√ Doctor Who Calendar Week #5: Sonic Screwdriver Diy!

Doctor Who Calendar Week #5: Sonic Screwdriver Diy!

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Why haven't I done this sooner???
Sonic Screwdriver Pens!

This is a uncomplicated project.
I did these amongst my 8 in addition to 10 twelvemonth old...kid friendly.

With removable lids!

You volition need:

Pens.
I purpose papermate because they are CHEAPO in addition to the ink pulls out from the tip...
which means, I don't throw away all my difficult work!
(Walmart: 97 cents for a 10 pack)
Begin past times removing the ink in addition to cutting the tab off of the lid.

Fimo or other polymer clay.
this clay bakes to harden...30 minutes at 225*
{how much clay practise I need?}
We had brown, teal, pink, silver, dark in addition to glow inward the dark.
Did nosotros purpose it all? No...but the diversity is fun!
I require to larn me some TARDIS blue!

A Marble. (simulating the sonics light)

Let's larn started!
Here nosotros convey the replica of David Tennants (the tenth Doctor)
Sonic Screwdriver in addition to a pen.
(throw inward a size reference)

I taped a foursquare of wax newspaper downwards on the tabular array to purpose every bit a run mat.

start amongst a little ball of clay...twice the size of your marble or so.
Polymer clay softens every bit the estrus from your hands warms it up.
If it feels likewise hard, simply concur it tight inward your manus for a few minutes.

I divided the swirled silvery in addition to glow inward the night clay
and gave some to my boy in addition to my daughter...and to me.
Told them to wrap it out...into a snake

then wrap it some the pen tube. At this betoken you lot tin keep
it similar a spring-like curlicue or wrap gently to smoothen it out.

Mark your pen amongst sharpie where the lid ends.

This way you lot tin brand certain it fits dorsum on.

For the lid.
I made a tornado shaped curlicue on the hand of the pen lid.

put a tiny ball of clay within in addition to pressed it gently amongst some other pen.

Then I pressed the marble within in addition to smooshed the
tornado of clay some it tightly!

Like so.

Or you lot tin build a cage some your marble similar

to Matt Smith's (the 11th Doctor) sonic.

Here is the size comparing amongst the replica sonic!

You tin run into that past times adding clay, the pen looks

amazingly realistically awesome!

Here is the pen when you lot are finished amongst the clay.
Now, pose on a baking sheet. Lid on the pen in addition to all.
Bake for thirty minutes at 225*
Remove from oven in addition to allow cool for at to the lowest degree xv minutes.

Then you lot are develop to pose the ink dorsum into your pen tube!

And Allons-y! You convey i Bad Wolf of a Sonic Screwdriver Pen!

Here's my finished "replica" pen.

Now, don't you lot desire to brand one???
Here's my 10 twelvemonth former son's first...yes, nosotros all made at to the lowest degree 2! :)

Imagine going dorsum to schoolhouse amongst a sonic screwdriver pen...
hardly anyone would know what it was...but they would all retrieve it was awesome!

This was my three twelvemonth olds...until he constitute out it DOESN'T glow inward the dark!

My missy used lots of pinkish clay!

She's an Rose Tyler/Amy Pond variety of gal!

She sat correct downwards in addition to wrote me a give thank you lot you note!

Yes, happily e'er after!

And if you lot aren't a sci-fi Dr. Who fan...or Whovian...
picture these every bit a Harry Potter wand or a Star Wars lightsaber!
Endless options. I must purchase to a greater extent than clay!
Such a fun thought for older modest birthday parties!

Come dorsum on Mon for some novel diy crafts!

Linking upwards to THESE parties this week!

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