Greetings, dear friends! Today I hurry to you to tell you how a pencil box looks and is made with your own hands. I will show several master classes and just interesting photo ideas.

A few months ago my husband had a birthday. In this regard, I decided that in addition to the main gift, I want to give him something special, made by myself. The choice fell on a pencil holder, since Danil is fond of calligraphy and, accordingly, has a lot of accessories for this type of creativity.

How to make a pencil holder with your own hands: a master class

I'll show you how to make a pencil holder with cute My Neighbor Totoro characters. In fact, this technology can be applied to any kind of pencil holders.

To create a pencil holder you will need:

1. Tin can (from under any canned food)
2. Any fabric of your choice for wrapping the jar (I used fleece and mickey fleece)
3. Felt for finishing
4. Threads in the color of the fabric
5. Scissors
6. Glue with a thin nose, or a glue gun
7. Plastic eyes
8. A piece of synthetic winterizer

First of all, you will need to measure:

• can circumference,
• can height,
• bottom diameter.

In accordance with the measurements obtained, cut out rectangles from the fabric in 2 parts with the parameters: (can height + 0.5 cm seam allowances) x (circumference + allowance).

For both rectangles, first sew the back seam (with a “back needle” seam or on a sewing machine) to get a closed surface. Sew the bottom to the rectangle along the contour. Turn one part out and leave the other.

Set aside the resulting cylinders. Now cut out 18 paired animal parts from the fabric - in my case, small totors. I don’t give patterns, since it’s easy to draw the outline yourself - an oval with ears))

Sew paired parts together, you get 9 animals (do not forget about the holes for eversion).

In place of future eyes, draw dots and make cuts crosswise, as in the photo.

Turn the animals inside out and stuff with padding polyester.

And now add a little glue along the contour to the holes obtained. Be careful - then you have to insert eyes into the holes. Insert until the side of the eyes is completely buried in the fur.

Sew up the hole at the bottom.

wow, eyeball

Sheathe the jar with details from the padding polyester with a seam "over the edge". This is necessary so that the pencil holder does not knock on the table. You can skip this step if you wish.

First, sew the edges of the padding polyester wrapped around the jar. Sew on the bottom too.

Pull one of the cylinder pieces onto the outside of the can. In my case, it does not reach the top edge a little - a special effect.

At the bottom of the pencil holder I also put a synthetic winterizer (I glued it so that it would not move out).

Insert the second (not inside out) cylinder inside the stand. If desired, you can also drop a little glue on the bottom so that the inside is fixed.

Sew one cylinder to the other with a hidden seam.

I get such a pencil box)) If you wish, you can stop at this stage or decorate the product according to the description further.

Glue or sew all the animals over the entire surface.

Cut out a few leaves from felt and embroider characteristic lines on them with a “back needle” seam. Glue the leaves to the resulting pencil box. You can also embroider patterns on the bunnies themselves.

We love the result

From cans

Apple

A very interesting way to make a pencil holder is to use a jar, liquid acrylics, paper, a plate, string and a fake petal with a glue gun.

Pour paint into a jar and shake. Drain off any remaining paint and let dry. File the edges if necessary. Wrap the thread with cord and decorate with a leaf - voila

lego guy

The method is identical to the previous one, only at the end you will need to apply a face with a black permanent marker.

Minion

Meet the favorite of all the kids!) Here you will need a tin and a colored EVA polymer (foamed rubber, which can be purchased in the form of plastics in craft stores). By the way, the polymer can be replaced with soft felt.

Cut out all the details according to the template and wrap the jar with a yellow rectangle. From the inside, also glue a rectangle to hide the metal part. Glue the muzzle, panties. Don't forget the mouth.

From plastic bottles

Pears

To make these cute pencil holders, all you need is a few oblong bottles, scissors, tape, acrylic paints, and a photo frame to mount (optional).

Cut off the threads of the bottle and cut out part of the top, as in the photo. Seal the central part with tape on both sides, leaving an empty space in the middle. Paint the empty space and decorate with the remaining lids, also painted. You can glue it to the frame, or you can leave it as it is.

