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Keiki Kraft: Make an apple pen with your child

By HouseMart Ben Franklin Crafts

Aug. 1, 2019

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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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