What every Graduate needs.  A Smiley Face Graduation Pencil Topper. 

And because this little guy’s feeling really special, he needed a bow tie.

To make the Smiley Face Pencil Topper you’ll need:

• 2″ Smoothfoam Ball
• Sanding Block or Fine Sandpaper
• Craft Knife
• Yellow and Black Acrylic Paint
• Pencil
• Black Cardstock or Black Chipboard
• Red Twine
• Black Brad
• Black Gingham Ribbon
• Craft Glue

1. Lightly sand ridge from the smoothfoam ball.
2. To make the top of the ball flat, cut a small portion from the top of the ball with a craft knife.
3. Paint the ball with yellow paint.
4. Paint the top portion of ball with black paint and paint on face.
5. Bore a hole into the bottom of the ball big enough to fit the pencil.
6. Using the red twine, make a small tassel.
7. Cut a 2″ square piece of black chipboard.
8. Punch a small hole in center of the chipboard.  Insert ends of the tassel and black brad.
9. Glue Mortarboard onto top of the Smiley Face.  Insert onto pencil
10. Make a small bow tie from black gingham ribbon and glue onto the front of the pencil.

This project was created for and sponsored by Smoothfoam.