Monsters

This is where the shampoo bottle comes in handy. Cut off her top with a lid, choosing the shape you want. Cut out the handles from the rest. Glue funny faces made of felt or paper.

From cardboard and paper

cylinders

The easiest way to make a cardboard pencil holder is to use cylinders from clothes rollers, paper towel rolls, or toilet paper. Wrap them in newsprint, glue them together if desired. Everything

book flower

Very unusual and bright idea. Take an old thick magazine or reference book. Divide all its pages into 5 equal parts. Glue the pencil to the side. Wrap a book around a pencil so that it is in the center, glue it.

Prime with white acrylic paint on top. Cut out the bottom of the thick cardboard by circling the pencil holder. Glue the bottom.

from wood

Or rather, not even from wood, but from wooden pencils. To do this, you just need to glue a few pencils together, forming a wall. You will need 4 such walls. At the bottom, glue the bottom of thick cardboard.

But I described the 10th pencil holder in an article about New Year's decorations. I strongly advise you to look, there are a lot of interesting ideas.

By the way, minky fleece, from which the outer green background of the first pencil holder and white totors were made, acquired here. I advise you, because it is very, very difficult to find it in woven fabrics.

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The desk of a child or an adult will be decorated with a do-it-yourself pencil stand. It can be of any shape, from various materials, and can also be used for other stationery (pens, scissors, rulers). Such a stand will decorate the interior, put things in order on the desk, and help you find the right thing in time.

The easiest way

In order to make a pencil holder, you do not need special skills or abilities. There are a lot of options for its creation and you can choose according to your skills, available materials and desire. The easiest way is to take the finished base and decorate it.

The basis can be a glass or tin can, a glass, jars of sour cream, milk or cleaning agent. The main principle for choosing it is the appropriate shape and size so that it is convenient to use the pencil holder.

Decoration can also be anything from ribbons to natural material. The most common decoration method today is decoupage. Even a beginner will cope with it, and the product will turn out to be very beautiful and neat.

Decoupage is a technique for decorating various objects, which is based on attaching a drawing, picture, ornament to an object and then varnishing it. It is not necessary to open any product with varnish. In many cases this is not required at all.

To work in this technique, you may need anything, but the main materials and tools are presented below:

• base for the stand;
• napkins for decoupage;
• paints;
• stencils;
• file;
• PVA glue;
• scissors;
• brushes.

The list is far from complete, but not all items are required. We decide on the idea, select the appropriate shape and decorate as you wish. And to make it easier and more fruitful to think, a few examples in the photo:

Who is not looking for easy ways

The ideal material for a pencil holder is wood. With products from it, the house becomes warm and cozy, and the material is natural. The weight of such a pencil stand will be significant, which means that any extra pencil will not outweigh it with its weight. Another plus is that a wooden pencil holder is perfect not only for a child's desk, but also fits into the interior in dad's office. The material is universal, suitable for everyone. To decorate the work, you can cut or burn a drawing on it yourself and open it with varnish.

We look at the video for a master class on making a wooden pencil holder with our own hands:

Well, now for the cons. More precisely, about the most important of them - the complexity of manufacturing. Not every beginner will be able to cut a pencil holder from a wooden saw cut or process a driftwood properly. For these purposes, you will need certain skills and special equipment.

But let's not get upset ahead of time. You can choose a better idea. In fact, not everyone should be able to carve wood ... Therefore, it is not at all necessary to look for a whole log, it is enough to use materials such as wooden sticks, twigs, ready-made wooden blanks. Then we will get a product made of wood, and a beginner can make it.

Interesting pencil boxes are made from plywood. You can even make a whole organizer. We decorate it with the help of burning, coloring, decoupage. This material is ideal for beginners.

What do we have at hand

From improvised materials, you can make work of any complexity, in any style and for any purpose. First, consider the example of a pencil holder from a bottle. We take a bottle from under anything - milk, juice, shampoo. It is important that it be easily cut with scissors to give it the desired shape.

