8 Smart and Practical School Crafts to Showcase Your Creative Power

Are you looking for some creative inspiration to help you get through the school year? Look no further! We’ll show you some amazing school crafts that will make your life easier and more fun. Whether you’re a student who loves to draw or a teacher looking for some new classroom ideas, these hacks, and art projects are perfect for anyone looking to add some color to their school routine.

1. Tricolor highlighter

You will need:

• Highlighter
• Markers of different colors

How to do it:

• Place one corner of the tip of a highlighter against the tip of a marker of another color.
• Let its ink seep into the highlighter’s tip
• Repeat on the opposite corner using another marker color.

2. Rainbow staples

You will need:

• Stapler with hooks
• Colored markers

How to do it:

• Open the cover of the staple compartment of the stapler.
• Use the markers to draw continuous lines of each color along the entire row of staples.
• Allow the ink to dry before using them.

3. Perfect circles without a compass

You will need:

• Two markers
• Paper

How to do it:

• Take a capped marker and an uncapped one.
• Place the capped marker between your ring and middle fingers, and the uncapped one between the middle and index fingers.
• Press the capped marker firmly against the paper; it will be the center of your circle.
• Then, place the tip of the marker down and start rotating the paper to trace the circle.

4. Emergency tracing paper

You will need:

• Plastic wrap
• Marker

How to do it:

• Place the plastic wrap over the design you want to trace.
• Copy all its lines onto the plastic wrap.
• Carefully remove it and place it on the paper where you want to replicate the design, with the ink side down.

5. Bottle pencil case

You will need:

• Plastic bottle
• Zipper
• Cutter

How to do it:

• About three or four fingers, from the base of the bottle, encircle the bottle with the zipper.
• Secure the zipper in place, making sure not to glue the closure part.
• Allow it to dry completely before opening the zipper and cutting the bottle.
• You can paint or decorate the bottle however you like to add a unique and personalized touch.

6. Spiral notebook

You will need:

• Colored and white sheets
• Spiral hair tie
• Paper punch
• Glue

How to do it:

• Prepare the front cover by gluing three sheets together.
• Repeat the previous step for the back cover.
• Place the filler sheets between both covers.
• Align them well and start punching in a straight line along the left side edge.
• Cut a spiral hair tie and carefully thread it through the holes you previously made.

7. Faux chalkboard cover

You will need:

• Notebook
• Markers
• Adhesive tape
• Black acrylic paint

How to do it:

• Color the cover of your notebook as you like.
• Once you’re done, completely cover it with adhesive tape.
• Paint it with black acrylic paint and let it dry thoroughly.
• Write whatever you want on your new “chalkboard.”

8. Bookmark

You will need:

• Colored card stock

How to do it:

• Cut a square piece of cardstock and fold it along one of its diagonals.
• Place the fold towards you and from the resulting triangle, fold both bottom corners towards the upper corner.
• Unfold, lower one of the faces of the upper corner, and fold it again in the same way as in the previous step
• Tucking the tips inward as if it were a pocket.
• Decorate as you like.

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