November 12, 2022

Back to School Pencil Craft for Kids

Get ready for first day of school with this super cute Pencil Craft for kids! This simple, easy-to-make back to school craft is perfect for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergartners, first graders, and 2nd grade students. All you need are a few simple materials to make this first day of school craft.

Pencil Craft

Even though I feel like summer just began, the stores are already filling up with school supplies. It’s time to buy pencils and paper and begin a new school year. To get ready for the new school year, we love to create different first day of school crafts every year. This year, we created this easy-to-make Pencil Craft. This simple back to school crafts preschool, toddler, pre-k, kindergarten, grade 1, and grade 2 students is not only fun to make, but it’s also a great way for young children to practice identifying shapes too. With just a couple simple supplies you can make cute pencil crafts at home or in the classroom at school.

craft sticks, construction paper, paint, glue

Back to School Craft

This easy craft for kindergarteners is a great way to kick off the school year. Whether you are a parent, teacher, or homeschooler, your child will have fun making this yellow craft out of some simple craft supplies you probably already have on hand.

Supplies:

Craft Sticks
Card Stock
Scissors
Glue
Yellow Paint
Paint Brush
Aluminum Foil
Pink Construction Paper
Brown Construction Paper
Black Construction Paper

Pencil Crafts

To begin, the children will paint the craft sticks with the yellow paint.

HINT: If you have a large group of young kids you can always purchase yellow craft sticks to make it easier!

cut out the eraser from pink construction paper, tip should be brown consturction paper in a triangle,

Back to School Crafts Preschool

Next, have children cut a small rectangle out of yellow cardstock or card board that is about two inches wide by four inches long. They will then glue craft sticks to the piece of card stock. We used three jumbo craft sticks but four or five of the regular craft sticks can used instead.

Then they can cut:

large rectangle out of pink construction paper
large triangle out of the brown construction paper
small triangle out of the black construction paper
thin rectangle out of the aluminum foil

First Day of School Craft

Now it’s time to assemble the back to school pencil craft! Children will glue the brown triangle onto one end of the glued craft sticks. They will then glue the black triangle onto the brown triangle for the pencil lead. Next, the children will glue the pink rectangle onto the other end of the glued craft sticks for the pencil eraser. To complete the pencil crafts for preschoolers, they will glue the aluminum foil rectangle onto the pink rectangle.

As an option, children can attach a magnet to the back of their Pencil Crafts for kids and use it to hang their school papers on the refrigerator.

First Day of School Printables

Get ready for the first day of school with your 1st day signs, a fun game, 1st day of school craft, and these cute coloring pages!

First Day of School Signs
Free Printable First Day of Preschool Sign
Back to School BINGO
Celebrate by making a cute, free printable First Day of School Preschool Craft
First Day of School Hat Craft for Kindergartners
Printable Back to School Coloring Pages

Back to School Printables

We have lots of other fun, clever back to school worksheets to help kids get excited about going back to school! Check out these free resources:

School Supplies tracing lines worksheets for 3 year olds
Back to School Lego Challenge First Week of School Activities
Super Cute and Easy Pencil Craft
Crack the Code Back to School Worksheets – addition and subtraction
Pencil themed Fraction Puzzles
Work on phonics and literacy with these adorable Crayon Box CVC Words Activity
Free Hand Washing Printables
Lots of clever Back to School Crafts or these Back to School Crafts ideas
Back to School Pencil Punctuation Activities
Glue Stick rhyming activities

Back to School Activities

School Bus Beginning Sounds First Day of School Activities
Color by Hundreds Chart Back to School Worksheets
Sticky Number Bonds Worksheets
School Bus Letter Matching Game
Glue Stick Number Bonds Worksheets
What Comes Next Back to School Math
Back to School Activity with Crayon Box Letter Matching Puzzles

Cute Crayon Box Craft to work on learning colors
Back to School themed Number Matching Activity
I Spy Colors Crayon Worksheet
Back to School Theme Preschool
School Bus Letter Matching Puzzles – First Day of School Activities
Free Back to School Worksheets Preschool
I Spy Back to School Worksheets
School Supplies Tracing Worksheet
Back to School Color by Number Worksheets
Cute Back to School Activity Count to 20 Clip Cards
Pencil themed Counting Puzzles for Preschoolers
Printable Back to School ABC Games
Back to School Preschool Number Worksheets 1-10
Playdough Counting Mat Bus Activities for Preschoolers
Back to School Printables Bundle

All About Me Graphic Organizer for the 1st day of school
Lego All About Me Worksheet
All About Me Worksheet
Watermelon All About Me Poster
Clever All About Me Puzzle
All About Me Poster Pennants

Beth Gorden

Beth Gorden is the creative multi-tasking creator of 123 Homeschool 4 Me. As a busy homeschooling mother of six, she strives to create hands-on learning activities and worksheets that kids will love to make learning FUN! With over 20 years educating children, she has created over 1 million pages of printables to help teach kids alphabet, math, science, English grammar, history, and so much more! Beth is also the creator of 2 additional sites with even more educational activities and FREE printables – www.kindergartenworksheetsandgames.com and www.preschoolplayandlearn.com. Beth studied at the University of Northwestern where she got a double major to make her effective at teaching children while making education FUN!