Back to school Rolo Pencil Tutorial
We are officially back to school. Albeit, it was a slow start. I think the kids had more ‘recess’ then actual teaching time but it was the first day. I wanted to make it a special day for them and I must confess I was not as organised as I like to be and I was hit with a nasty sinus/head cold. I made a special little banner that says School Days on it to decorate with.
Then I decided to make the kids these Rolo Pencils. I had seen them awhile ago online and thought they were too cute. Should have pinned them because I could not find how to make them. I looked up the picture of then and winged it. I thought I’d include pictures of the process encase anyone else would like to make them.
As I was winging it I didn’t take measurements but I think you could guesstimate on it easily enough. 
Items You’ll Need
Rolos (I used 5 rolls of Rolos)
Hershey Kisses
Paper the colour of a pencil and pink for the eraser
Some type of adhesive (I used glue dots)
Scissors regular and crimp
I started with the eraser using a nickel I made a circle and cut it out to stick on the bottom of the Rolo roll. Then I cut a thin strip of pink paper to wrap around the end of the Rolos, but first I peeled back a portion of the wrapper to show the gold foil.
Next I stuck the Hershey’s kiss on the other end.
I then took my yellowish paper and sized up how thick of a strip I would need to cover the rest of the Rolo. I used my crimping scissors on one end to give the effect of a sharpened pencil. I also creased the paper several times to look a little more like a pencil. Finally I wrapped the Rolo in the paper and there you have it.
I wrote their names on them along with Back to School and the kids loved them.
Enjoy!
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Jenny @ I'm a f
Hi Cheryl!
Thanks for your compliments on my WW picture! And thanks for following my blog too, I've returned the favor! 🙂
~ Jenny ( http://www.imafulltimemummy.com/ )
Savannah
Cute! I hope you're feeling better soon!
angela
I'm so glad you visited me….now I have found you!!! This is a great idea. Thanks for sharing 🙂
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Kirsten
These are adorable!! I hope I can remember this for when my son starts school (he still has 2.5 years)! 🙂
Mary
What a super cute idea. Thanks for stopping by my blog and following. I am a new follower 🙂
Julie
What a cute idea. I love making school fun and memorable. Today we had our first real science experiment as junior high students and my kids loved it.
Visiting from Vboks and a new follower.
Julie from Just Jules
http://julesmpg.blogspot.com
Patrick
very good!!!!!