Back to School Pencil Earrings

If you're looking for ideas for homemade jewelry, look no further than an office supply store. Gather up some pencils and cover them ion glitter for these Back to School Pencil Earrings for Savannah Starr. This is a great wearable craft for teachers.


 

Materials:

• No. 2 Pencils
• Pencil sharpener
• Drill with small drill bit
• Eye pins (one for each pencil)
• Aleene’s Tacky Glue
• Jewelry glue
• Glitter – pink, green, gold, copper, black
• Paper plates or wax paper (to catch excess glitter)
• Paint brush
• Clear spray sealer

Instructions:

1. To shorten pencils, sharpen to approximately 4″ in length (or shorter or longer if desired.)
   
   
    
2. Drill through top of pencil eraser to create hole for eye pin.
   
   
    
3. Using jewelry glue, glue eye pin into hole.
   
   
    
4. Use brush to apply tacky glue to eraser area.
   
   
    
5. Sprinkle with pink glitter.
   
   
    
6. Apply glue to metal band. Sprinkle with green glitter.
   
   
    
7. Apply glue to pencil. Sprinkle with gold glitter.
   
   
    
8. Apply glue to end of pencil. Dip tip into black glitter.
   
   
    
9. Sprinkle with copper glitter. Set aside to dry.  Spray glitter with clear acrylic sealer.
   
   

For a comprehensive video tutorial of thisj project, check out How to Make Glittered Pencil Earrings.