Of course, ordinary plastic water bottles did not stand aside. The disadvantages of this material are the light weight of the base and sharp cut edges. The first problem can be solved by decorations. And the second - either trim the edges with some material, or use an iron. To do this, we take a hot iron and a workpiece, lay a sheet of paper between them and press it against each other. Due to the high temperature, the cut will melt a little and become even and not at all sharp. An example of a plastic bottle pencil holder is below:

Got a lot of old newspapers? So you can make a pencil holder from newspaper tubes. A detailed master class on weaving coasters from them on the video:

Without having a ready-made form at hand, it is easy to make it out of cardboard. Even a child can handle this job. And you can make any shape - round, square, triangular, etc. Here we also include crafts from a roll of toilet paper. Thus, junk material will turn into a useful thing.

A handmade wooden pencil holder is not only a useful item, but also an interesting decorative design element. How and from what to do, we will tell in this article.

When making a stand for writing instruments, it is advisable not to use hazel or birch, since such material is quite hard and fragile, but to give preference to cherry, mountain ash, cedar and linden.

Separate recesses for each pencil are effective when searching as the pencils do not mix.

Necessary tools and materials

To make your own pencil holder, you need:

• chisel;
• drill with a drill 8 mm;
• sandpaper;
• varnish to cover the product.

It is easy to make a pencil holder from a wooden cube from a pallet, you just need to cut a recess and decorate

To decorate the product, you can use wood paints, decoupage napkins, canvas threads or other decorations.

Step-by-step instruction

The first thing to do is to find the right material. It can be a cube from a wooden pallet or a large tree branch. Then:

1. With the help of a chisel, the product is given a cylindrical or other, for example, square shape.
2. Grind the surface with sandpaper.
3. The required number of holes are drilled in the upper part. In this case, it is advisable not to make holes through, since pencil leads and paste from pens will stain the surface of the table. Or you can make one recess with a Forstner drill, then the shape of the product will resemble a glass.

Cut a cylinder from a large branch, process it with a chisel and sandpaper, drill and decorate for every taste - a finished pencil box

• Make decoupage - apply a primer to the tree, dry it, glue a napkin with the image you like with PVA glue, and then varnish the product.
• Coloring the pencil case in a bright color is especially popular with children.
• Lubricate the surface of the pencil holder with glue and wrap tightly with canvas threads, attach a small bow on top.

Wooden "glass" wrapped with canvas thread is pleasant to the touch and can serve as an antidepressant

A do-it-yourself pencil holder will not only decorate the interior, but also allow you to keep your writing instruments in order. And the special charm of such a stand is that it is very simple to make it, the main thing is to have the desire and time to do the work.

To maintain order on your home desktop, you need to purchase, or even better, make your own coasters for pencils, pens, scissors and other stationery. A pencil holder will allow you to always keep writing objects at hand, and not look for them in the corners of the bottomless desk drawers. In addition, children can be involved in the manufacture of a pencil box, who will bring something new and interesting to its design. In this review, we will show various stationery stands that you can easily make yourself, you just have to choose the right idea and bring it to life.

1. Stand for pencils made of cut wood.

To implement the idea, it is necessary to prepare a low log cabin of a tree, after which remove its inner part with a chisel and install pencils inside.

2. Pencil from sewer pipes.

We cut sewer pipes of different diameters into small segments with a jigsaw or hand saw. We glue each of the segments in a row on a short thin board (previously, the board, as well as all pipe sections, can be painted from a spray can in shades that combine with each other).

3. Pencil in a vest.

Cut out a triangular piece of “shirt” from white felt, glue it to a can of coffee or canned fruit. Then you take a layer of gray felt, cut out a rectangle from it along the circumference of the can, in front, cut out a triangle according to the size of the glued white “shirt”, bending the edges and stitching it with threads to the collar area. Stick the "vest" on a tin can, draw a tie with a blue marker on a white shirt or cut it out of blue felt.

4. How to make a vintage style pencil holder.

Paste the tin can with a pink cloth, then tie it around the top, bottom and center with a beautiful lace ribbon. On the end part, glue the pre-purchased accessories in the form of a flower with pearls (sold in sewing shops).

5. How to decorate a pencil holder with buttons.

Method number 1. We take an ordinary small glass jar of baby puree, then string red and white buttons onto a thin elastic band, tie the ends of the elastic band into a knot, and put the resulting composition on the neck of the jar.

