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Valentine Craft: Inchworm Pencil Gifts
Published 02.12.2009 | Permanent Link | Comments (3)
Here is a last minute valentine! These silly worms are inching along to wish you a Happy Valentine's Day!
Print the inchworms on thin colored copy paper. Cut out inchworm going clear to the edge of the paper even though the printing stops.
Fold inchworms on the dotted line toward the inside.
Gather the folds and punch at marking at the end. This takes a sharp regular sized hole punch and a strong hand.
Thread worm onto a pencil or pixie stick. Embellish worms with hearts, pom poms and googly eyes.
You can trim around the head to make it more rounded if you like.
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Comments (3):
Michelle said:
These are just perfect! I have some Valentine's Day pencils that I wanted to give away, but I was clueless as to how to decorate them easily and quickly. Thanks!!
Posted on February 12, 2009 12:38
Rebecca said:
These are great! I have a friend with a three year old who comes over quite a lot to my house. He will love these!
Posted on February 12, 2009 12:43
Robin said:
I think these are great! I was wondering, too, if you could have an alternate inch worm in green which says inching along towards spring so that little kids could make/use them to celebrate the first day of Spring?
Posted on February 16, 2009 07:53