decide.

Have fun creating!