DIY flowers from pencil shavings

Our minds don't think twice before throwing waste into the garbage, but what if we have ways to upcycle this waste and turn it into something pretty for our kids?
 

We're talking about pencil shavings! 

What does your child learn through this DIY: the physical activity of twisting the pencil and holding the sharpener steady with another hand develops a child's fine motor skills. This DIY also teaches young ones to count. You can ask them to count how many pencil shavings petals it took to make a flower or how many times they had to twist the pencil to get flower-shaped shavings for one flower.

How to make DIY flowers from pencil shavings?

Things you'll need:

• Different colored pencils
• Sharpener
• Cardstock
• Crayons or paint
• Glue

Steps to make DIY flowers from pencil shavings:

• Outline the stem of a plant. You can also draw a pot and leaves for the stem and paint them
• Sharpen your pencils so you get clean circular shavings; it might take a few tries
• Use different colored pencils for other parts of the plant
• Apply glue to the flower-shaped pencil shavings 
• Paste them strategically and position them to make them look right

There you go! A picture-perfect flower craft from pencil shavings! Who knew you could use pencil shavings to create art?

You can elaborate with the shavings and create whole sceneries like sweeping meadows and barns on a farm. Let your child's imagination run wild.  

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