Gather all supplies. To create the notebook paper, line up ten jumbo craft sticks on your work surface. Using scissors, trim additional jumbo craft sticks to the width of the notebook paper and attach with a glue gun and glue sticks.

TIP: You can use liquid craft glue for this project, but you will have to wait for it to dry.

Basecoat the notebook paper with white acrylic craft paint. Let dry, and apply a second coat, if necessary. Use washable markers, crayon, or even colored pencil to color the craft sticks.

Cut a point into the end of a jumbo craft stick with scissors to create a pencil shape.

Basecoat the pencil with black, gold, pink and silver acrylic craft paint. Let dry, and apply a second coat, if necessary.

Draw horizontal lines with a blue marker at the nine intersections of where the jumbo craft sticks meet.

Draw one vertical line with a red marker on the left-hand side of the notebook paper. Use a ruler as your guide.

Basecoat one wooden star with yellow acrylic craft paint, and let dry. Draw a #1 on the star with a black marker.

Attach the star to the top and the pencil to the bottom of the notebook paper with a glue gun and glue sticks.

Print the words FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL with a black marker on the pencil. Draw three holes on the left-hand side of the notebook paper with a black marker.

Attach a mini wooden clothespin to the top center of the notebook paper with a glue gun and glue sticks. This will hold your child’s photo.