Pencil holders with octopus shape. Easy crafts

What do you think of this pencil holder? In Guiainfantil.com we wanted to create a fun pencil jar so that your child's room has a personal touch and, above all, very original. It is a recycling craft as the pencil holder is made with clothes clips, and we have also given it a nice octopus shape, do

What do you think of this pencil holder? In Guiainfantil.com we wanted to create a fun pencil jar so that your child's room has a personal touch and, above all, very original.

It is a recycling craft as the pencil holder is made with clothes clips, and we have also given it a nice octopus shape, do you dare to try it?

Material:

  • Silicone gun
  • Cardboard canister
  • Rubber eraser
  • Wooden tweezers
  • Cushion filling
  • Brush
  • Tempera
  • Plastic eyes

How to make, step by step, a pencil holder with tweezers

1. Cut in half a cardboard boat, like the one that comes with some chips and paint it purple. Separate the clips, remove the metal clip and paint them purple too.

2. Glue the clips with the silicone gun around the pot.

3. Cut out 8 legs of the octopus in eva rubber. Glue them two by two placing cushion stuffing inside each tentacle.

4. Stick the 4 tentacles symmetrically between the holes of the clamps. Ya

5. Now you only have the final touches: paste the eyes, draw the mouth and paint dots in the tentacles.

Video to learn how to make a homemade pencil holder with tweezers