Almost every schoolchild or student has old fountain pens after the end of the school season. So, in order not to throw them away, we recommend making some ideological things out of them that will be useful in the house and in everyday life. Let's look at the options:
Curtains
For ease, we take out the insides and drag a thin line through the inside. Thus, we collect in the form of long or short threads. This invention can be used for all types of curtains from kitchens to hallways. Then we connect each thread to a dense plastic or metal beam. Ready product fasten with screws to the wall.
Attention! In order for the curtains not to get confused, after each insertion, make a plexus, so to speak, a partition strip. You can use beads.
Necklace
In order to make a necklace, you will need to free the inside of the fountain pens from about 10 pcs. Saw carefully into small triple pieces. Paint in any suitable color with special paint in order to achieve one color tone. Then let dry.
Important! If you want to get an even color, then paint in parts: first one, then dry in a standing position, and then the other in the same way. When the parts are ready, take the glue and start gluing 3 pieces together. Then take a beautiful long lace and from the beginning of the first part, pass through the inside to the last. Leave the collection in the middle of the lace. Tie knots on both sides so that they are tightly pressed against the details. Then continue the process, leaving the ends for the strings.
Voltmeter contacts
Replace the contacts with fountain pens. Loosen the body part and insert the old pin for contact. Connect the wires from the voltmeter to the rod insert so that they, in turn, hold the case tightly. For beauty, use the transparent handles.
Take any suitable socket and attach the desired length of wire and plug. Use a plain CD for the stand of the structure. Stick the handles in a standing position along the circular axis, first free them from the rods. Allow to dry well and then continue to glue the next so that the ends of the next row just touch the first. Well, then turn on your imagination. The lamp can come in different shapes.
Important! If you want to get a bright light, then use transparent fountain pens.
A bag
First, sew a bag out of a thick fabric. Then twist the knobs so that only the case remains. Divide the body into three identical pieces. Then, with a hot knitting needle or a heated object, punch holes in each piece from the bottom and top. And, one at a time, attach through the holes to the mold. You can use sewing machine but better sew by hand... A beautiful and bright handbag looks original.
Flower pot
Take any tin can and glue one handle on the outer case. Back up the soil and plant the plant. To add originality, you can decorate with a bow along the bottom.
Take a simple transparent bottle and connect the hole with the cork to the water hose. Next, we make holes in a circle and insert the bodies of empty pens so that we get a hedgehog. We turn on the water and get good watering for the lawn.
Crochet hook
Quite often the handles of crochet hooks break. We suggest replacing the body of the fountain pen with the body freed from the internal parts. And nice and comfortable enough.
Make beautiful simple pen and making it original is easy. The most original ideas that only can occur to you.
To make a beautiful pen, you need to take the pen itself, decor material and glue. You can decorate it by wrapping it with a narrow satin ribbon, attach a flower or a bow made of paper or fabric to the top edge. Get an original designer thing. Such a pen can be an interesting gift made with a soul.
The idea of braiding the handle with multicolored threads using the macrame technique, and if also with original weaving - a chic option for a stylish girl.
You can decorate your pen as you like with any beautiful things, elastic bands, stickers, feathers, rhinestones. Anything you want.
What can be made from a pen
The body of a ballpoint pen can serve as a material for various crafts.
- Can be done original stand for a mobile phone. This will require four to five pens and rubber bands for money. Twist the three handles with an elastic band to form a stable tripod. Screw one or two handles horizontally to the two legs, depending on the thickness of the phone. Set the resulting structure slightly at an angle and place your smartphone on it. It is very convenient to watch videos and hands are free.
- You can make a pen and four simple pencils. From pencils with the help of rubber bands, collect the base in the shape of the letter "T". Attach the old pen along the bottom of the letter. The function of the bowstring will be performed by an elastic band. Old empty rods can be used as arrows. Here is a toy for boys ready.
