This is a fun back to school craft you can do with your kids! It requires minimal supplies and a very easy setup. It’s a great way to engage in a creative activity with your kids while they tell you all about their first week of school! Or just a fun idea to have on hand for a rainy day.
This craft is cute and can be done with kids of all ages. It is a great way to spark creativity and a must have DIY craft for the new school year ahead.
Let’s get started by gathering our supplies!
Popsicle Stick Crayon Craft Supplies:
- Popsicle Sticks
- Googly Eyes
- Muliti Colors of Paint (To match the construction paper)
- Muliti Colors of Construction Paper (To match the paint)
- Brown Card Stock
- Glue
- Paintbrush
- Black Sharpie
- Scissors
Step One:
Line four popsicle sticks up starting on the corner of your brown cardstock. Taking a pencil or a pen, lightly trace a line down the edge of the stick and about an inch and a half triangle at the top. This will give you your base for the crayon.
Step Two:
Cut out the crayon shaped cardstock with scissors and use this master template to trace and cut out as many popsicle stick crayons that you plan to make. Remember each crayon requires four popsicle sticks.
Step Three:
Choose the color you will be using to make your first popsicle stick friend! Take your colored construction paper and measure out the tip of the crayon using your pen or pencil to lightly trace out the measurements. Cut out this triangular piece. This is going to be the top of your crayon.
Step Four:
Using your glue, glue the popsicle sticks to the front of your brown cardstock. You can do what I did and do just one big squiggly line of glue, or you can make a light line of glue down the back of the popsicle stick and then stick it on the cardstock. You will need four popsicle sticks lined up in a row. Add one small dab of glue at the top for your colored triangle construction paper.
Step Five:
Carefully place the Popsicle sticks and the triangle construction paper on the glue. Wait for the glue to mostly dry.
Step Six:
It’s time to paint! Now keep in mind you can skip this step if you choose to use colored popsicle sticks which they sell at any major store. I chose to paint, this just adds another step and fun element to this craft.
So grab your matching paint and paint the popsicle sticks. You want it to match the construction paper you chose for the tip of your crayon. In my case I chose orange.
Let the paint dry.
Step Seven:
Now for the fun part! You get to add a spark of creativity by giving your popsicle stick crayon a face! What kind of personality do you want he or she to have? Happy, excited, goofy, etc.
First, take your glue and place a light dot on the back of the googly eyes. Place them in the upper center of your creation right next to each other. Next take your black Sharpie and draw on the face. You can add a cute smile and eyelashes, get a creative as you’d like!
What to do with them once complete?
My children and I made a lot of these cute little crayon people and had so much fun creating them. Once complete I thought to myself, “What are we going to do with these now?”
I came up with a few ideas. The first was to add string to the back of them and make a “back to school garland.” We hung it up in their bedroom, it was so cute! The decoration definitely put a fun exciting spark into their back to school jitters. The second idea is to add a magnet on the back and hang on the fridge! Let me know if you come up with any other ideas!
Conclusion:
This craft is a great way to spark your child’s creativity as well as engage in a fun activity together. This Popsicle Stick Crayon Craft has a lot of fun skills for your child to practice, such as gluing and painting. The skill level of the craft is on the easy side and can be accomplished by kids of all ages. Younger children may need help with the preparation of this craft by an adult.
I really hope you enjoy this craft and have as much fun as my family and I did. Let me know in the comments how yours turned out! I wish you a great back to school season!
Have fun creating!
-Jo