Method number 2. On a tin, glue buttons of different sizes (the color can also be any), then paint the product from a spray can in gold or paint in a brick tone, and shade with gold.

6. Do-it-yourself pencil stand decorated with twine.

We take a tin can, cover it with a layer of transparent glue, and wrap it, tightly joining the threads to each other. Finally, a bow can be glued on the front of the product.

7. Pencil from the bark of a tree.

Carefully remove the bark from a dry tree and glue it to a glass or metal jar.

8. How to make pencil holders from toilet paper tubes.

On each tube we put vertical marks, we cut a fringe along them. We apply PVA glue to each petal of the fringe, and glue all the tubes to the cardboard layer. Then, with a marker, draw faces on the front of the stand.

9. Pencils with decorative primer.

We glue a plain sheet of paper on a tin can, which we then paste over with decorative pebbles.

10. Pencil in a marine style.

We take several tubes from paper towels, apply them to the base, cut out of cardboard. We glue each tube with white napkins, forming large folds (you need to glue the napkins on PVA glue). Then we glue the tubes to the cardboard stand, and paint them with water-based blue, yellow and orange paint (you can mix white water-based paint with different colors of gouache, in this case you need to mix white with orange, white with blue and white with yellow). At the end, we glue plastic fish, starfish, shells and artificial algae to the stand, all this can be bought at the pet store.

11. Pencil case.

We cut off the sharpened parts of the pencils, you can cut with a clerical knife or use a jigsaw. We lay the bottom row of pencils on the cardboard tightly to each other, glue each pencil. Then we begin to lay out the walls, place two pencils on the sides and glue to the base, in opposite parts we also glue the pencils, so we continue until the height of the pencil holder satisfies its appearance.

12. Pencil case decorated with burlap.

Glue a piece of burlap on a tin can, glue flowers formed from light linen fabric around the perimeter of the neck.

13. We paste over the pencil stand with wallpaper or kraft paper.

We cut off from the wallpaper or kraft paper a part corresponding to the size of the tin, the resulting part is simply glued to the jar.

14. Pencil in a shirt.

From white felt we cut out a rectangle corresponding to the length of the diameter of the tin, in the center we make an incision of about 2 cm, glue the collar to the can, cut in front, join at the back, bend the collar. We cut off a rectangle from an unnecessary shirt and glue it on a jar over the collar. Glue the buttons on the front and tie a tiny tie from a matching ribbon.

15. How to make a pencil holder from floppy disks.

In four diskettes, it is necessary to melt holes with a hot awl, in each diskette there are 4 holes (two on the sides and two on the bottom), in the lower, fifth diskette in a row we make 8 holes, the awl must be heated over a candle (be careful). Then we form a cube from floppy disks without an upper part, we connect all parts to each other with a flexible wire, connecting its ends in the inner part of the product.

16. Do-it-yourself pencil holder from a shampoo bottle.

We cut the shampoo bottle in half, but not in the middle, but above, the cut line can be smooth rounded or in the form of cones (this will be the hair of the future monster). From the upper unnecessary part, cut out the handles, and glue them at the bottom. From black paper we glue the mouth of the future monster, from white eyes and teeth. You can stick Velcro on the back and fix the monster pencil holder on the wall.

17. Pencil in vintage style with lace.

We glue satin fabric on a circle of cardboard, glue lace along the edge of the podium. In the center of the circle we glue tubes of different lengths from under paper towels. We decorate them with fabric, lace and artificial pearls. Closer to the edge, we install a mannequin cut out of cardboard, and also decorated with lace, ribbons and beads. In the center we seat the figurine of a bird, and on the other side we put a small photo frame made in a suitable style.

18. Pencil from the catalog.

We divide the flexible catalog into five identical parts, lay it sideways, bend all five parts to the center, in the form of flower petals, gluing them with transparent glue. We go over the top of the pages with a layer of glue so that the pages do not fall apart. In the end, the product can be painted with spray paint, and the unpleasant parts can be decorated with beads or lace.

