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Sesame Street

Sesame Street Pencil Toppers

Dec 19, 201920 min activity
A child uses pencils with Sesame Street Pencil Toppers

Make the back-to-school season a bit more fun with DIY Sesame Street pencil toppers.

Materials

How to Make an Elmo Pencil Topper:

1

Glue two eyes to the top of the red pom-pom.

2

Roll the orange pom-pom between your two fingers to flatten it. You'll want to make an oval for Elmo's nose! Glue the pom-pom in between the eyes.

3

Cut the pipe cleaner in half, and wrap it around your finger to make a curl big enough to fit on a pencil.

4

Glue the pipe cleaner to the bottom of the pom-pom. Wrap the pipe cleaner around the top of a pencil, and you're done!

How to Make an Oscar the Grouch Pencil Topper:

1

Glue two eyes onto the green pom-pom.

2

Take the brown pom-pom and cut it in half. Now pull on the ends of one half so that it becomes loose. Roll it so that it becomes a long piece of brown fluff.

3

Place a dot of glue between Oscar's eyes, then shape his eyebrows! Do this by making a shape like the top of a heart with a point in the center, and slightly arching the brown fluff over the eyes. Add more glue if necessary and trim the ends if the brown fluff is long.

4

Cut the pipe cleaner in half, and wrap it around your finger to make a curl big enough to fit on a pencil.

5

Glue the pipe cleaner to the bottom of the pom-pom. Wrap the pipe cleaner around the top of a pencil, and you're done!

Original craft idea by Deanna, mom to a curious 3-year-old and a well-rounded teen.

Photographs by Karimah Henry.

Activity Type
Craft
Topics
Show: Sesame Street

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