(EN) The invention relates to a receptacle for accommodating at least one pencil, comprising an inner space (54) and a first wall element (14, 18, 20, 22) that delimits the inner space. The invention provides that the first wall element (14, 18, 20, 22) has a first connecting section that is located inside the inner space, and at the free end (44, 46, 48, 50) of this connecting section, an end section is to be folded back onto a second element (14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 26) that is adjacent to the first connecting section.