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Explore 31 unique pool noodle crafts that are easy and fun to make! Perfect for adding a splash of creativity to your DIY projects.
If you thought pool noodles were just for the pool, think again!
These colorful, flexible tubes are the ultimate crafting material, and I've gathered 31 of the most creative and fun DIY projects to prove it.
Whether you're looking to entertain the kids, add some flair to your home, or get a little crafty, these pool noodle ideas are perfect for hours of fun crafting.
So grab a few noodles, and let's get crafting!
Where To Buy Pool Noodles?
During the summer you can find them EVERYWHERE! My favorite place to buy them is at the Dollar Tree because they are only $1.25.
In the off-season, the best place is Amazon.
Pool Noodle Crafts
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1. Pool Noodle Horse from The Crafty Blog Stalker
Create a fun and imaginative toy for kids with a pool noodle hobby horse. This easy DIY project will spark their creativity and provide hours of playtime joy.
2. Pool Noodle Launcher from The Crafty Blog Stalker
Create safe and fun Nerf-style Pool Noodle Launchers for kids! Perfect for pom pom or marshmallow battles, this DIY project guarantees hours of playful enjoyment.
3. DIY Lightsaber from The Crafty Blog Stalker
Make your own Lightsaber with this fun and easy DIY tutorial with pool noodles. Great for Star Wars enthusiasts, this project is enjoyable for kids and adults alike.
4. Wreath Form with a Pool Noodle from The Crafty Blog Stalker
Create a beautiful wreath using a pool noodle as the base! This simple DIY project is easy to assemble and looks fantastic when finished.
5. Cactus Plant Decor from Lily Ardor
Create charming cactus plant home decor with this step-by-step tutorial. Avoid the mistakes I made and enjoy making your own perfect cactus with ease!
6. Bicycle Wash from Celebrate Always
Create a fun bicycle wash for kids using pool noodles! Make for a summer activity or birthday party, this DIY project is a blast for everyone involved.
7. No Sew Crib Teething Rail Cover from Walk With The Andrews
Protect your crib with a DIY No-Sew Crib Teething Rail Cover. Save money and keep your baby safe from chewing on crib rails with this easy, budget-friendly project.
8. Floating Cooler from The Kitchn
Never leave the pool for a drink again! Learn how to make a floating cooler with pool noodles and a storage container for easy access to refreshments while you swim.
9. Pool Noodle Building Blocks from Putting the Pretty in Preschool
Make fun building blocks with pool noodle pieces! Discover how I used interlocking foam noodles to create a boredom buster perfect for kids. Easy and entertaining!
10. Pool Noodle Caterpillar Bath Time Fun from The Keeper of Cheerios
Make bath time fun with a Pool Noodle Caterpillar toy! Using a dollar store noodle and ball pit balls, this easy DIY project will entertain your kids and brighten their baths.
11. Baby Activity Gym from Sewing For My Baby Boy
Make a DIY baby activity gym for your little one! This fun project will give your baby something new to stare at and enjoy, perfect for their growing curiosity.
12. Nautical Pilings from Miss Kopy Cat
Make your mantle pop with mini-nautical log pilings made from pool noodles. This easy DIY project adds height and a unique touch to your decor.
13. Pool Noodle Garland from Crafty Morning
Save money on decorations with this Pool Noodle Garland! This easy DIY project is perfect for a pool party and adds a fun and festive touch to your celebration.
14. Pool Noodle Planes from Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls
Build airplanes out of pool noodles with this fun and educational activity! Kids can explore STEM concepts while designing the best airplane with simple craft supplies.
15. Pool Noodle Door Stop from Muslin and Merlot
Prevent slammed doors with DIY Pool Noodle Door Stoppers! This easy and fun project will keep your doors ajar and your fingers safe from accidental pinches.
16. Pool Noodle Pencil from Crafty Biggers
Make a giant Pool Noodle Pencil for your back-to-school party! This super easy DIY project is great for school-themed photos and it really writes. Kids will love it!
17. Patriotic Firecrackers from At The Picket Fence
Celebrate the 4th of July with DIY Patriotic Firecrackers! These fun decorations are perfect for adding a festive touch to your celebrations.
18. Backyard Obstacle Course from Raising Dragons
Create a fun backyard obstacle course with pool noodles, pencils, and duct tape! The kids will love racing around it all afternoon, and it only takes 15 minutes to set up.
19. Decorative Pumpkins from Coupons Are Great
Get creative with a pool noodle pumpkin craft! Great for adults and kids, this fun project uses a pool noodle and is perfect for decorating with paper, stickers, or glue.
