How to Make Cool Stuff
Here is a pen and pencil holder craft that is easy to make and great for an Autumn / Fall theme. This pencil holder is made with a recycled cardboard tube from a toilet paper roll or a paper towel roll. Use seeds and paint or markers to decorate the cardboard tube. Find the crafts instructions below. Your kids will love this one.
This craft project is perfect for a unique back to school project. It is very simple and fun, as well as a great way to store your packed lunch.
August is here and school is drawing nearer. This is a great Back-To-School Craft … make a cute pendant with a pencil that can still be used.
Do you want to create an adorable companion for your time back at school? Here is an easy-to-make doll that can be stored on the top of your pencil.Learn how to make it with the following step-by-step tutorial.
I have a great craft today that will help you keep your pens and pencils in one place. In this post I will show you how to turn a CD Case into a Pencil Box. This creative craft is easy and it is a lot of fun. With this pencil box you can keep your notes or your schedule on the left hand side while you keep your pens and pencils in the right side. Close up the pencil box and throw it in your school bag and you are good to go. So, grab the materials needed and let’s get started.
In this post I’m going to show you how to make a fun and cheerful lunch box. School has just started and one of the kids favorite times of day is lunch time. You know what would make it more memorable for them is to make this lunch box craft with your child. Your child will be so proud to take their homemade lunch box to school with them. Plus, there will surely be no other person with a matching lunch box. So, grab the materials needed and let’s get started.
Did you ever feel like you were rummaging around to find your homework school supplies when it was time to do your homework? Well, I have a craft for you today that will fix this problem. In this post I’m going to show you How to Make Homework Caddy Cans. This is a perfect way to keep all your homework school supplies in one place when you are ready to do your homework. You can keep all your school supplies like crayons, pencils and scissors in once place and carry this caddy around where ever you want to do your homework. So, grab the materials needed and let’s get started.
Since pencils are the one back to school item you will use most often…. why not make it unique. Today I will show you how to make a Toy Figure Pencil Topper. I can almost guarantee that no one else in your class will have a pencil like yours. What is cool is that you probably already have the craft materials around your house. Simply grab one of your favorite toy figurines you have around your house, get a pipe cleaner and pencil and you are good to go. Let’s get started.
School is about ready to begin again. And, what is the item you use most often at school? A pencil, of course. So, for today’s craft I’m going to show you how to take an everyday pencil and turn it into a Color Tape Decorated Pencil perfect for using at school. Just grab a standard cheapo yellow pencil and some different color tape and you are good to go. The more different colored tape you have the better. So, grab the materials needed and let’s get this back to school craft started.
I’m going to continue with the back to school crafts by showing you how to make this Rubberband Decorated Binder. You can use any style binder you would like and we are going to give it a bit of flair by adding a bunch of mini rubberbands. You can find these mini rubberbands at most stores…. just check out the hair section of the store. So, grab the materials needed for this craft and let’s get started.
I have a fun and useful back to school craft for you today. In this post I will show you how to transform a cereal box into a Cereal Box Paper Holder. This Cereal Box Paper Holder is perfect for holding all of your back to school materials. It can hold your fun drawings, notebooks, homework, test results and basically anything you want to keep in a safe place. Don’t let you school paperwork build up into unorganized piles…. keep them safe in this Cereal Box Paper Holder. So, grab the materials needed and let’s get started.
School is back in session once again. And, with school brings tons and tons of school supplies. Instead of using the same old pencil box that everyone else is using why not make a funny case that is like no other. Check out this funny nom nom pencil case craft. Why nom nom? Because it looks like it is eating your pencils….. “Nom nom nom.”
School is only days away for many kids so I thought that I would share a way to decorate your backpacks and messenger bags to make them unique and pretty cool to look at. Below, I will show you how to sew on beads so you can sew on cool designs or your initials. It is easy and a lot of fun.
Get your kids excited about going back to school with this cute and functional organizer. From crayons to calculators, this sturdy box will keep supplies handy for your busy youngsters. This is an affordable craft so it can be totally customized each year according to their current interests and ever-changing style.
How to cover your child’s book with book cover made from a decorated gift bag. I will detail how I turned a gift bag into a homemade school textbook cover in the tutorial / article below.
As my kids get older and older, there seems to be more and more books that we need to cover. I have become a pro at turning brown grocery store bags into neat little school book covers. I decided to turn my son’s Math book cover into a fun comic book cover. I covered the book cover with contact paper to protect the comics. I also put a word search on there, which can be done over and over again since the contact paper can be used as a wipe-able surface for washable markers.