Top 10 Pencil Topper Crafts For Preschoolers And Kids

Most kids use pencils for their daily studies. But, wouldn’t they love using pencils more if they sported attractive and unique pencil toppers. And, what’s better than making some lovely pencil toppers with your kids at home. So, if you are looking for some outstanding pencil topper craft ideas to engage your little munchkins, then your search ends here. Momjunction has compiled a list of ten amazing pencil topper crafts for kids of all ages. Read on to learn more:

Pencil Topper Crafts For Preschoolers And Kids

1. Snake Pencil Topper Craft:

You Will Need:

• Two pipe cleaners
• Glue
• A piece of red craft foam
• Wiggle eyes
• Scissors

How To:

1. Take two pipe cleaners and twist them to make the body of a snake.

2. Twist and roll one end to create the snake’s head.

3. Cut the shape of the snake’s tongue from the craft foam using scissors, and paste it using the glue.

4. Glue on wiggle eyes of the snake.

5. Bend the snake art into a coil and wrap it around your pencil’s top.

2. Heart Pencil Topper:

You Will Need:

• Small heart shaped craft foams in red, white, and pink colors.
• One large red craft foam
• Glue
• Sequins

How To:

1. Take one large red craft foam and punch out a heart from it.

2. Decorate the heart with small heart-shaped craft foams of red, white, and pink color and sequins, and let it dry.

3. Thread or paste the heart shaped pencil topper on the top end of your pencil.

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3. Monster Pencil Topper:

You Will Need:

• Glue
• Pencil
• Chenille stems
• White glue
• Scissors
• Craft foam

How To:

1. Take a craft foam and cut out two monster shaped bodies from it using the scissors. Stick two monster shaped foams anchoring some chenille stems between the two pieces

2. Bend other chenille stems to create artistic horns and hair of the monster.

3. Cut out the nose, eyes, and mouth from the foam and paste them on the monster’s face, and let them dry.

4. Put glue on your pencil’s top, and push the top into the created monster’s body and then press both sides of the craft together.

4. Republic Day Pencil Topper:

You Will Need:

• Cork
• Green card
• Orange, white, green, and blue paint
• Pencil
• Scissors

How To:

1. Paint the top of your cork with orange color and bottom with green color. You can paint the middle area with white, and let it dry.

2. Paint a small blue wheel in the mid of the white strip.

3. Use scissors and cut out a circle from the green card and paste your cork in its centre.

4. Let it dry, and put the cork on the top of your pencil. This is one of the best pencil topper craft ideas for kids.

5. Koala Pencil Topper:

You Will Need:

• Two small grey pompoms, and one large grey pompom
• Pieces of black felt
• Chenille stem
• Tacky glue
• Scissors
• Wiggle eyes

How To:

1. .Use glue and paste one small tuft on either side of the large knob creating the eyes of the koala.

2. .Use scissors and cut out the oval nose from the black felt and paste it on the large pompom.

3. .Paste wiggle eyes on the koala head

4. .Twist the chenille stem into a spiral, wrap it around the pencil, and stick the koala head on its top.

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6. Spiral Pencil Topper:

You Will Need:

• Six pipe cleaners
• A pencil

How To:

1. Twist each of the six pipe cleaners tightly around your pencil’s top creating a spiral shape.

2. Spread out the spirals in such a manner that they bounce when you begin writing.

7. Snowman Pencil Topper:

You Will Need:

• Two styrofoam each of one inch
• Glue
• Black beads
• Ribbon
• Orange felt
• Pencil

How To:

1. Press two Styrofoam on a flat table and make them one ball.

2. Push your pencil’s top in the bigger ball by a quarter inch, remove it, put glue on it, and reinsert it.

3. Paste the head of the snowman properly.

4. Paste black beads as eyes of the snowman and glue on orange felt making the nose.

5. Tie the ribbon around the neck as scarf.

8. Foam Butterfly Pencil Topper:

You Will Need:

• Craft foam
• Sequins, sparkles, beads, and plastic gems
• Glue
• Scissors

How To:

1. Cut out two shapes of a butterfly from the craft foam using the scissors.

2. Apply glue on one piece of butterfly shaped foam leaving out its center.

3. Place your pencil at the center of the foam and then put the other butterfly shaped foam on its top and press.

4. Now decorate the pencil topper using sequins, sparkles, beads, and plastic gems

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9. Back-To-School Pencil Topper:

You Will Need:

• Foam letter stickers
• Tacky glue
• Scissors
• White craft foam

How To:

1. Use scissors and cut out a rectangle from your white craft foam, and fold the rectangle in half.

2. Use scissors and trim the top and bottom.

3. Apply glue on the inner side of the folded white foam, and push your pencil gently in it.

4. Add foam letter stickers on the pencil topper creating simple, small words such as ‘Hiya’ or ‘You Rock’.

10. Star Pencil Topper:

You Will Need:

• Pencil
• Craft foams of white, blue, and red color.
• Glue
• Scissors

How To:

1. Use a scissor and cut out a big star shape from the red craft foam, mid-size star shape from the white foam, and smallest star shape from the blue foam.

2. Paste mid-sized star on the large star and smallest star on the mid-sized star.

3. Glue the star topper on the top of your pencil.

Did you teach your kid any artistic pencil toppers? Which pencil toppers your children liked the most? Share your creative ideas with fellow moms. Leave a comment below.

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