Comments on: How can I reuse or recycle … pencil sharpenings?

By: ayesa ghale

ayesa ghale — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 17:22:06 +0000

you could take the sharpings and glue like a circle in piece of paper. When you have done 3 circle, make leaves and stem and you have 3 flowers!!!!!!

By: Mary Anne Enriquez

Mary Anne Enriquez — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:27:17 +0000

Perhaps you could donate them to campers or the boy scouts….they can be used as kindling for starting fires. I donated mine to a nature center who had an outdoor fire building class.

By: Singer1124

Singer1124 — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:38:46 +0000

When I was in 4th grade my 4H group collected pencil shavings and made them into something else that we could use around the school. Unfortunately I forget what it was, can anyone think of something along those lines?

By: emily poyner

emily poyner — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:53:19 +0000

collect a load, add pva to them, mould round a cup. leave to dry, pencil pot. VOILA!!!! :D

By: patricia gibson

patricia gibson — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 06:54:29 +0000

You can create art! I’m a teacher and often we get the children to brush glue on to paper then create patterns with the shavings! Actually did the activity this afternoon!

By: Savannah

Savannah — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:28:10 +0000

I was doing recycling in LA class, and I was sharpening my pencil. I wondered how I could recycle pencil shavings. I researched it, and came across this website. This website is awesome!

By: Bobbie

Bobbie — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:39:55 +0000

I include them in the pet bedding. In this case my pets are chickens. lol!

By: nishita

nishita — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:06:10 +0000

pencil shavings are anyway used as a raw material for particle boards— atleast over here!

otherwise in the context of recycling ive not found a better use of pencil shavings than in aesthetic sensibilities.. where actually the creative possibilities are endless! but i guess the amount of shavings generated aren’t at all proportional to incorporating in creative endeavors- the table top idea- pretty neat i did that with my study table & i have a fixed sharpener at the end of the table so whenever i need to sharpen i sharpen there & save up the shavings under the glass layer– love the effect!

By: nald.eng'g student

nald.eng'g student — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 09:51:24 +0000

were planning to reclycle pencil shavings as a raw material for particleboard

By: Vicky

Vicky — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:59:39 +0000

Take a thick paper, make a photo phrame of it. Put a glue on it and slowelt place pencil sharpening on glued area making, flowers or anything you want! glue it on a vase or make a kind of sculpture-creative work.

By: Polo

Polo — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 10:12:29 +0000

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

By: Zulema

Zulema — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:50:58 +0000

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

By: Delusion

Delusion — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:06:12 +0000

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

By: kassy

kassy — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:22:46 +0000

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!!!!
:)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:43:10 +0000

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

By: Teanah

Teanah — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:19:55 +0000

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

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:21:51 +0000

thanks for the ideas

By: Aneesha

Aneesha — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 13:17:37 +0000

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

By: Katie

Katie — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 10:54:50 +0000

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

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:22:49 +0000

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!

By: Alice

Alice — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:40:38 +0000

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.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 03:24:53 +0000

He’s just thanking us..

By: REYYER

REYYER — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:03:00 +0000

give us ideas not commonts.

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:51:07 +0000

Thanks for the ideas guys

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 04:29:27 +0000

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

By: Sack36

Sack36 — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 18:49:23 +0000

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

By: Amanda Kerik

Amanda Kerik — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 20:38:18 +0000

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.

By: maneuver12

maneuver12 — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 15:09:08 +0000

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?

By: dancing girl

dancing girl — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 09:07:46 +0000

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