Many people probably remember the multi-tiered chandeliers with transparent plastic pendants. - The same principle can be done. You will need a plastic circle fixed to the lamp, and a lot of multi-colored transparent cases from the handles. Stationery is fixed in a circle with wire or paper clips. When you turn on the lamp, the lampshade will look like a crystal and diffuse multi-colored light.
How to make a pen with your own hands
How to make a 3D pen with your own hands
This pen can be made with a regular glue gun. First, you need to disassemble it and remove the pushing mechanism, it is better to saw off the lower part of the pistol handle. Then you need to reduce the outlet. You can put a paper clip in there and strap it so that it doesn't fall out. The next step is to attach a mini fan, these are found in different devices and are sold in stores as spare parts. Small crocodiles are attached to the fan wiring, we will use them to connect the battery. Now you need to attach the crown battery to the bottom of the gun. Use plastic ties and glue to secure all parts. That's all - a DIY 3D pen is ready. You can try to draw.
A fountain pen requires the nib itself. You can take turkey or goose, they are large. Paint with dyes in any color you need. It is possible in several colors at once. The feather cover above the base should be removed to make it easier to hold when writing. Using a sharp knife, cut off the lower part of the feather under the cone. It is very hard and you can write with the resulting tip.
You can also use a calligraphic pen. It must be attached to the prepared turkey feather, and the junction must be decorated. Done this way, the writing nib will be more durable.
DIY gel pen
- A gel pen can be made in the same way as a simple one. Any material can be used as a body for the rod. Only insert the gel rod into the manufactured flask.
- The gel pen is an aquarium, a very interesting option and the rod can be changed. For making, you will need a transparent flask with a wooden stopper. We make a hole in the cork according to the size of the gel rod. The cork can be painted if desired. Pour water into the flask and add glycerin. The more glycerin there is, the slower the decor will float inside. Pour into a flask filled with liquid, various sparkles, stars and always foil fish. We insert the rod into the cork and close the flask with it. Handle - the aquarium is ready.
How to make a pen out of paper
A pen made of paper can be of a wide variety of colors. To make it, you will need an A4 sheet and a rod. Cut off part of the sheet at an angle so that when you twist the rod, you get a beveled nose. We take the rod, coat it with glue, when it sticks tightly, we begin to twist it tightly. At the end, coat with glue. You can color the pen as you like. Various patterns can be drawn. Be sure to cover the handle with varnish so that the paper does not rub during use.
The shaft in such a handle will not change. Ended up, make a new pen.
How to make a pencil pen
To create two-in-one pen and pencil, you need a pen, a simple pencil. We disassemble the handle. Cut off half of the pencil, as little as possible. Now you need to insert a piece of pencil into the body of the pen. Naturally, it will not fit there, so you need to cut it off a little with a clerical knife. They put in a pencil and tied it tightly with duct tape. Now we cut the rod from the handle to insert it into place and assemble the handle. Now you do not need to look for a pencil to draw something, you will always have it on the back of the pen with which you write.
Do not throw away the rest of the pencil, it will come in handy next time.
How to make an invisible handle
To make an invisible handle, you need to do it first. Making such ink at home is not difficult. To do this, you need a diluted solution of copper sulfate. It has a slightly bluish tint, if you write something to them, it will not be visible. To read such a letter, you can hold the paper over ammonia.
You will have to write with this ink using a fountain pen, since you will not be able to pour it into the refill. And if someone manages to do this, they will still flow out, because they are very liquid.
Spy ink can also be made from lemon juice; it appears if the letter is heated strongly with an iron.
What to do to make the pen write
If suddenly your pen has stopped writing, and there is still a lot of ink, you need to do the following.
- Disassemble the pen, pull out the writing tip and blow from the other end. Perhaps there were just air bubbles.
- Without disassembling the pen from the end with which you are writing, pull the ink towards you with a suction movement. It also helps a lot and you won't get dirty.