20. Pool Noodle Water Wall from Teaching Mama
Create a fantastic pool noodle water wall for endless fun! Using simple materials, this DIY project will keep your kids happily playing for hours.
21. Pool Noodle DIY Toss Game from While He Was Napping
Turn pool noodles into a DIY toss game! Perfect for end-of-summer fun before the cooler weather sets in. Easy to make and a great way to reuse those noodles!
22. Pool Noodle Card holder from The Brown Bag Teacher
Make card games easier for kids with DIY Pool-Noodle Card Holders! Perfect for helping little hands manage their cards while practicing core skills in a fun way.
23. Floating Pool Noodle Lounger from Instructables
Create a DIY floating lounger water pad that’s lightweight and affordable. Made with pool noodles, it’s easy to assemble and perfect for relaxing on the water.
24. Pool Noodle Race Track from Ramblings from Utopia
Turn pool noodles into a fun race track! This DIY project is perfect for backyard matchbox derbies and can be used year-round, indoors or outdoors.
25. Pattern Lacing from Planet of the Apels
Keep your kids entertained and learning with Pool Noodle Lacing! This fun activity helps with fine motor skills, color and number recognition, and pattern sequencing.
26. Pool Noodle Sprinkler from Capturing Parenthood
Beat the summer heat with a DIY Pool Noodle Sprinkler! Follow our guide to make this fun and refreshing project, perfect for cooling off and having fun outdoors.
27. Toddler Bed Rail Hack from All Things Parenting and Adulting
Keep your toddler safe in a big bed with a DIY bed rail bumper! Using pool noodles, this simple solution prevents falls and makes the upgrade to a twin bed worry-free.
28. Nunchucks from All For The Boys
Turn pool noodles into awesome nunchucks with this easy DIY guide. The kids loved making these at our party, and now you can too!
29. Rocket Flinger from Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls
Learn how to make a cool Pool Noodle Rocket Flinger! Easy, fun, and perfect for kids. Great for birthday parties or STEM activities—super affordable too!
30. Brush Holder from Instructables
Keep your brushes wet while painting or dry them perfectly with this budget-friendly brush holder. Ideal for water-based paints and storing brushes tip-down.
31. Trampoline Safety Hack from And Next Comes L
Turn your old trampoline into a safer play space with this pool noodle hack! Learn how many noodles you need and the best way to cover those springs.
Crafting Essentials
- The Cricut Cutting Machine is easily my favorite crafting tool. We use it in so many of our tutorials!
- These MakerX Crafting Tools are perfect for keeping in the craft room and are always ready when needed!
- This Fiskars Paper Trimmer is easy to use and cuts nicely without frayed edges.
- These Scotch Precision Scissors cut like a dream, and you get multiple pairs in a pack!
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Erin Biggers
Thanks for including my pool noodle pencil. Great list.
Erin @ http://www.craftybiggers.com
Gathering at the Table
Fun...you can also put long striped socks on them, add a pair of shoes and use as witches' lets for Halloween.
Love your page.
Miss Kitty
How much fun!!! I can't believe how creative folks are in their uses of pool noodles. I was just at Dollar Tree yesterday and saw the noodles and starting wondering what to make with them this year. Thanks for ALL the great ideas!
Carol
Some of these ideas just cracked me up, but others were "Now why hadn't I thought of this?" Thanks so much for sharing!
Shannon Eyer
I totally heart this post! Fantastic ideas! My little one is turning one this summer, and some of these ideas would be perfect for outdoor activities at her party. Thanks so much for sharing!
Candy Cake and Crafts
Oh this is wonderful. Thank you for sharing this. Pinning now!
Alli
I found some at $TREE
Krystie
holy cow, so many different ideas and uses! great post!
DesignGeek
I had no idea you could do so much with a pool noodle, although I have seen them used for canoe jousting!
Mommy Burkholder
Fun post- a few new ones I hadn't seen 🙂 Found you via Two Girls and a Party link up 🙂 http://www.365ishpins.com/
Susan Fidler
Hi found you from whatcha work up Wednesdays and I love this post, how fun is all the things you can do with pool noodles?! I'd love it if you would come to share it at my linking party!
Marilyn Clark
OMG, what a great roundup. I love the pencil and the foam nautical piles!
Emily Thompson
amazing roundup!!! Thanks for linking up to Tasteful Tuesdays at Nap-Time Creations... you are being featured this weekend.. head over and check it out...
Cathy
Found you through Sew Many Ways Find a Friend Friday. Love your blog!
I would love for you to share and link up at my TGIF Link Party. Hugs, Cathy
Marie bloominghomestead
Oh wow, this is great! So many uses...that car door guard is so awesome!
redesignedbym
What a great list! If I ever get invited to a pool party, I'm gonna remember that floating ice chest. ~M.
http://redesignedbym.wordpress.com/
Nicole@Show Off Friday
Wow! That's alot of stuff!
