The picture, when pencils and pens are scattered throughout the house, can be observed in almost every house where there are children. How to teach your baby to keep all writing accessories in order? And together with your child you make a "house", where all stationery for drawing will "live". How to make a pencil box with your own hands? We tell you the latest ideas right here in this article.
DIY pencil and twine. What is the connection?
A container for storing writing instruments at home can be made of waste material, such as a can and a piece of jute rope or twine, as it is also called. In addition to these items, you will also need satin ribbons, Dragon or Moment glue, decor elements (beads, sequins), acrylic paints.
DIY Pencil: Step-by-Step Guide
- Fastening the twine. Coat the third part of the can from the bottom with glue and wind the rope tightly. Then glue the middle and upper parts of the container in the same way. During winding, the rope should be pressed lightly with your fingers so that it “seizes”.
- Dressing up the product. There can be many options for decorating pencil boxes: painting with acrylics, pasting over with beads and sequins, decoration with ribbons from bows.
- Leave the product in a warm place until it dries completely.
Work on the implementation of such crafts will take no more than 30-40 minutes, and it will stand in the service of your child for a long time until he wants to make a new pencil box. And for such a case, we still have interesting ideas.
Do you like to drink juice? Then you have a new pencil storage tank
Do not rush to throw an empty box out of juice or milk. This is a practically finished cardboard pencil box. With your own hands you can make an original "house" for stationery in a matter of minutes. To do this, follow these steps.
- Wash and dry the box.
- Cut off the top of the container and discard it. For further work, we do not need it.
- Glue the bottom part with colored paper and decorate in any way you want. This can be an application of paper, natural material, fabric, ribbons.
This is how fast it becomes a simple, but at the same time practical in use and beautiful in appearance do-it-yourself pencil case.
The second life of a plastic bottle
Another interesting example of a container for pens and pencils that can be done together with a child is a pencil box, the basis of which is a PET bottle. The upper part is cut off and thrown away, and the lower part is decorated with a self-adhesive film and decorated with any decorative elements. If you own a hook or knitting needles, then such a pencil box can be “dressed up” in a knitted case. You just need to make a rectangular cloth, corresponding in size to the circumference of the bottle, and sew it. You can decorate the cover with multi-colored buttons, beads, bows.
If you didn’t like any of these options, then invite your child to dream up what else a pencil holder can do with his own hands. And literally in a minute he will give you so many original ideas that, having embodied them in reality, you can “put” each brush and pen into your personal house.