19. Pencil holder decor with ice cream sticks.

We glue the ice cream sticks on two tapes, then glue the resulting picket fence to a tin can. We supplement the product with a wide ribbon tied from the outside.

20. Decor of a pencil holder with a cloth.

We cut out rectangles from dense fabric corresponding to the size of the selected can. Then we decorate each piece with machine stitching with threads of contrasting color. We sew the case along the inside, turn it inside out and put it on the jar.

21. Pencil from a tree trunk.

We saw off a small part from a dry tree with a saw, then with a drill in the upper part of the stump we create many holes, into which we install pencils.

Unusual industrial pencil holders.

We also decided to show various factory-made pencil cases, some of them are really impressive. Below you can see what stylish and unusual stands for stationery are, they are available in the form of: camera lenses, monsters, hedgehogs, balls, Rubik's cubes, imitate stacks of folded paper, garbage containers, etc.

Today we showed you how to make a pencil holder, and more than one! Such beautiful pencil holders will not only bring your workplace in order, but also greatly embellish it. Try to make them together with the children, we assure you, the kids will be delighted.

Color a regular bottle with permanent markers for something quick and easy. If you don't want to use paper towels, you can simply draw something on the bottle with permanent markers. The pencil will turn translucent, and the plastic will look like colored glass.

• If you make a mistake, erase the line with a cotton swab dipped in alcohol. Wipe the area you erased dry and continue painting.

Color the bottle with acrylic paints or spray paint (available at art stores) to make the pencil holder look bright. To make the paint fit better on the bottle, try sanding it with fine-grained sandpaper. First, paint the whole bottle with one color, wait for the paint to dry, and draw something, like flowers.

Decorate a clear or painted bottle with stickers if you want to make something easy. If you don't have a lot of creative materials on hand, you can always stick stickers on the bottle. For example, you can paint the bottle navy blue or black, wait for the paint to dry, and cover it with silver or gold star stickers.

Wrap the bottle with plain, colored, or decorative tape to create a continuous pattern. Separate the end of the tape about 2.5 centimeters long from the roll and press it against the bottle, as close to the bottom as possible. Hold the tape close to the bottle and gently wrap it around the bottle to form a circle of tape. When you get back to where you started, stick about 1.5 centimeters of tape over the beginning of the strip and cut it off. Start the next circle directly above the previous one, or make it overlap the previous one a little.

• If the tape has gone beyond the cut line of the bottle, bend it so that it is inside the bottle and stick it.

Make your pencil holder even more beautiful by gluing buttons or large glitter onto it with a hot glue gun. You can cover the whole bottle with them or just small parts of it. However, it is better to glue buttons and sequins at the bottom of the pencil case. If there are many such decorations closer to the cut line of the bottle, the stand will turn out to be unstable.

• To make the pencil holder more colorful, paint it or cover it with paper towels using the papier-mâché technique before gluing on the buttons or sequins.

Wrap the bottle with yarn or twine. Pass a strip of glue around the cut line and press the thread against it. Start winding the thread around the bottle, adding a bead of glue every few inches. When you reach the bottom of the bottle, pass another bead of glue and press the end of the thread against it.

Poke holes near the cut line of the bottle and thread multi-colored yarn through them. Using a hole punch, make holes around the cut line at a distance of about 1.5 centimeters from each other. Thread some yarn into a suitable needle and use the needle to pull the yarn through the holes. So the top of your stand will become more beautiful.

If your bottle is made of PET or PETE plastic, use an iron to straighten the cut line. This should be done after you cut the bottle, but before you start decorating it. To find out what plastic your bottle is made of, turn it over and look at the bottom and around the bottom. If there is a recycling sign with a number inside, then the bottle is made of PET/PETE plastic. Sometimes this sign is hard to see, so look carefully.

• Turn on the iron and check that the steam is turned off. Wrap the heating surface of the iron with a cloth or aluminum foil to keep it clean.
• Press the cut side of the bottle against the bottom of the iron.
• Lift the bottle every few seconds to check the condition of the cut line. As the plastic heats up, it will begin to melt, making the cut line even.
• Turn off the iron and let the bottle cool before you start decorating it.