Young children love small, inexpensive novelty items that they can buy with their own money – this trio of decorated pencils is just the sort of thing (and they’d also make perfect little prizes in a lucky dip).
To make the Pompom Pencils spread the end of a new pencil with craft glue and wrap a chenille stick (pipe cleaner) up over the end and down around the pencil end in tight coils. Using a glue gun, stick mini-pompoms in place: 25mm for heads and 12mm for ears and muzzles.
Add black seed beads for eyes and a dab of paint or embroidered stitches for tip of nose.
For the elegant Jewelled Pencils, thread two or three small beads and a flower-shaped sequin onto a glue-smeared pearl-headed pin. Cover the tip of a new pencil with craft glue and push the extending part of the beaded pin into the tip until the sequin meets the glue. Stick a little ribbon around the top of the pencil beneath the sequin, to finish.
And the simplest of all – to make the Glitter Pencils (below right), just brush pencils with PVA glue, roll in glitter, shake off excess and allow to dry. Tie several together with metallic organza ribbon, if desired.
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