Time for School!

It's the first of the month and that means time for the Mix-A-Kit release at Scrap Matters.  This month has some fresh greens and reds, a touch of blue.  Tanya came up with a really cute school kit for her part of the kit!  I was really happy about this as I'd been wanting to do some back-to-school projects.  PERFECT!!!  So I dug out some templates and went to town.

Pencil case, crayons and box

I knew I wanted to do the crayons for sure, and used Heather Roselli's template for that.  She has a set of easy to follow templates for 8, 16, and 24 count crayons.  My box was a tad bigger than the box of crayons I had, so I cut the top off and cut out a window, then slipped it into my box.  If I wanted to make my own box, I would have been sure to reinforce the template with card stock before cutting.

I have seen many pencil holders out there and can't wait for Halloween to create some rather creative ones.  For this project though, I wanted simple.  Kelligh Ratzlaff is awesome with hybrid templates and has even branched off into cutting files as well.  I used her pencil box set for this.  It's a kit with two templates, one very simple, shown, and another more complicated but made to hold several more pencils.

The box is of my own creation and uses blank coasters.  I purchased a stack of these several years ago and they're great for these kinds of things, mini books.  Very sturdy and white in color so you can really have your way with them.

I will probably add some more parts to this little collection and complete a nice gift for the new teacher this fall.  Until then, here are Tanya's parts of the kit.  It's 53 pieces in all, with several different themes.  Very cute, lots of fun and very versatile.