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Make a cute Pencil Wreath for a teacher gift for under $5 with your child. Added bonus:  Your teacher will always have an extra pencil handy.

Pencil wreath. Cheap and easy teachers' gift idea.

Pencil Wreath Teacher Gift

Materials:

  • $1 grape vine wreath
  • 40 Pencils ($1 per pack of ten) = $4
  • glue gun
  • ribbon
  • scissors

Pencil Wreath teachers' gift

I started by trimming all of the excess curls and messy branches off of the grapevine wreath to give it a clean look. You could leave these for a more rustic look. We used all yellow pencils because we wanted an old school look, but I think the multicolored pencils would be cute too.

Pencil wreath teacher gift

Next I started hot gluing pencils onto the wreath. I clustered the pencils into groups and then just worked my way around the wreath.

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When I got back around to the beginning (or end if you look at it that way). I just tucked and wove the pencils into the groups of pencils that were already attached.

Pencil wreath teacher gift

To finish it off I wove some rick rack ribbon around the wreath, gluing in strategic places to keep it attached.

 

So for a total of $5 and about 20 minutes, we have a great gift that my daughter is really proud to have helped make for her teacher.

Pencil wreath teacher gift

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Comments

  1. That’s actually a really nice idea. Not something you see everyday that’s for sure. I wonder what my sons teacher would think. Might be worth giving this one a go and see her reaction.

  3. I am hopping over from Rhoda’s today…I am in awe of your most impressive talent!….I so enjoyed seeing your work in your previous home and current home….and looking forward to seeing more of your projects by becoming a new follower!!

  4. I love a bunch of (sharpened) yellow pencils, and bet teachers will love this clever gift. I came from Rhoda’s also, and enjoyed seeing your home changes. I moved from Chicago to Knoxville in July, so its fun to see someone that made a similar change. We found a home with lots of beautiful trim work, and I enjoy the detai every day. Can’t imagine how much more I would enjoy it if I did it all myself! Thanks for sharing your home and stories.

    • Well hello to a fellow Knoxville from Chicago’er! 🙂 How funny to both come from the same place to the same place. Hope you enjoy it here.

  6. Hi, that is just adorable!!!! I’m a friend of Rhoda’s been following her from the beginning, she’s such a doll !! So very nice to meet you, you’re one talented lady 😉 l love your style.
    All the best,
    Kathy 🙂

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