A very crafty Second Grade teacher makes these adorable pencil toppers. They are too cute to use p, so I display them on my windowsill. She also made an amazing interactive Advent calendar for my granddaughter when she was tiny, and her family continues to use it every year.
As an educator, I let the crafting up to my students... I am the least crafty person I know and when I do a craft with the kids...theirs always turn out cuter than mine !