Free teen school craft projects to do to dress up pens, your teen’s locker and much more.
Paper Bookmark – Crafts for Teens
This easy to make bookmark won’t kill your activity budget either. A simple and useful teen craft that can be easily made in groups.
Polymer Clay Pens – Kids Art Class
From Angela Anderson Art Blog: “The kids had so much fun with their ice cream “flavors”. We used colored glass beads for the sprinkles. And when the ink runs out they can just replace them with another ink cartridge.”
Denim Covered Pencil Can
This denim covered can is perfect for holding markers, pens, pencils, scissors or paintbrushes. Use scrap fabric and recycled blue jeans to make this fun pencil holder for your office, craft room, school art room or even a homework desk. A fun recycling project for any age!
Easy Gold Leaf Brushed Clipboards
Load up your new clipboard with art and hang ’em on your walls! Or, if you’re extra fancy, just use these clipboards at work in your office and impress all of your colleagues. Think you’ll give these guys a try? What colors would you use? I had a heck of a time narrowing it down but I think they’d look awesome in a whole rainbow of colors!
Notebook Lined Style Tote School Craft
I sewed the horizontal lines with a machine and hand embroidered the red stripe. I like the look of different textures, but you could also sew the red stripe with a machine if you’d rather. This might be my favorite DIY tote yet! I love the look of sewn designs onto fabric and canvas is a super easy fabric to sew on since it’s stiff and has no stretch.
Notebook Lined Tee Back to School Craft
I had seen these notebook tees around last fall and loved them. Turns out they’re a super easy DIY. See my step by step instructions here. Promise, no freezer stencil or exact-o knife required!
DIY Yarn Pom-Pom Pencils
“These pom pom pencils are stink-en cute, and were a hit when my daughter took some to school. A bunch of girls crowded her and all started asking her to make them one. We may put them together in cellophane bags, with erasers, and some candy and sell them for $2.00 bucks because they are to cute, but do take some time to make.”
Simple basic tutorial video for a basic pencil case, simple sewing with a zipper technique that is easy to follow.
DIY Back to School Desk Organizer
I just don’t know. But every year around the time that we spot the end of summer on the horizon, I get totally pumped to reorganize my desk and all of my junk. So in the spirit of getting the twelve thousand pens and pencils that float around my life all organized, I made this simple DIY back to school desk organizer to inspire us all!
DIY Confetti Pencils
So the other day when I found myself staring blankly at my screen in a dimly lit room, surrounded by blah pencils and boring pens, I decided that even if I’m not inspired by my work, I can definitely be inspired by my stationery! If you want to jazz up your pencils or if you just want to mess around with paint, then grab a paintbrush and let’s get started.
