Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Pencil Vases

My oldest is starting Kindergarden this year along with 2 of my sister's boys, so we decided to put together a YAY for Kindergarden party! We haven't set an exact date yet, but this is the first of a few projects that I am working on for the party. It all starts with a box of pencils. For both vases I used a box of 72 pencils I picked up at Staples for $5.


I got my inspiration from this project I pinned off of Pinterest. It was actually a lot more difficult than I thought it would be to hot glue the pencils onto glass jars. The glue was drying faster than I wanted it to but it turned out pretty cute. I used an old Goober jar and a Smuckers caramel toppings jar so they would be different sizes.


I tied fun school related ribbons around both of the vases for some extra fun. Now I have to figure out how exactly I'm going to use then but I like how they turned out. Just some pencils, hot glue and some jars out of the recycling bin. :)




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11 comments:

  1. Those are adorable. I have a friend who is an Asst Principal and I'm going to make one of these for her!

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    1. These would make a great teacher gift. I never thought of that. :)

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  2. These are too cute! I may make one for myself, I love school supply shopping, but have no kids. No matter, my creative juices are flowing now!

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    1. My big sis and I laugh every year at how excited we are to see school supplies out. My oldest is just now starting Kindergarden. You could think of it as "office supply shopping".

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  3. These are incredibly cute! If I had kiddos school age, these would so be their back to school gifts for their teachers!

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  4. Simple and very effective (plus you were very patient!)

    Coming to you from the Weekend Blog Walk.

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  5. Cute idea and fun for celebrating a school milestone!
    Christina at I Gotta Create!
    Wildly Original Round Up party is open!

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  6. Great idea!
    Thanks for sharing with my Super Link Party! :-)

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  7. Very cute! Thanks for linking up at our Bowdabra Saturday Showcase. Such a nifty idea I am going to share it with our Bowdabra Facebook Fans, as well. :-)

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  8. how did you get the pencils to stay on with hot glue. I did it and they didn't stay on, by the next morning they had fallen off.

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    1. When I glued the pencils, I ran the glue on the line where the pencil and the glass meet. That way each pencil is glued to the jar and the pencil next to it. The ribbon tied around also helps keep them in place as the glue dries. I hope this helps. :)

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