To the Point: Goodies to Celebrate National Pencil Day!

*Extreme Tom & Donna Voice*

Okay, okay, it’s not Treat Yo Self Day (that’s equally as important), but right now, we’re talking:

Are you as excited as I am? Prolly not. BUT. Still. I hope that as owner of Longhand Pencils, I can get you in the graphite spirit to enjoy this fun day. To celebrate the holiday (and help you survive another day of quarantine), I’ve rounded up this handy — and super fun — list of resources to celebrate the day: great pencil-related movies, books, and goodies.

To Watch:

• No. 2: Story of the Pencil on Amazon
  
• Ted Talk by Caroline Weaver: Why the Pencil is Perfect

To Listen To:

• The Erasable Podcast
  
• Freakonomics podcast episode on pencils

To Read:

• The Pencil Perfect by Caroline Weaver

• Pencils You Should Know by Caroline Weaver

• The Pencil by Allan Ahlberg

• The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance by Henry Petroski

• When Pencil Met Eraser by Karen Kilpatrick and Luis O. Ramos Jr.

To Do:

• Send a snail mail card with these cute letterpress pencil cards from Quick Brown Fox Letterpress.
  
• Bake pencil-shaped sugar cookies like these from @sweetambs.
  
• DIY a pastel, pencil-inspired manicure like this one from @karanailedit.

• Color the exclusive National Pencil Day Doodle from Emily Kim.

• Download and color the printable pencil coloring page from the New York Public Library.

To Craft:

• Sew a quilt with the Pencil Club fabric from Crimson Tate.

• Prep party decorations like Pencil Shaving Cupcake Toppers and Pencil Shaving Garland from Handmade Charlotte.

• Create pencil paper art, like this masterpiece from @heyykristen.

• DIY some jewelry, like this gold pencil necklace.

To Shop:

• Pencil Pusher T-Shirt: Longhand Pencil‘s first non-pencil product! A cute and comfy tee to show off your inner nerd.

• Pencil Sets: Whether you’re into Gilmore Girls, Friends, Parks & Rec, Skam, Brooklyn 99, The Princess Bride, or chick-flicks, I’ve got a set just for you. (Or for your BFF.)

• Pencil enamel pin by City Industry

• The CWPE Pencil Box Quarterly Subscription

Hope you enjoy your National Pencil Day, y’all!