Gift pencil

Magic pencil: Abracadabra – The best gifts for the first day of school are hiding in a self-crafted pencil! It is decorated with plenty of good wishes and filled with goodies.

Level of difficulty For ambitious hands

Duration 20

We need:

Colored cardboard

scissors

pencil

ruler

cutter

matching silk paper

satin ribbon 3 mm

letter stamps and ink pad

tesa® Masking Tape for CURVES

tesa® double-sided adhesive tape TRANSPARENT

How we do it:

01Abecedarian bag / Step 1

We need: colored cardboard, scissors, pencil, ruler, cutter, matching silk paper, satin ribbon 3 mm, letter stamps and ink pad, tesa® Masking Tape CURVES 30 mm, tesa® double-sided adhesive tape TRANSPARENT

Cut 17 x 16.5 cm rectangles from the colored cardboard. Using the cutter, carefully mark lines on the upper side, parallel to the 17-cm edge in 3-cm spaces. The remaining 1.5 cm will be used as gluing tab. Now carefully mark a line with the cutter - 4 cm from the 16.5-cm edge.

Apply a strip of tesa® Masking Tape CURVES along this line.

04Abecedarian bag / Step 4

Fold all longitudinal edges backwards.

05Abecedarian bag / Step 5

Now cut out the tips. Mark the center on each section, from top to bottom, cut out pointed tips left and right. Cut off the piece by the gluing tab in a straight line, just below the masking tape.

Apply tesa® double-sided adhesive tape TRANSPARENT on the gluing tab.

Stamp the middle section from the outside.

Peel-off the protective film from the adhesive tape.

Glue the pencil together.

Fold the tips inwards. Wrap small gifts - school supplies and candy - in silk paper (25 x 30 cm) and place them in the gift pencil. Close the ends with the satin ribbon.