If you had a pile you could use them as kindling in a wood fire or stove. I mean the wood pencils.

Great to see other people thinking about this. My fifth-grade students and I were wondering about recycling or reusing pencil shavings just last week. The volume we generate is actually quite large, given that our district educates thousands of students. We’d love to discover a good application for pencil shavings that would otherwise end up in a landfill. Anybody else have thoughts on this topic?

You could grind them up and make very rudimentary paper.

Mixed with wax they’re fire-starters.

Compost?

I wonder about the chemicals in the paint, however.

Find a pottery studio and give it to them. It’d make quite interesting raku.

I use the pencil shavings I accumulate in my compost, and in the garden for mulch.

Thanks for the ideas guys

give us ideas not commonts.

He’s just thanking us..

if it was only ideas that were supposed to be given it would say “post idea” but it says “post comment”

A very long time ago I saw roses made from the shavings. I am not sure what was put on the shaving to make them durable, but they were very pretty.

For the artsy type:

Get a glass table and a piece of glass the same size as the tabletop. Place the shavings on the table top, then place the glass sheet on top of the table. Voila!

I use them as Pot pouri, Just pore over them with old perfume or oils.

cud u tell me how pencil shavings can be useful in raku ware………….and plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ppl I’ve got this project in Environmentl Education where the topic is waste generated by class I and II students. I surveyed and found that most of it consists of pencil shavings I need u to suggest how I can take this project further

thanks for the ideas

Or a business out of making jewelry out of it like this woman. http://www.victoriamason.com/

well…im doing a pretty important essay on pencil shavings. what are a few good sub-topics about pencil shavings. Oh, and im in grade 7, i dont think this essay is my grade level. What do you think. PLEASE??? any suggestions. Its due. Friday and today is wendsday…PLEASE< PLEASE< PLEASE!!!!
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When I did weird essays like that I would pull the usual “to understand pencil shavings, we must first study the pencil” and then go into detail about the pencil and its history etc :P

good luck on your essay

i have always wanted to know if i can recycle or reuse in some way a pencil i have a box full of then i really want to help out our earth

Can i recycle pencil perings pppppplzzzzzz tel me i’v got it for homework so pleas help me:)plz:)