- You can just breathe on the nib, maybe the ink has thickened a little. Warm breath will make them thinner.
- A radical solution is to replace the rod, it could be defective.
Every day, schoolchildren have to write a lot of text, solve examples, and do homework. Of course, this will wear out ballpoint pens and parents will buy new ones. The old ones do not have to be thrown away. Let's think about what can be done from the handle if you have free time and the desire to do something on your own. First, I ask the attention of all the boys.
I have no doubt that in your arsenal there are many different pistols, machine guns, machine guns and other military equipment. But are there any weapons that you made yourself. If not, it's easy to fix with a little time. You can make a crossbow from an old ballpoint pen.
Making a crossbow
Let's start by buying four pencils. It doesn't matter what color, you can be simple. We fasten them in pairs with elastic bands, electrical tape or tape. Take your time, fit the edges evenly. The next step: place pairs of pencils crosswise so that one lies in the center, and the other is offset to one side (like an airplane). Now we have the base of the crossbow with wings. We disassemble the old handle, make a barrel out of the flask. The main requirement for the trunk is that it has the same diameter along its entire length. We attach the barrel to the base of the crossbow. We attach the elastic to the edges of the "wings"; it will act as a bowstring. We install an arrow-rod into the barrel and make the first shot.
Stand for pens
Girls, for you the task is more serious. There are many pens to collect. Using a tube of super glue, we attach the bases of the cones from the ballpoint pens around the perimeter of the small CD, placing them further from the edge by about half a centimeter. You can decorate the outside with beads. It is desirable that they have a variety of shapes, colors and sizes. This will give the product a fun and enjoyable appearance... Having shown imagination, you can make a beautiful author's stand, for example, for pencils or something else.
Cheat sheets
And in the end practical advice about what can be made from a pen, for all schoolchildren: you can make cribs from pens. To do this, it is enough to scribble the necessary formulas, dates or other necessary information on the edges of the pen, which can be successfully used when writing control tests or passing exams. It is best to write on the pen with an awl. If you do not have such a tool, then you can adapt the needle by first wrapping it with threads.
Everyone knows that the accumulation of unnecessary things only litters the apartment and does not give a normal life. But almost every person has a lot of things that could have been thrown away for a long time. A striking example of such items that are no longer needed, but it is a pity to throw them away, are old ballpoint pens. Usually they are set aside in order to subsequently replace the rod with a new one, but they still forget to do this. But few people know that you can make a lot of useful things out of old pens. Let's consider the most popular and attractive options.
Throw it away as unnecessary or apply correctly?
In the last century, no one threw away the written pens. My grandmother carefully collected them all and went to the store to buy new replacement rods. She did not always do this, and as a result, a huge number of empty pens accumulated in our house.
I wondered if it was possible to somehow apply them, and found many interesting options:
- original decoration;
- decor for a table lamp;
- a toy for a child;
- DIY jewelry;
- stand for pencils.
Important! Better if in the arsenal home master there will be many different pens with an ended rod. This will provide an opportunity to be creative and create unique crafts.
In fact, there are quite a few options where you can use this simple object. People do not even think that such a trifle as a body from an old writing instrument can diversify our life.
What can be made of handles for the home?
Crafts lovers will definitely appreciate the various crafts made from old ballpoint pen cases. Female needlewomen can experiment to create unusual and original jewelry, which are suitable even for festive events, if they are made with high quality and with love.
Original decoration
From the casings of old pens, you can easily create attractive home decorations. For example, decorate a clock mechanism with a dial along the contour with multi-colored pens or felt-tip pens, having removed the caps first.
Another option, more complicated, would be the construction of an unusual night light in the form of chaotically assembled handles with transparent bodies. They are assembled into a single structure using dense fishing line. Any form can be.
Through each body from the rod is pulled led strip and plugged into a power supply so that they can flicker in the dark. It is better if the night light is assembled from a large number of identical handles with a transparent body.
