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Your old pencils from colors are ideals to do ecological mischief that allows you to give them a second life as objects decorative, jewelry or artistic crafts. Of course, go ahead that the best way to give them a new use is by lending them to someone who is going to use them in order to avoid having to buy them or, what is the same, cutting down trees.
When it comes to recycling, we have endless possibilities. Depending on how many we have, how new or worn they are, as well as our DIY skill and / or artistic, the result can be very diverse. As is often the case with creative recycling, imagination can help us come up with the perfect idea, although there is always the possibility of being inspired by ideas that others had, such as the ones we suggest in this post, to carry them out as is or to carry them out. ours from them.
Frames and pens
If you have a flat photo frame, better if it is rectangular or square, you can give it a new look by lining it with pencils from colors. To carry it out, you simply need glue, a pencil sharpener, pencils and a saw to cut them into small pieces, which we will later sharpen if necessary or leave with the blunt tip.
These pieces of sharp pencils will serve to cover the surface of the frame, which we will glue once we have fitted, and in the same way we can play with different measures and apply this method to line other objects, such as a box, a pencil, a small mirror or any other surface that we want to see very colorful.
Although the round pencils made of wood such as wax, plastidecor type, those with several sides will allow us to obtain the best result. Thus, the result will be a fun mosaic of colored pencils, very suitable for framing photos of children or, for example, light-hearted snapshots.
Jewelery, art and watches
The charm of the colored pencils makes them perfect to give a childish or nostalgic touch and at the same time fun to any object, from a pencil or photo frame or a painting to a surprising clock, let's say. But not only that, because they can help us make a collage, either whole or by cutting them up or by sharpening them and taking advantage of the remains, which we can use together with other types of materials, such as magazine clippings, popsicle sticks, straws, buttons. clothes, scraps …
Costume jewelery is another interesting field. It sounds crazy, but just by looking at the results it is easy to understand why colored pencils are such a little treasure that we can take advantage of to transform them into original earrings, bracelets or necklaces.
In these cases, the key is to create pieces well uniforms Or just the opposite, to make the difference have its charm by making some tips sharper than others, combining bright colors or perhaps pastels, also playing with different dimensions. In that irregularity will be the grace, but as normally happens in other creations, although it seems spontaneous, nothing is accidental. You have to work on it, and good taste also has a lot to do with it.
Pencil recycling
Finally, a nice way to carry out a recycling as simple as it is attractive is simply taking them out of the drawer or that pencil case to use as decoration. They will look perfect in a pencil (How about doing it with a canned tin or with a glass container?), Without further additions. Whether you use them or not, they will be a beautiful decorative element, which will bring you beautiful childhood memories. And, who knows, at the least expected moment you might reach out and grab one to draw.
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