A few years ago, my grandmother purchased a very cute hanging decoration for my classroom (the yellow crayon with my name on it- I did not make this one). I absolutely loved it, but when I changed schools 3 years back, I decided that I wanted to make one that went with my classroom colors. I used the one my grandmother purchased as inspiration for my project. To get started, I knew that I needed a piece of board, paint, and paint pens and twine. I headed to our local Lowe’s. I purchased some Valspar Paint, obviously, I didn’t need an entire can, so I just had them make my colors using the sample size (these were like $3.50/piece). I also used this paint when I made my hanging pendants. I will post about that soon. 🙂 You can have them mix any color you want! I purchased a 2X4X10 piece of non-treated wood (about $3.00).
TIP: Don’t have the tools to cut the board, ask the nice employees to cut it for you. It’s free! I was able to get 2 pencils out of that one board-If you don’t want to cut the angled piece for the pencil tip, you could just buy a picket board. I think those are more expensive. I am about saving money.
TIP: In the very back of the Lowe’s store, in the lumber section, there is discounted wood for as little as $1.71/board.
Tip: you can use twine to staple to the back of the board to hang on the wall or above your door, ***that is what I did***
I then took it home and went to work. I drew out my lines where I wanted the eraser to end, the metal part, and the squiggle tip. Then I just painted each section. Once dried, I used the bottom of a small cup (you could use the medicine to draw my circles. I painted them in. For my name, I used paint pens, any paint pens will work, but I used the //ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&OneJS=1&Operation=GetAdHtml&MarketPlace=US&source=ac&ref=tf_til&ad_type=product_link&tracking_id=sciencematt0a-20&marketplace=amazon®ion=US&placement=B001ANVDMU&asins=B001ANVDMU&linkId=a6b59fcbc130ceae899015060ed50b03&show_border=false&link_opens_in_new_window=false&price_color=333333&title_color=0066C0&bg_color=FFFFFF” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>Posca Paint Pens These pens worked well. I received them as a gift from my mom for Christmas. You can click on the link above and I will also link it below. I liked how it turned out and it looked great outside of my classroom. 
My daughter and I decided to use the extra pencil to make for her teacher at school as a Welcome back gift! Happy Summer and Have a great time crafting!
Final Products! One for my hubbies class and one for Ms. Cierra’s Preschool teacher (back to school surprise)
Science Matters-Creating and Sharing Ideas for your classroom 