Pringles box recycled pencil

Pringles box pencil

We made this huge pencil for the end of year gift for my daughter’s teacher. This recycled pencil is made from a pringles box. The inspiration for this project is from Glue Sticks and Tape.Β The tutorial called for circle cutter, paper crimper which we do not have. So we modified the procedure but the pencil turned out good.

Materials needed:Β 

1. Empty pringles box

2. Construction paper – Yellow, pink, brown and creme

3. Black Sharpie

4. Scissors

5. Glue – We used Elmer glue all

Method:

1.Cover the box with construction paper. We started with yellow paper. The paper was not sufficient to cover the entire box. We left the uncovered part at the bottom as pink paper will cover at the next step.

2. Cover the bottom part of the box with pink paper. We did not measure the paper. The length of the eraser was around 4 inches.

3. Glue the creme paper over the line made by the pink and yellow paper. The body of the pencil is done!

4. Now to the top (lead portion) of the pencil. We needed a cone shape to look like a sharped lead. To make a cone, we traced a birthday hat temple around the brown paper and cut it out.

5. As the lid was smaller than the template’s cone, I trimmed along the sides of the template till it fitted the lid. Glued the lid to the brown paper.

6. Colored the tip of the cone with the black sharpie to make the lead.

7. Close the lid. The gigantic pencil is done!

We are yet the fill the box with goodies. We may fill it with candies and chocolates!

We are so happy about how the pencil turned out!

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13 thoughts on “Pringles box pencil”

  1. Soo cute! I would love it if you joined and contribute your awesome posts at my link party at City of Creative Dreams, starts on Fridays πŸ˜€ Hope to see you there at City of Creative Dreams Link Party.

  2. I have a thing for pencils, pens, anything stationery related really (some people have a shoe thing, this is my version) and I just love this pencil! I’m tweeting this sweetness out right away. Visiting via “FamilyFunFriday”. Have a lovely week.

  3. Wow! This is a fantastic upcycle! Very creative.

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  4. That’s a cute pencil gift for the teacher Dhiyana. I could see the post here now only, as I had some issues with blogspot last week. Good Job!

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