Making Cute Pencil Holder from Egg Shell!
Making owls from egg shells
Get wise to these birds made from egg shells.
Pencil holder from eggshell
You need: translucent plastic egg carton,
CD,
toilet roll and torn strips of newspaper and magazine pages
Eggshell
2 translucent plastic egg-carton cups
Toilet roll
Newspaper strips
Magazine pages
CD
Scrap paper – 2.5cm x 4cm
PVA and UHU glue
Pencil
Black marker
Acrylic paint
Brush
Scissors
Piercing tool
Making the owl pencil-holder
1. Gently tap a small hole on the pointed end of an egg with a knife. Empty the contents and rinse the eggshell thoroughly. Leave it to dry completely.
2. Mix one part PVA glue with one part water. Papier mache the whole eggshell, covering the hole, with: (a) one layer of newspaper strips torn into small pieces, (b) another layer of small pieces torn from unprinted newspaper margins and (c) a third layer of small pieces torn from magazine page. Allow to dry.
3. Use the piercing tool to form a hole in the layers of papier mache covering the hole of the eggshell. Widen the hole with a pencil.
4. Cut out the circles of the translucent egg-carton cups. Place the circles with the outside facing up. Draw eyes in the middle with the black marker.
5. Use UHU glue to stick the two circles onto the eggshell, side by side, as eyes. Draw an outline onto the shell following the edges of the circles. Draw a diamond shape below the eyes as the beak for the owl.
6. Cut out a strip from the CD and trim a small diamond piece from it. Glue it to the beak.
7. Draw a teardrop shape on the scrap paper and cut it out as a template for the wing. Place the template by the side of the eye, and trace the outline. Use the black marker to draw and define the outline of the wing. Do the same for the other side of the shell.
8. Tear out small pieces from magazine pages with colours darker and contrasting the papier mached owl. Glue them onto the back, head above the eyes, and wings of the owl. Add a few torn pieces which are
Get wise to these birds made from egg shells.
Pencil holder from eggshell
You need: translucent plastic egg carton,
CD,
toilet roll and torn strips of newspaper and magazine pages
Eggshell
2 translucent plastic egg-carton cups
Toilet roll
Newspaper strips
Magazine pages
CD
Scrap paper – 2.5cm x 4cm
PVA and UHU glue
Pencil
Black marker
Acrylic paint
Brush
Scissors
Piercing tool
Making the owl pencil-holder
1. Gently tap a small hole on the pointed end of an egg with a knife. Empty the contents and rinse the eggshell thoroughly. Leave it to dry completely.
2. Mix one part PVA glue with one part water. Papier mache the whole eggshell, covering the hole, with: (a) one layer of newspaper strips torn into small pieces, (b) another layer of small pieces torn from unprinted newspaper margins and (c) a third layer of small pieces torn from magazine page. Allow to dry.
3. Use the piercing tool to form a hole in the layers of papier mache covering the hole of the eggshell. Widen the hole with a pencil.
4. Cut out the circles of the translucent egg-carton cups. Place the circles with the outside facing up. Draw eyes in the middle with the black marker.
5. Use UHU glue to stick the two circles onto the eggshell, side by side, as eyes. Draw an outline onto the shell following the edges of the circles. Draw a diamond shape below the eyes as the beak for the owl.
6. Cut out a strip from the CD and trim a small diamond piece from it. Glue it to the beak.
7. Draw a teardrop shape on the scrap paper and cut it out as a template for the wing. Place the template by the side of the eye, and trace the outline. Use the black marker to draw and define the outline of the wing. Do the same for the other side of the shell.
8. Tear out small pieces from magazine pages with colours darker and contrasting the papier mached owl. Glue them onto the back, head above the eyes, and wings of the owl. Add a few torn pieces which are