Flower Pencil Craft
Cute, fun Flower Pencil Craft with free printable gift tag makes an easy DIY Teacher Gift idea! Turn the top of a pencil into a flower, place in Mason jars and attach the printable gift tag. It makes the perfect thank you gift idea.
Teachers do so much for our kids, so its so important to show them our appreciation! When the time of year comes around to give them a gift, I always try to make sure that it’s something thoughtful.
This adorable flower pencil craft is a great way to get your kids involved in their teacher’s gifts, while still making sure they’re gifted something practical that they can use.
This combo of a cute homemade craft, chocolate, and a gift card is sure to make any teacher smile! This craft would great as an end of the year gift, a birthday gift, a Christmas gift, or just a way to show your appreciation to the people who invest so much into your kids.
No more plain apples and boring ways to gift a gift card! Homemade teacher gifts like these pencils, or a teacher gift basket, are so much more fun.
Why You’ll Love this Flower Pencil Craft
- This craft only takes about 20 minutes to make! It’s perfect for busy moms or the “oops, I forgot a present” moment!
- Your kids can get involved in making their teacher’s gifts and that makes them extra special and sentimental!
- These adorable cupcake liner flowers makes this cute teacher gift memorable and extra thoughtful!
What You’ll need for these Homemade Teacher Gifts
- Scissors – You can use regular scissors or safety scissors for this craft.
- Washi Tape – I used green washi tape so that the pencils would look like the stem of a flower, but you could use patterned tape or a different color if you’d like.
- Glue Dots – Glue dots are the key to making this craft easy and mess free! You can find these at your local craft store or on the craft aisle at your grocery store.
- Twine – Twine adds a cute, rustic, touch to this cute teacher gift, but you could also use ribbon.
- Hershey Kisses – Be sure to get enough Hershey kisses for however many flower pencil crafts you intend to make.
- Push Pins – I like to use to push pin that have a flat top. They aren’t as visible and are easier to stick a glue dot to.
- Card Holder Flower Pick – These can be found at your local craft store or online.
- Hole Punch – You’ll just need a simple, single hole punch for this craft.
- Cupcake Liners – The cuter the cupcake liners, the better! These will be the “petals” of your flowers.
- Pencils – Bonus points if you ask your child’s teachers what their favorite types of pencils are and you use those in this craft.
- 16 oz Mason Jar – You can buy a bulk package of these Mason jars at stores like Walmart. Or, if you want to save some money, you can often find a lot of mason jars at thrift stores.
- Printable Gift Tags – The adorable gift tags I’ve provided will add the perfect finishing touch to your homemade teacher gift.
How to make this Flower Pencil Craft
WRAP: Take each sharpened pencil and wrap them in washi tape. Leave the eraser and the tip of the pencils uncovered.
CUT: Stack two green cupcake liners on top of each other and the fold it in half. Cut the cupcake liners to create “leaves” for your flower, leaving the center fold still intact. Place a glue dot between the cupcake liners to keep them together.
CREATE: Stack five cupcake liners of the same color on top of each other and fold it in quarters. Cut the outside edge of the liner in a half circle shape to make the cupcake liner look like petals. Unfold the liners and twist each one so that all the petals are facing in different directions. Then, place glue dots between the liners to keep them together.
BUILD: Put a push pin through the center of your cupcake liner flower and then push the pin into the top of the eraser on a pencil. Place a glue dot on top of the push pin and push a Hershey kiss on top to secure it to the center of the flower.
Repeat these steps for all of the cupcake liner flowers until you have enough.
FINISH: Fill a mason jar with shredded paper and Hershey kisses, then place the flowers in to look like a bouquet. Add in a gift card or any other item you would like and put in the flower pick card holder. Lastly, print off a gift tag and attach it to the mason jar with twine.
Do I have to use glue dots on these Homemade Teacher Gifts?
Not necessarily, but it is the least messy option. You could use craft glue or hot glue, just beware that it could get messy and you’ll have to wait for it to dry after each step.
How many flowers should I make for each bouquet?
I would make no less than six cupcake liner flowers per each mason jar bouquet.
Do I have to use Hershey Kisses?
Nope! Any type of wrapped candy that can mimic the center of a flower will work. Wrapped Reeses or Rolos would be cute!
Pro Tips for the Best Flower Pencil Craft
- If you make multiple flower bouquets, write the teachers name in metallic sharpie on the mason jar. Or personalize it by adding their name to the gift tag or somewhere else.
- Want to jazz up your flowers even more? Put a really light layer of glue on the edge or the petals and sprinkle glitter on it. Allow to dry, shake off the excess, and you’ve got glitter flowers!
- Find out each teachers favorite candy and use that instead of Hershey kisses if applicable.
I love creative teacher gifts like these! It’s a way to show that you really care and that you and your children appreciate all the hard work that these teachers put in.
More Flower Crafts You’ll Love
- These easy to make Tissue Paper Flowers are perfect for kids to gift to their mom on Mother’s Day!
- This Tissue Paper Flower Rainbow Craft is so much fun! Perfect for spring.
- Need a good summer craft? Check out this Paper Plate Sunflower Craft.
- These Mother’s Day Color by Number pages have pretty pictures of flowers and other things that the kids can color!
DIY Flower Pencil Craft Gift Idea
Ingredients
- Cupcake liners various colors for the flowers, green for the leaves
- Glue Dots
- Pencils Sharpened
- Push Pins
- Scissors
- Hershey Kisses
- 16 Oz Mason Jars
- Green Paper/Washi Tape
- Shredded paper usually found in gift baskets
- Free Printable Gift Tags
- Hole Punch
- Twine
Instructions
- Wrap the sharpened pencils with green paper tape from just above the point to just below the eraser to look like a stem of a flower.
- Stack two green cupcake liners and fold in half. Using scissors shape folded cupcake liner to look like leaves, with center still attached. See photos above.
- Place a glue dot between the two liners to hold them together.
- Take five of the same color cupcake liners and fold them in quarters. Cut
cupcake liners into the shape of petals. - Unfold liners and rotate so that the petals are going in different directions, use a glue dots to keep them together.
- Place a push pin in the center of the flower and leaves. Push the pin into the end of the eraser.
- Place a glue dot on top of the push pin and secure a Hershey Kiss to the glue dot.
- Repeat steps 1-5 for every flower pencil you choose to make.
- Take a mason jar and fill it with shredded paper and extra Hershey Kisses.
- Arrange flower pencils to look like a bouquet.
- Print off a gift tag, attach with twine to the jar and give as a gift.
Notes
- If you make multiple flower bouquets, write the teachers name in metallic sharpie on the mason jar. Or personalize it by adding their name to the gift tag or somewhere else.
- Want to jazz up your flowers even more? Put a really light layer of glue on the edge or the petals and sprinkle glitter on it. Allow to dry, shake off the excess, and you’ve got glitter flowers!
- Find out each teachers favorite candy and use that instead of Hershey kisses if applicable.