Table lamp decor
An original shade for a table lamp can be made from handles matched to each other, which will be fastened together with a wire or glued together with resistant glue. Handles with a transparent or translucent body look attractive. They create a magical shimmer of light in the room.
Each handle is carefully coated with glue and the next body is glued to it, rounding off the structure. In a toga, you should get a round shade, which must be attached to a table lamp. Can be taken as a template plastic bottle or a jar, along the contour of which the handles will be glued. Subsequently, the bank will need to be removed.
The resulting structure needs to be reliablyattach to the table lamp frame using a wire. The light bulb should be inside the structure and flicker through the housings from the handles. This decor looks very original and pleasing to the eye.
Baby toy
For little girls, miniature dolls will be interesting. For this, the head of the future doll is formed from a small ball, covered with cloth, the mouth, eyes and nose are outlined. The old handles will serve as the body of the doll. With the help of dense fishing line, the torso, arms and legs are formed, connecting several old handles together. Hair is formed from threads, and a dress or other clothing is formed from small pieces of fabric. The doll is ready.
DIY Jewelry
Here you can show your maximum imagination. You can simply string the multi-colored caps on the fishing line and create an extraordinary necklace in modern style, or cut the bodies of multi-colored plastic pens into large beads and show your creative thinking: the resulting beads can be alternated by stringing them on a thread or create bright patterns from them.
Important! For lovers of beading, working with such beads will become a new and original activity, thanks to which you can create unusual things and jewelry.
Pencil holder
To make an original stand, you will have to stock up on glue, a thick sheet of cardboard or a small piece of chipboard, as well as a certain number of old ballpoint pens. A bottom is cut out of chipboard or cardboard, it can be round, square - it depends on the desire of the master.
Next, you need to glue the bodies of old handles with reliable glue. They are glued vertically, preferably gluing to each other, so that the structure is stable. Subsequently, the resulting stand can be varnished or left unchanged.
Each housewife can independently dream up about the use of old ballpoint pens. But we can definitely say what to throw away material,so valuable for home crafts, not worth it.
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Take a look into your desk... Surely a couple (or even a dozen) ballpoint, gel, expensive, cheap - in a word, different pens were lying in it.
If so, let's make them useful thing or we will find a worthy use for them!
What a gift pen should look like
A branded auto or fountain pen is a thing that is designed to emphasize the high status of the owner.
The decoration of this gift must be impeccable.
Manufacturing companies release products in packaging boxes or cases, which are enough to tie with a beautiful bow - and the gift is ready to be handed over.
But to many, this will seem a little original, because there are many excellent packaging methods:
- Wrap the box with a handle with wrapping paper. Cut the feathers out of a sheet of a suitable color or thick newspaper.
- If the pen is intended for a person from the writing environment, then the packaging in the form of a book is a 100% hit.
Cut out 3 parts from thick cardboard: a spine and 2 cover sheets. Glue them with small gaps to the material that the book will be wrapped with: textiles, paper, leather. Cut off the excess, leaving allowances that need to be folded onto the cardboard.
- The handle can also be hidden in a tall jar filled to the brim with various sweets. Why them? A writing person thinks a lot and hard, and glucose will help the thought process! Decorate the container itself to your taste. A simple option is ribbons.
- Scroll-shaped packaging is also easy to make. Aged paper looks impressive. Soak the leaves in the tea leaves, dry them. Give the edges a frayed look, and tear in several places. At the end of the finished parchment, make 2 slots (top and bottom) for ribbons or twine, then secure the present. The remaining free space in the scroll will be occupied by the text.
An interesting move is to write a comic decree (you can be inspired by the imperial decrees of Peter I, for example) and leave a place for a signature. When the "king", and also the future owner of the pen, reads the decree, reaching the end of the scroll, he will find the "pen" and put his signature under the direction. This is how you can present a gift to your boss.
