If the upper ends of pencils strike you as boring, then liven them up with these clown pencil toppers. This is a fun craft for kids that doubles as a great birthday party activity and takeaway for guests.

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What you'll need:

How to make it:

1. Cut a small circle out of felt. Make a slit towards the middle only going half way across the circle.
2. Bend the circle into a cone shape that will fit the clown's head. Glue the cone shape together to make a hat, then glue the hat to the top of the clown.
3. Use markers to draw on the eyes and mouth or glue on wiggle eyes.
4. Glue the tiny red pom-pom nose and the larger pom-pom on the hat.
5. Set the clown head down to dry.
6. Use the green chenille stem to create a body that will wind around the pencil with legs. Use the wire cutters to cut the second chenille stem in half. Please have an adult do this!
7. Wind the arms around the pencil to create the hands and arms. Slip the body on the pencil.
8. Add the head by poking the end of the pencils or scissors in the bottom of the head to make a hole for the pencil. Place on the eraser end of the pencil.
9. Let the guest take home their clown at the end of the party.