Stenciled Stationery

What You’ll Need:

• scissors
• construction paper
• crayons
• plain notepaper and envelope
• pencil with eraser
• scrap paper

How to Make It:

1. To make a stencil, cut out a simple shape, such as a heart or moon, from the middle of a small piece of construction paper.

2. Use crayon to color around the opening of the stencil (where you cut out the shape.) Color as hard as you can without ripping the paper.

3. Place the stencil over a piece of plain notepaper or an envelope to be decorated.

4. Press the eraser of a pencil against the crayoned edge of the stencil. Continue pressing as you slide the eraser onto the notepaper. Pick up the eraser, place it against the crayoned edge again, and repeat. Continue pushing color from the stencil to the notepaper, moving around the stencil carefully.

5. Be sure to clean the eraser by rubbing it on scrap paper before using it again or changing colors.