For today, I had some time to make a pencil pillar for my co-worker because she had my 5 year old in her class for about a year. And I thought this project was the perfect teacher "Thank you".
What you would need for this project is a 2 pack of pencils, a clear pillar and a bunch of glue sticks for your glue gun. But before you do this project, make sure that the glass is cleaned off there are no smudges while putting the pencils on.
The next step is to put the pencils into place. Learning the hard way, I decide to burn my fingers just a little bit. What I did to make sure not to burn the fingers was to put glue along the side of the pencil that was already glued to the pillar. Of course I had help with my 11 year old, so Samantha insisted on gluing the remaining pencils. You want to make sure that all the pencils are touching each other. If not you may see little tooth pick gaps. But no one is pickier than me when it comes to making your own crafts.
Then there you have it. 38 pencils that are glued by me and my little helper. 3 items for 3 dollars from the dollar store. For the inside of the pillar, you may use any filler you may like. It could be glass stones, pen flowers or any thing that a teacher, friend or neighbor may use. The choice is yours when it comes to crafting. There is no right or wrong way, just "Your way".
Till next time and be creative.
~Nicole~
Hi everyone,
I know I have not been on for a couple of weeks. It's been a little hectic with school shopping for the new school year, to capturing my 6 1/2 month old trying hard to crawl and hanging with my little 5 year olds at work before they head off to the "big kid school".
Since this past weekend the family went school supply shopping for 3 out of the 4 kids. Target is the best when it comes to school supplies. 12 pack of Crayola crayons was .50 cents, 2 pack of glue sticks was .99 ( I believe) I could go on and on. The total was about 37 dollars and rough change for little over a dozen items. I am sure Walmart has good deals and I will not complain, but it's too far from our house.
This post I really don't have any pictures this time, but for the end of the week to early next week I am going to do a couple of posts. I am deciding on what I may write and share about since there are a few ideas still in my head and I just have to transfer it and share. It's from up cycling soup cans to cleaners that you can use around the house.
If you have any suggestions that you would like to share feel free to let me know, I am up for any challenge.
Well I must close for now and I apologize for keeping it short and sweet. In the next post(s) I will let my creativity shine. You never know when I may give out a free give away gift just by visiting and supporting my blog..
Have a great week.
~Nicole~
