Make and Do:
Copy my desk, get yourself an empty tinny of beer, wash it out to get rid of the empty beer can smell. Cut around the very top with a pair of scissors and remove just the top bevel. Make a series of small incisions directly downwards into the can, and fold these flaps over.
Voila, a handy pencil holder 😀 Mine is pinned to the wall, but you could dump some blu-tack in the base to keep it heavy and have it free standing on a desk as well.