the craft to keep them crafting

It is undeniable–we were made by someone creative who allows us, even encourages us, to create.

I want to share with you a simple, lovely gift idea I came up with awhile back.  It allows you, the gift-maker, to create, and the young lass you gift it to will surely enjoy hours of creating, too.

What young artist wouldn’t love colored pencils with coordinating paper flowers?

{Supply List}

1 box colored pencils (I got mine from the dollar store)

3-5 inch scraps of paper that coordinate with the colored pencils

a pencil cup (again, I got mine from the dollar store)

hot glue and hot glue gun

scissors

about 5 inches of twine or ribbon for each colored pencil

First you want to choose paper for each of your flowers.  Blue pencil needs blue paper, yellow needs yellow, ect.  The paper only needs to be a few inches inches wide, so this is a nice project for using scraps.

Let Emily teach you how to make the super easy paper flowers.  You can do this!

Cut pieces of twine to be about five inches long and grab your first pencil.

Add a dab of hot glue and stick one end of twine in it.

Wrap the twine around and round, then secure the other end down with another dab of glue.  You may need to use the end of a pencil to smoosh the end into the glue.  It is, after all, hot glue.

Dab a good amount of hot glue on the very end of the pencil and secure your paper flower.

Toss each pencil in a pencil cup to make a bouquet.

Gift to someone who loves to draw or color–I would recommend age 4 and older since the pencil flowers are not super-duper durable.

Start working on Christmas gifts for next year??

Perhaps pin it for that time you need a simple, thoughtful gift. :)

{enjoy!}