Here's a brilliant ways to turn boring old, broken and chewed up pens like these...
...into these - totally transformed Pukka Pens!
To make one all you need is a bit of oven bake clay, a skewer and an old pen.
Start by rolling the clay into a ball.
Then push the skewer through the middle of the clay.
Roll the clay into a sausage shape until it's about the same length as the inside of your old pen.
For a stripy tiger effect put some small bits of oven bake clay onto the sausage.

Push the little bits into the clay and keep on rolling.
Keep the sausage of clay flat on a surface and pull the skewer out.
Before you pull the skewer all the way out, close up one end so the pen won't slide out.
Pull the rest of the skewer out. Then transfer the clay to a baking tray and bake it according to the instructions on the packet.
When it's cooked and cooled down you could add a coat of clear varnish.

The easiest way to do this is to put the skewer back in the hole and paint on the varnish.
Push the skewer into some modelling clay and leave it to dry.
You could decorate the pen by sticking on some jewels with PVA glue.
When it's dry slide in the inside of your old pen. And your pukka pen is finished.
You can make other designs by using different shapes of oven baked clay pushed into the side.

Take a look at this dalmatian one.
Or jazz up your pen by adding a flower after the pen has been baked. Pukka!


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