Doctor Who Week #5: Sonic Screwdriver DIY!

 

 It's Make your own Sonic Screwdriver tutorial for

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

 This is a simple project.
I did these with my 8 and 10 year old...kid friendly.

 With removable lids!

You will need:

 Pens.
I use papermate because they are CHEAPO and the ink pulls out from the tip...
which means, I don't throw away all my hard work!
(Walmart: 97 cents for a 10 pack)
Begin by removing the ink and cutting the tab off of the lid.

Fimo or other polymer clay.
this clay bakes to harden...30 minutes at 225*
{how much clay do I need?}
We had brown, teal, pink, silver, black and glow in the dark.
Did we use it all?  No...but the variety is fun!
I need to get me some TARDIS blue!

 A Marble. (simulating the sonics light)

Let's get started!
Here we have the replica of David Tennants (the 10th Doctor)
Sonic Screwdriver and a pen.
(throw in a size reference)

 I taped a square of wax paper down on the table to use as a work mat.

begin with a small ball of clay...twice the size of your marble or so.
Polymer clay softens as the heat from your hands warms it up.
If it feels too hard, just hold it tight in your hand for a few minutes.

 I divided the swirled silver and glow in the dark clay
 and gave some to my son and my daughter...and to me.
Told them to roll it out...into a snake

 then roll it around the pen tube.  At this point you can keep
 it like a spring-like coil or roll gently to smooth it out.

Mark your pen with sharpie where the lid ends.  

This way you can make sure it fits back on.

 For the lid.
I made a tornado shaped coil on the top of the pen lid.

 put a tiny ball of clay inside and pressed it gently with another pen.

 Then I pressed the marble inside and smooshed the
 tornado of clay around it tightly!

Like so.

Or you can build a cage around your marble similar 

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

Here is the size comparison with the replica sonic!  

You can see that by adding clay, the pen looks

 amazingly realistically awesome!

 Here is the pen when you are finished with the clay.
Now, put on a baking sheet.  Lid on the pen and all.
Bake for 30 minutes at 225*
Remove from oven and let cool for at least 15 minutes.

Then you are ready to put the ink back into your pen tube!

And Allons-y!  You have one Bad Wolf of a Sonic Screwdriver Pen!

Here's my finished "replica" pen.

 Now, don't you want to make one???
Here's my 10 year old son's first...yes, we all made at least 2!  :)

 Imagine going back to school with a sonic screwdriver pen...
hardly anyone would know what it was...but they would all think it was awesome!

 

 This was my 3 year olds...until he found out it DOESN'T glow in the dark!

 

My daughter used lots of pink clay!

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

  She sat right down and wrote me a thank you note!

 Yes, happily ever after!

 

And if you aren't a sci-fi doctor Who fan...or Whovian...
image these as a Harry Potter wand or a Star Wars lightsaber!
Endless options.  I must buy more clay!
Such a fun idea for older kid birthday parties!

Come back on Monday for some new diy crafts!

Linking up to THESE parties this week!