Some interesting ideas for using old ballpoint pens

Everyone knows that the accumulation of unnecessary things only litter the apartment and does not allow a normal life. But almost every person has many things that could have been thrown away for a long time. A vivid 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 postponed to subsequently replace the rod with a new one, but they forget to do so. But few people know that from old pens you can make a lot of useful things. Consider the most popular and attractive options.

Throw out as unnecessary or apply correctly?

In the last century, no one threw out their scribbled pens. My grandmother carefully collected them all and went to the store to buy new rods for a shift. She did not always do this, and as a result, a huge number of empty pens accumulated in our house.

I became interested in whether it is possible to apply them somehow, and I found many interesting options:

• original decoration;
• decor for a table lamp;
• toy for the child;
• do-it-yourself jewelry;
• stand for pencils.

Important! It is better if in the arsenal of the home master there will be many different pens with a ended rod. This will provide an opportunity to be creative and create unique crafts.

In fact, there are a lot of options where you can use this simple item. People don’t even think that such a trifle as a case from an old writing instrument can diversify our life.

What can be made from pens for home?

Fans of tinkering will surely appreciate various crafts from the cases of old ballpoint pens. Female needlewomen can experiment by creating unusual and original jewelry that is suitable even for festive events if they are made with high quality and with love.

Original decoration

From the cases of old pens you can easily create attractive home decorations. For example, decorate the clockwork with a dial along the contour with multi-colored handles or felt-tip pens, having removed the caps first.

Another option, more complex, will be the construction of an unusual nightlight in the form of randomly assembled pens with transparent cases. They are assembled into a single structure using a dense fishing line. The form can be any.

An LED strip is pulled through each housing from the rod and connected to the power supply so that they can flicker in the dark. It is better if the nightlight is assembled from a large number of identical pens with a transparent case.

Table lamp decor

The original lampshade for a table lamp can be made of handles selected to each other, which will be fastened together by wire or glued with a stable adhesive. Handles with a transparent or translucent body look attractive. They create a magical flicker of light in the room.

Each handle is carefully coated with glue and another body is glued to it, rounding the structure. In the toga, you should get a round shade that needs to be attached to a table lamp. You can take a plastic bottle or a can as a template, along the contour of which the handles will be glued. Subsequently, the bank will need to be removed.

The resulting design must be reliably attach to the table lamp frame using wire. The bulb should be inside the structure and flicker through the housing from the handles. This decor looks very original and pleasing to the eye.

Toy for baby

For little girls, miniature dolls will be interesting. To do this, form the head of the future doll from a small ball, fit it with fabric, draw out the mouth, eyes and nose. Old pens will serve as the body of the doll. With the help of a dense fishing line, the body, arms and legs are formed, connecting several old handles together. Hair is formed from threads, and a dress or other clothes are made from small sections of fabric. The doll is ready.

DIY jewelry

Here you can show maximum imagination. You can simply string multi-colored caps on a fishing line and create an unusual necklace in a modern style, or cut the body of multi-colored pens from plastic on large beads and show your creative thinking: the obtained beads can be alternated by stringing on a thread or creating bright ones from them patterns.

Important! For lovers of beadwork, working with such beads will become a new original activity, thanks to which you can create unusual things and jewelry.

Pencil holder

To make an original stand, you have to stock up with glue, a thick sheet of cardboard or a small piece of chipboard, as well as a certain amount of old ballpoint pens. The 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 it with reliable glue to the body of the old handles. They are glued vertically, preferably also gluing together, so that the structure is stable. Subsequently, the resulting stand can be varnished or left unchanged.

Each housewife can independently dream up on the use of old ballpoint pens. But we can definitely say that throw material, so valuable for home crafts, not worth it.