We eat a lot of raisins at our house. The PC Organics raisins are my favourite, so we end up with a lot of cans piling up around the house. They're about 4.5 inches high and 4 inches in diameter - perfect for storing small things! But, they're kind of ugly...
Voila - look what scrapbook paper, scotch tape and an hour can do!
I use them as pen jars, to hold scrapbooking supplies, put them by my sewing machine to store fabric scraps and bits of thread, and I even have a few in our craft closet to hold collage supplies.Other ideas:
- barrettes and hair elastics
- crayons or chalk
- stickers
- dinky cars
- coin bank (just slit a hole in the lid)
- squares of notepaper (cut up paper that's been only used on one side)
- candy jar
This post is part of Works-For-Me-Wednesday at We Are THAT Family.
5 comments:
GREAT idea. Is there anything scrapbook paper can't do? :)
And it is a great excuse to use some of that beautiful scrapbooking paper around the house. Some of it is like art!
:)
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I love this!! We are a huge fan of finding other uses for recyclables, and this is perfect!
Thanks for your comment on my blog. LOVE your craft container idea. What a great way to use up fun paper!
You did such a great job on this! They look so pretty. I too, like to find ways to re-use things.
Also, I am doing my first giveaway on my blog if you're interested:
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