Things You'll Need:
- 1" x 6"x3 ft. dog-eared fence picket
- coral, yellow, silver and black acrylic paint
- natural raffia
- one artificial sunflower
- black heavy-gauge craft wire
- Tracing paper
- transfer paper
- stylus
- ruler
- paintbrushes
- black permanent marker
- hammer
- two small nails
- wire cutters
- a hot glue gun
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Step 1
Allow paint to dry after applying each color.
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Step 2
For pencil lead, draw a line 1 1/2" from pointed end of fence post. Paint lead of pencil black.
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Step 3
For pencil eraser, draw a line around fence picket 3 1/2" from square end. Draw another line 5 1/2" from eraser line to make eraser shaft. Paint eraser coral; paint eraser shaft silver.
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Step 4
Draw a jagged line 4" from pointed end of fence post. Paint pencil yellow from jagged line to eraser.
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Step 5
Spacing 1/2" apart, use marker to draw three lines on each end of eraser shaft and to write message on pencil.
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Step 6
Cut several 45" lengths of raffia; tie into a bow around eraser shaft of pencil. Glue sunflower to knot of bow.
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Step 7
For hanger, cut a 5" length of craft wire. Leaving 1/4" of nails showing, hammer nails into back of pencil 2" from eraser end and 4" apart. Twist one end of hanger wire around each nail.
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Step 8
For decorative wire, cut a 24" length of craft wire. Bend three 1" dia.loops along wire; wrap ends of wire around nails to secure.
Comments
CHAD1 said
on 5/8/2009 5 stars
kaytay said
on 2/24/2009 Love this idea! 5* and a recommend
HardworkinJudy said
on 2/9/2009 Cute!
e-Rambler said
on 1/26/2009 How artistic. Thanks for the article.
juliebmack said
on 1/24/2009 This is cute for a teacher! Thanks!