Schools Out...

Are you wondering what to give the teachers? I LOVE this pencil flower pot... homemade and beautiful! Your kids will have a fun time making it and their teachers will have a fun time using it!

CRAFT MATERIALS:
	Pencil
	Hair scrunchies (or fake flowers)
	Craft foam leaves
	Craft scissors
	Hole punch
	Clay pot
	Black beans
Time needed: Under 1 Hour

1. For each blossom, wrap 1 or 2 colorful hair scrunchies (or fake flowers) around the top of a pencil. Next, cut out a pair of green craft foam leaves, using craft scissors to create a scalloped edge. Lightly etch leaf vein lines in the foam with the tip of a toothpick. Using a hole punch, make a hole in the base of each leaf.
2. Then slide the leaves onto the pencil so they rest right beneath the flower. You can even attach a "silk" butterfly (sold at craft stores) to the blossom.
3. Finally, plant the finished flowers in a clay pot filled with dried black beans (if beans fall through the hole in the bottom of the pot, just tape over it).

{via familyfun.com}