Turn your plain pencils into forest friends with these easy felt animal pencil toppers. You can make a fox, a cardinal, a bear, a deer, a raccoon, or any animal you want. They’re great company while you do homework, and they make fun gifts, too.
Materials
Supplies:
- Felt sheets in assorted colors (brown, orange, white, gray, black)
- Googly eyes
- Craft glue (white glue or a glue stick)
Tools:
- Scissors (grownup help needed for younger kids)
- Black marker
- Pencils
Don’t have felt? Construction paper works, too. Use tape instead of glue to hold the pieces together. You can also cut shapes from old fabric scraps.
Steps
- Pick your animal. Decide which forest animal you want to make. A fox, cardinal, bear, raccoon, or deer are all great choices.
- Cut two head shapes. Cut two matching circles (or ovals, depending on your animal) from felt. Make them big enough to fit on top of a pencil.
- Glue the edges. Put glue around the outer edge of one circle, but leave the bottom open. That’s where your pencil will go.
- Press the pieces together. Place the second circle on top and press the edges together. Let the glue dry.
- Cut out ears and features. Cut small shapes from felt to make ears, a snout, a beak, or any other features your animal needs. Glue them in place.
- Add eyes. Glue on googly eyes.
- Draw the details. Use the black marker to add a mouth, whiskers, nose, or any other finishing touches.
- Slide in your pencil. Once everything is dry, push a pencil up through the opening at the bottom. Your animal is ready to sit on top.
Grownup help needed: Younger kids (ages 4-6) may need help cutting small felt pieces for ears and facial features.
