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Milk Carton Pencil Holder

Milk Carton Pencil Holder
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Recycle a milk carton to create a place to hold pens, pencils, crayons, paintbrushes and more.

By Micky Carline [Micky is a pre-school daycare assistant.]

What You Need:

  • Safety scissors
  • Pen & ruler
  • PVA Glue (white school glue) & spreader
  • Milk carton
  • Old magazines

Materials needed.

What You Do:

Mark a straight line around the milk carton.

Using safety scissors, cut along the marked line.

Again, using the safety scissors, cut out a selection of pictures that are suitable for your pen tub.

Select your favorite pictures and glue to the milk carton.

To help protect your pictures, you can brush on more PVA glue.

Making a milk carton pencil holder.

Milk Carton Pencil Holder


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