In honor of Dr. Seuss’s Birthday today we did a kids’ craft and made some “Thing” pencils. When I was little I think they were called ‘Worry Pencils.’
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Do you remember them and what they were called? You smooth out the hair and then you quickly roll the pencil between your hands and the hair flairs out. Just like “Thing 1” and “Thing 2’s” hair does when behaving mischievously.
That’s why I thought they would be perfect to go along with the ‘Thing’ in the Dr. Seuss book. Since “The Cat In a Hat” is a popular story on ‘Read Across America Day’ it really does make a great Dr. Seuss activity.
Supplies Needed for this DIY Pencil Seuss craft
To make these adorable pencils that kids will love you need the following supplies. (This section contains affiliate links.)
- standard pencils red on the outside if possible (the number is dependent on how many pencils you make)
- light blue faux fur or white (you can choose another color if you like and make it your way)
- 6 mm wiggly or googly eyes
- fabric scissor
- low temp hot glue gun
- low temp glue sticks
I looked everywhere locally for blue fur and the best I could do was this scarf from the $$ store. I easily found the white fur at JoAnn’s. Later I found baby blue faux fur online.
How To make ‘Thing’ Pencils
This super easy craft takes about 15 minutes to make. It’s so easy you will be have time to read your favorite Dr. Seuss book after you finish. Will it be “The Cat in the Hat” or perhaps “Horton Hears a Who?”
I cut a piece of fur about 2″ X 4″. When cutting, make sure you only cut the back of the fabric, this will allow the fur to remain long. Using a low temp glue gun (so kids can help with supervision) hot glue the fur to the pencil.
Roll the fur around the pencil and fasten off at the bottom with a dot of hot glue. Next, add some wiggly eyes, and the ‘Thing’ is finished! Look how similar they are to a ‘Thing’ with the crazy hair pencil topper and red body.
Roll quickly between your hands to give the ‘Thing’ a wild do!
Here’s an idea for a ‘cat in The Hat’ sweet treat
If you would like a sweet treat to celebrate. Becky H. sent me these pictures of the Cat in the Hat cupcakes she made for Dr. Seuss Day. You’ll find this ‘Cat in the Hat’ craft simple to replicate.
She said, “I used a mini cupcake for the head, but you could also use a doughnut hole. The hat is a marshmallow glued on with frosting. The eyes and nose are M&M’s. The whiskers and hat stripes are just frosting that I tinted and piped on. The original called for twizler type candy, but I had a hard time getting it to curl around the hat and stay there even with gobs of frosting, so the piping was much easier for me.”
Don’t forget to whip up some Oobleck and make a cool Cat in the Hat hat! You can also check out these other Dr. Seuss-themed craft ideas taken straight from his books. We love celebrating Dr. Seuss Birthday! Check us out eating green eggs and ham.
More Pencil Crafts
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LOVE EM!
I remember these too!! I think we did call them worry dolls! What fun!!
I really like your blog! I miss my kids being little, I used to love making stuff like this with them but they are 17 and 19 now!
OMG! How cute! I have a friend who needs to see those cupcakes! Awesome!
I totally love your thing pencils – great idea!
Those pencils are great!
Too cute! I love Thing 1 and Thing 2 … so cute, and naughty too!
Adorable – especially the blue one!
Love it! I remember having pencils like that as a kid – my son would LOVE these!
Really cute. I especially like the blue ones.
Love the Dr. Seuss stuff. I sent it to my family! Go check my latest entry and then go to her site. I put you as a favorite bc you rock! Hope you are having a great Monday!
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that is so adorable!! will have to do these next year
too much! very very cute! my jk would eat the fuzz…stilly kid!
I LOVE your pencils and think I’ll whip some up for my children right now! My kids school is having a Dr. Seuss week. Today is Green Eggs and Ham day. They had to wear green for it. This proved to be interesting because it’s also PE day for one daughter and her PE shoes are pink! She didn’t care, though! Thanks for a quick and easy idea!
Rebecca
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Wonderful! I remember these, I loved these. I’m going to the craft store today anyway, and some fur will be coming home with me. (I know I’ve got some eyes somewhere….)