Charcoal Pencils

You’ll need an adult to help you with this activity as you’ll need to use flame.

• First, head outside and find some pencil-sized willow twigs and build a small fire.
• Then take an old can or a pan with a lid and pierce two holes in the sides. 
• Peel the willow twigs and cut it to fit into your tin. 
• Put a lid on it, then put it into the fire. 
• After two minutes, you’ll start to see smoke come out the holes. 
• When the smoke stops, remove the tin from the fire and leave it to cool before opening. Inside, you’ll find all natural elder-twig charcoal pencils. 
• Now you can get started on some fun things to draw and create your masterpiece charcoal drawing on paper, bark or stone.