Craft Foam Pencil Toppers

Add character to your pencils by creating these cute craft foam pencil toppers.	Safety Tips Young kids (3 to 8 years) should use child-safe scissors. Small craft materials such as beads or wiggle eyes are choking hazards. Not appropriate for use by children below the age of three. Watch out for this sign . It means an adult's help is needed for the particular step.
Materials Pencils Craft foam Scissors Markers or crayons Wiggle eyes White glue Decorative materials (yarn, sequins, pipe cleaner, etc.)

Steps

	1.	Think about what image or character you'd like for your pencil topper. Draw your designs on craft foam. If you need patterns, we have the following printables: Butterfly Five-Petal Flower Strawberry
	2.	Cut out then glue the craft foam pieces together.
	3.	Punch a small hole through the center of your craft foam character using the tip of a pencil. Push the pencil a bit more so that a little part of the pencil's body passes through the hole.
	4.	Remove the pencil. If your pencil topper needs a face, glue on a pair of wiggle eyes.
	5.	Draw the mouth and other details with colored markers or crayons.
	6.	Glue on other details if you like.
	7.	Insert the upper end of a pencil through the hole on your pencil topper. Around ¼ inch of the pencil's eraser tip or top end should poke through the hole, creating the nose for your pencil topper character.
	8.	You may cover the top end of the pencil with a small ball of self-hardening clay to create a funny nose.
	9.	This is a quick and easy craft so decorate as many pencils as you like.

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