- You can also romantically present a pen. To do this, wrap it with a ribbon (satin or lace), and at the end attach a flower made of fabric or even newspaper.
Make a fringe cut along the contour of each feather. Fold the folds neatly down the middle. Then arrange the blanks together, glue them to the wrapper and tie them with twine or woolen thread.
Now select a suitable sized piece of paper for the endpapers and carefully stick it on the inside. On the back flyleaf, attach a box a couple of millimeters smaller than the cover itself. It is better to choose cardboard for her in a yellowish shade - to match the color of the book pages.
The counterfeit book is almost completed. It remains to decorate the cover and provide it with strings. Everything is used: buttons, beads, lace, newspaper clippings. And if the future owner of the pen is working on writing a real book, then decorate the packaging in accordance with the content of the future work. You can present a gift with the words: "Is the pen big, but does it write big books" and wish you fruitful and uninterrupted work.
Surprise for your child
Do you know where to put a pile of unnecessary pens? What can be made from a pen at home? We will tell you and show!
A cute doll for children can be created on the basis of an ordinary ballpoint pen. In this craft, she will act as a torso.
A ping-pong ball is suitable for a doll's head. Punch a hole in the ball and slide it over the handle. The costume can be "sewn" from both fabric and paper using origami technique. If the choice is for a fabric dress, add extra volume to the body by winding cotton wool around it.
As for the hair, the material can also be different. It is cut into strips and glued to the ball.
Hair made of paper does not need to be left straight, it is easy to turn it into curls by winding it on a rod or pulling it off with scissors (depending on the weight of the paper). It remains to finish the face. You can draw it with felt-tip pens or stick on pieces of colored paper.
A more perfect model of the doll is created using the so-called foamiran, a suede-like texture. Its uniqueness lies in its ability to stretch and take any shape when heated.
To create these models, details of clothes and shoes, pieces for tight-fitting the head and body are cut out of plastic suede. This work is laborious, so it is better to start with small details from foamiran. For example, only heads.
The foam ball is covered with a piece of plastic suede, preheated with an iron, all excess is neatly cut off. The workpiece is removed from the ball in order to then put it on the glue. Hair is created. Then they are cut into a fringe, any hairstyle is formed and glued to the head.
To attach the finished doll head to the body, i.e. Handle, wrap a layer of suede around it. The parts of the toy are easy to glue together.
For a dress, cut a piece of fabric, sew it on the sides, pull it off with a thread on top and put it on the handle. You can sew on handles made of foamiran.
When the ability to work in this technique comes, proceed to more complex toys.
Caps as details of a volumetric panel
A mosaic of old fountain pen caps? Why not, you can make any picture in the mosaic technique: a portrait, a landscape, a still life. Print the image you like in the desired format and color on lined paper. Apply the same grid of cells to a cardboard or plywood sheet (base for a picture).
Each color cell on the printout corresponds to a cell on the blank; a cap of the corresponding shade is selected for it.
For the first experiments, it is better to opt for pictures without an abundance of shades, otherwise there will be difficulties with the color selection of the caps.
If the caps are with a stick, it must be cut off. We attach the caps to the lined mesh with glue of a suitable color.
Additional volume is created by using caps of different heights. In the figure, we determine the most convex part of the object (on the apple it is the middle of red) and the flattest (top and bottom). In accordance with this, we distribute the caps on the panel along the height: at the top and bottom - short, and increasing towards the middle, where the highest will be located. The height can be adjusted by simply cutting off the bottom of the cap.
This work can be done with screws too, but the caps will do the job just fine too!
Tip: if the desired shades are not enough, just paint the caps in the desired color!
Useful application of an already useless pen
Convenient and original storage of stationery
What to think of in addition to the classic and already boring delivery:
How many more interesting, good things can you create from a simple pen? As much as fantasy allows! It is possible that the listed ideas will push you to create your own masterpiece, which you will share in the comments.
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