Bouquet of Sharpened Pencils - Teacher Gift, DIY

Have you seen the movie "You've Got Mail?" It's all sorts of fabulous and I can watch it over and over again!! There's a line in the movie, "If I knew your name and number, I'd send you a bouquet of sharpened pencils." I love Fall just as much as the characters in the movie do! When B came up with the awesome idea of having a Back to School week-long event here on our blog-o, I was thrilled!! I knew exactly what I wanted to make and share with all of you. Read on awesome readers!!

Supplies:

Clear Container

One pack alphabet magnets

Candy of choice (taffy for me!)

Pencils

Pencil Sharpener (wink)

Flowers

Brads

Adhesive

Line the bottom of your clear container with your alphabet magnets, I like mine to all face outward.

That leaves a space in the middle, fill that space with taffy plus add one layer of taffy on top of that. 

This is what my vase looked like after a couple layers of magnets and taffy.

Keep alternating your magnets and taffy, till your container is full.

Next sharpen your pencils and stick them into your container. I just moved them around until I liked the arrangement.

For my flowers I stacked two on top of each other, and connected them using a silver brad.

I adhered the flowers to the pencil erasers with glue dots, and wrapped twine around my vase.

To personalize it I added a chipboard monogram for the teacher's last name.

Fun, easy, quick, and cheap!! My kind of project (wink wink). I hope this was helpful to you! What are some of your favorite teacher appreciation gifts?? Shoot us an email at jandmseyecandy@hotmail.com, or leave a comment. We would love to hear and feature you!! 

Another idea I made back in May was the one below. Enjoy!

DIY Crayon Art

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