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Milk Carton Pen Pot

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Students use a milk carton to create a pen pot. They decorate their milk carton in a creative fashion with pictures from old magazines. They put glue on after they are finished to help protect it.

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2nd - 5th
Subjects
Visual & Performing Arts
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