Homeschooling Adventures at the Maxwell's - CRAFT CORNER

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Sunday, January 4, 2009

CRAFT CORNER - Personalized Pencil Toppers

Posted in CRAFT CORNER

I just love doing things with beads, and this one is fun and easy. This might be an inexpensive gift idea for a child to make for his or her siblings or for a parent to make for the children in their homeschool support group.

SUPPLIES:

pencil eraser heads

pencil

string

alphabet beads

other small beads

white craft glue

Begin by placing the eraser head on a pencil. Put a little white glue around the base of the eraser head but not on the pencil itself.

Cut a 2 foot lentgth of string. Wrap string around the eraser head, smoothing out the glue as you go. Wrap enough to cover most of the bottom half of the eraser head.

Let this dry. In the meantime, arrange your beads in the order you want them and feel free to add some decorative beads in with the letters.

Once you have all the beads on the string the way you want them, tie a small bead onto the end to help hold other other beads on.

You can also add other beads in addition to the letters. For example if your child is a sports fan, add beads in shape of a baseball, basketball, etc. You can also add sparkly, shimmery beads for a "be-dazzled" look. These eraser heads can be removed from this pencil and placed on another one. Have fun!

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Sunday, January 4, 2009 - Brilliant!

Posted by tiredmom

I was just despairing over the rate at which my family goes through pencils. I can use this to easily define ownership of a pencil and then no more arguments over who gets the sharpest pencil and whose pencil has done another runner. Thank you!

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