Elizabeth
There's a new museum called Myseum in Town & Country, MO (a suburb of St. Louis). It has something called a "Seaweed Swamp." My kids LOVED it! There are pool noodles threaded on strings/ropes with a washer tied at the bottom. The top of the rope is tied to a metal grid near the ceiling, so the noodles are all suspended about a foot off the floor. It's this awesome hideout/maze contraption the kids loved scurrying through.
Sumaya at Evocative Vintage
The humble pool noodle is quite versatile. I love that boot storage solution. Thanks for sharing!
Jennifer Rollins
So many fun ideas. I love the drink floater! Thanks for sharing!
Jenn
Ornate Splendor
These ideas are just fantastic!! I had to email your link to my 8th grade nephew who just loves to create things from household items like cardboard boxes...this will get his mind going...can't wait to see what he comes up with for creating with pool noodles!! Thanks for the inspiration! Catherine (new follower)
audrakay Frey
These are fun! I'm new to Pinterest. My user name there is Audra Frey. I'm very crafty.and artsy. I used pool noodles cod something I have not seen anywhere. To edge my flowed beds. Here's what I did:
I laid them all out out end to end and connected them with basic clear outdoor sillicone. Let it dry according to label. Then used a hand saw. The type that usually flips out like a pocket knife, a very large onoe. I sat on one side, this I assigned the outside. The other side is the inside. Inside the bed with the flowers. So on top and the outside with my hand saw I randomly cut grooves and notches in the foam. I drew a basic patter first with a marker. Then I went to the inside. Here I drilled small holes.all the way thru to the center hole. Then I spray painted the whole thing. Tao different colors.of grey and a dark brown.
I dug a trench 2to 3inches deep. Set the.noodles.I stoked mine. That's optional. I used plain old chop stick we get fos free. I plugged on send with a coke bottle top. I. Stick the 2
audrakay Frey
Wow. Sorry for all the typos! I could not get it to let me proof read it!
Anna Wisniewski
How do you make the firecracker?
Katie Adams
If you click on the photo it will take you to the tutorial on how to make it. I hope that helps!
JoAnn Hutcheson
Very imaginative ways for those awesome doo-dads - Love the floating coozie the best 😉
Brenda
I have high veggie gardens maid from reclaimed metal fencing and it is quite sharp around the top so I used tne noodles around the edges . The are gardens for the disabled .
Sarah
Great ideas! I love the nautical pilings! Visiting from the pin party 🙂
Sooz
You can use the noodles to wrap around (cover) the springs on a trampoline.
Saw this on the internet not sure who posted it.
Jen
I split pool noodles, lengthwise on one side, and use them as bumpers for window sills in my classroom. (Similar to the childproof door stopper, but on a window sill.)
Catherine
I use noodles when camping: one around each awning rope to make them highly visible, one over a pipe to keep my tiny microwave in place, one over table leg as a toe protector, 1/2 of one screwed to the top of the doorway as a head bumper, pieces of one as a fridge filler when travelling, and anywhere there's a sharp corner.
Kathy van Giessen
I used three pool noodles for a valance to my window curtains. I covered each noodle with fabric 3 times the length and one inch larger around than what the noodle measured. Put them on inexpensive white rods that run about $2.00 each at Walmart. It was a little tricky getting them to wrap around the corners but with my hubby's help we were able to get it done and hung them one at a time. My fabric that I used for the curtains was a strip lined with a solid so I covered the noodles one with solid and two with the striped fabric and hung the solid in the middle of the three. I tried to attach a photo but couldn't get it to work. Everyone that sees them loves tem and says what clever idea it is. I would be happy to send a photo to an email or by text if you would like.
sB
If you can find solid ones you can make them into playing card holders.
erika Parra
You can also use pool noodles to make hair rolls either for your hair or styling a wig! =)
Judith rushing
I use a piece of a pool noodle and a lanyard to keep my underwater camera floating in the water.
Leandrea
Thank you so much for including the pool noodle pumpkins that we created. They are so easy to make. There are some seriously good suggestions in your post!
Kallia
I loved your ideas! I am making a blog post on how to keep warm during and I am featuring your idea for the pool noodle under the door! I tried it and it works wonders!
Katie
I am so glad you found something that works for you. I am always cold during the winter and every little bit helps.
Constance Johnsen
I'm trying to find instruction on making the Pool Noodle Throne. Do you have that?
Katie
Thanks for reaching out Constance. I do not have a tutorial on that, I'm sorry.