Bastille Day Pen Pot and Pencil Toppers

How to Make

To make the pencil toppers:
1. Cut strips of paper and metallic card that are roughly 8 inches x 3 inches. You will need 3 colours for each topper.
2. Cut small slits into the paper all the way along the long edge.
3. Take two pipe cleaners and twist them together.
4. Stick a star either side at the top.
5. Start wrapping the paper round the pipe cleaner at the top, repeat for other colours.
6. Bend out the fringe slightly.
7. Now take a small piece of pipe cleaner and stick little stars on the ends. Wrap this around the pipe cleaner near the top.
8. Now curl your pipe cleaner around a pencil.

To make the pen pot:
1. Take a tin can and wrap it in a sheet of white card marking with a pencil where to cut.
2. Now carefully wrap little strips of washi tape around the open rim of the can to protect from the sharp edges.
3. Now cut two strips of mirror card in red and blue.
4. Stick these onto your white card to create the French flag and let dry flat.
5. Now using tape and glue wrap this onto your tin can.
6. Create a star in red, white, and blue and stick onto the front.

Top Tip

Make sure the flag is stuck well before wrapping the tin can