T Shirt Crafting – Wrapped Pencils

Having fun with your children and getting them ready for school can be just so much cooler with these Crafty T Shirt Wrapped pencils added to their backpacks. An activity that takes only a few supplies and is as simple as One, Two, Three.

Supplies

Supply List

Tie Dyed T Shirt Strips

Mechanical Pencils

Therm-o-web ¼ Supertape™

Fabri-Tac™ Permanent Adhesive

Scissors & Needle tool

 Step 1

Apply Supertape™  to the bottom edge of pencil as shown in photograph. Open T Shirt strip and press flat against the pencil. Add additional piece of tape over the T Shirt strip and wrap strips over and around flattened portion. Add additional tape and continue wrapping until you reach the top of the pencil. Note: do not cover the eraser portion of the pencil.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Step 2

Wrap the T Shirt strip around the pencil top, tie a knot and trim leaving  only ¼” remaining.

Step 3

 Add a drop of glue to the freshly cut T Shirt end piece. Use the needle tool to tuck the end in between the rows of wrapping. Voila  you are finished!

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Thanks for stopping by.

Lorine