Adorable Felt Animal DIY Pencil Toppers

Helping to make school work a bit more fun, these cute felt animal DIY pencil toppers are a great back-to-school accessory!

Super Cute DIY Pencil Toppers for Back to School

Although we may not know what back to school will look like this September, one thing is certain, I’m always looking for ways to keep the kids motivated to do their school work. And maybe even more so since starting distance learning several months ago.

Working from home while staying on top of the kids learning has been a challenge to say the least. If these little animal pencil toppers will encourage them to pick up a pencil and write something (…anything) then I would call that a win!

Other Back to School Crafts:

For more fun and useful back to school crafts, check out these easy personalized binders with Cricut; these souped up school supplies; these felt bird bookmarks and these upcycled pencil case using duck tape.

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Materials Needed:

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• Felt Animal Pencil Topper Pattern
• Felt Sheets in these color combinations:
  • Owl – charcoal, light gray, white, black, orange
  • Frog – dark green, light green, black, white
  • Penguin – black, white, orange
• Fabric scissors
• Hot glue gun and clear glue sticks
• Pencils

How to Make Felt DIY Pencil Toppers:

Start by gathering the supplies needed to make the toppers and print off the animal pencil topper pattern on a 8.5×11 sheet of paper.

Cutting the Owl, Frog and Penguin Pattern:

Place the owl / frog / penguin pattern pieces over top of felt sheets in the color of your choosing. 

Using fabric scissors, cut along the solid lines to cut out the pattern pieces.

Assembling the Owl Felt Pieces:

Preheat the hot glue gun and carefully glue the smaller felt pieces (the owl belly, eyes and beak) to the largest felt owl piece pressing in place.

Apply a bead of glue along the outer edges of the smaller body piece leaving the bottom without glue. Press the prepared owl front piece to the back piece and press in place until the glue sets.

Assembling the Frog Felt Pieces:

Carefully glue the smaller felt pieces (the frog belly and eyes) to the largest felt frog piece pressing in place.

Apply a bead of glue along the outer edges of the smaller body piece leaving the bottom without glue.

Press the prepared frog front piece to the back piece and press in place until the glue sets.

Assembling the Penguin Felt Pieces:

Carefully glue the smaller felt pieces (the penguin belly, eyes and beak) to the largest felt penguin piece pressing in place.

Apply a bead of glue along the outer edges of the smaller body piece leaving the bottom without glue.

Press the prepared penguin front piece to the back piece and press in place until the glue sets.

Insert pencil into the felt animal toppers and enjoy! Which one of these felt animal toppers is your favourite?

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