Crayon Shape Craft
This crayon shape craft is a fun way to turn basic shapes into a colorful back to school crayon.
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Materials
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Crayon Shape Template
Instructions
- Print the template and gather the materials for this fun activity.
- Begin by gluing the eye pieces onto the wrapper, just below the eyebrows.
- Glue the rectangular top of the crayon piece across the top and back of the wrapper.
- Glue the triangular tip behind the top of the wrapper so the point sticks out at the top.
- Finally, glue the rectangular bottom of crayon piece to the bottom and back of the wrapper.