Keiki Kraft: Make an apple pen with your child
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Learn how to make a crafty apple pen with your child, courtesy HouseMart Ben Franklin Crafts.
Click here for complete list of materials needed.
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1. Fold the scrap 5” x 5”
cardstock in half and draw a
half heart on the 4 fold. Cut out
a large heart.
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2. Trace a smaller heart on the
inside of the large heart and
cut out. These are your two
patterns for the apple.
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3. Fold the red cardstock in half
and trace the outside of larger
heart. Cut the heart out.
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4. With the red heart still
folded in half, make two 1/4”
snips in the center fold, about
1/2” apart.
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5. Trace the smaller heart
pattern onto the white
cardstock and cut out.
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6. Take the black marker and
draw on “seeds” as shown in the
sample. You can also write a
message if you want.
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7. Slide the pencil through the
slits on the red heart.
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8. Use the double stick tape to
stick the smaller heart with the
seeds over the red heart.
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9. Cut two elongated ovals for
leaves form the green
cardstock.
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10. Punch a hole on one end of
each leaf. Use the marker to write
a message on the leaves if you
want. String the leaves onto the twine or ribbon.
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11. Tie the leaves to the pencil
at the top of the apple. For a finishing touch, make
a worm! Glue the green pom
pom to one end of the chenille
stem. Glue on the two eyes.
Wrap the chenille stem around
pencil.
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