Colored pencils are used in children's and adult creativity. With their help, even an unprofessional artist can create vivid drawings. Have you ever tried to make crafts from pencils? Creative ideas and useful tips specifically for you in our article.
Vases and coasters from pencils
Vases from colored pencils look very original. Even a small child can make such a craft.
Find a cylindrical container of suitable size. A simple option for making a vase is to cover the inner jar or glass with pencils and secure with an elastic band. You can mask the locking element by tying a bright ribbon or decorative braid on top. Crafts from pencils with their own hands in the described technique can be made more durable. Use transparent glue to fix the base accessories . Additionally, you can cover the vase with colorless varnish.
Photo frames and multi-colored boxes
In the process of drawing, waste is often formed - heavily sharpened pencil bits. Do not rush to throw them away; try collecting this seemingly junk material in a separate box.
What crafts from stub pencils can I make? Try decorating them with any flat surface using the mosaic technique. The most interesting thing is to decorate the frames for photos and boxes of simple shapes. Take stubs of pencils with a length of not more than 5 cm, carefully and sharply sharpen them sharply. Glue the resulting blanks onto the base in random order. A bright element for decorating the interior of a creative person is ready!
Jewelry for creative people
Amazing crafts from colored pencils - this is bright jewelry. As pendants, you can use small pencil bits. Drill a hole with a thin drill for hanging. Using the simplest accessories, rings of wire and earrings, you can make a pendant and earrings.
Beads can be made from ordinary pencils. Using a thin hacksaw or jigsaw, cut the paint supplies into 5-8 mm pieces. Sand the edges of each workpiece with sandpaper. Now it remains only to make holes with the help of an awl. Finished beads can be strung on a thread or cord, forming a necklace, bracelet. If desired, it is easy to make a pendant, for this, glue together an arbitrary amount of sawn blanks from pencils.
What else can be done from pencils?
Simple crafts from pencils that anyone can do with their own hands are decorative desktop coasters. The simplest manufacturing method involves the use of sufficiently long drawing accessories.
Glue together pencils of different colors and let them dry. An interesting craftwork will look if you arrange the accessories for drawing in a checkerboard pattern, alternating the sharpened tip and the blunt part. The resulting stand can only be used as a decor. For hot dishes, it is not suitable, since when heated, the paintwork of the pencils may be damaged.
If you wish, using a similar technique, you can create a creative wall panel of any size. Quite simple in the execution of crafts from pencils - children's toys. We attach a small figure to one end of the pencil, it can be an animal or a fairy-tale character. The opposite end is used as a pen. It is especially convenient to use such stick figures for playing theater.
If the child is still small enough and only masters colors, try to make each figure a specific shade. As a result, you will get an interactive tutorial for training and games.