Making a Dressed Up Pen Holder for Father's Day

Benetta
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June 6, 2018

Dressed Up Pen Holder for
Father's Day - pens inside the can I found a roll of DC-fix self-adhesive vinyl cover stacked in the back of a drawer. It had a blue and yellow tartan pattern, with small red dots. I thought of using this for a Father's Day gift. I decided to make a pen holder, using an old tin can. The tin can was dressed up to look as if it was wearing a formal shirt and tie.

Total Time: 30 minutes

Yield: one DIY gift for Father's Day

Supplies:

empty tin can
patterned DC-fix self-adhesive vinyl cover
red felt
dark blue felt
three small matching buttons
short pencil
0.5 in wide blue satin ribbon
needle and dark blue thread
quick-drying craft glue (such as Bostik Clear)
standard scissors
pencil sharpener

Steps:

Remove the tin can's label. Wash and clean the can and allow to dry thoroughly. An empty can that contained crushed pineapple works well for this project.

Dressed Up Pen Holder for Father's Day - can cleaned and label removed from can

Measure the distance between the upper and lower lips of the can. Also measure the can's circumference. Draw a strip matching the can's size on the DC-fix. Cut out the DC-fix strip and wrap it around the can, making sure that there are no air pockets that would leave nasty bubbles on the covered can.

Dressed Up Pen Holder for Father's Day - measure and cut self adhesive vinyl and wrap can

Glue a piece of ribbon where the two sides of the DC-fix overlap.

Dressed Up Pen Holder for Father's Day - glue ribbon where overlap occurs

Glue the three buttons to the ribbon.

Dressed Up Pen Holder for Father's Day - glue the buttons to the ribbon

Cut a 0.6" wide rectangle from the red felt that would wrap 2/3s around the can and glue it to the top of the can. This will be the collar back of the shirt.

Dressed Up Pen Holder for Father's Day - glue on red felt collar back

Cut two triangles from the red felt and glue them to the can to finish the collar.

Dressed Up Pen Holder for Father's Day - cut and glue on two felt triangles to finish the collar

Cut a pocket from the red felt and glue it to the can. Do not glue it down completely ~ add glue to the sides and bottom, but do not add glue to the top of the pocket.

Dressed Up Pen Holder for Father's Day - glue felt pocket on sides and bottom, leaving top open

If necessary, use the pencil sharpener to further shorten the pencil. Glue the pencil to the pocket.

Dressed Up Pen Holder for Father's Day - place pencil in pocket

Cut two small red felt strips and glue them on the sides of the pocket to add a neat finish to the pocket.

Dressed Up Pen Holder for Father's Day - closeup of two felt strips glued to sides of pocket

Cut a tie and small circle from the blue felt. Add a zig-zag fold to the top of the tie and use the needle and thread to secure. Wrap the small blue felt circle around the tie and use the needle and thread to secure. When finished, it must look as if the tie has been knotted.

Dressed Up Pen Holder for Father's Day - cut out circle and tie from felt

Dressed Up Pen Holder for Father's Day - sewing zig zag fold at the top of the tie

Dressed Up Pen Holder for Father's Day - cover with circle and sew in place

Glue the tie in place and voila!

Dressed Up Pen Holder for Father's Day - glue finished tie in place

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