Ho Ho Ho….it's time for Christmas….Too early you say?
Well, it's never too early to get your handmade goodies in order! I love giving handmade treats as small gifts, but nothing says boring as a plain Tupperware container or a paper plate with saran wrap laid across the top! I love to give mine a little panache…and nothing is swankier than up-cycling these days so if you haven't been collecting interesting containers all year, then you better get cracking!
First I gathered up some goodies to decorate some Pringles Chip containers with.
To begin with I needed to fix one of my Santa hats. Since I buy Christmas embellishments after the season is over…well, sometimes they need a little TLC to look their best. This one lost it's star topper so I rolled a pinch off of a cotton ball and used my Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive to stick it on. I also trimmed off the cords as I won't be using them as tree ornaments.
Next, I measured off some red cardstock to fit around the can using my Helmar Quick Fix Permanent Adhesive Runner to secure it quick and easy. This might go down as one of my least messy projects ever because of the tape runner which just made everything go together smoothly and quickly!
Next I began embellishing with some ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon also using the tape runner to secure everything…did I mention how fast you can create this project?
I did use my Cricut to cut some circles to cover the clear plastic lids and the bottom of the cans, totally optional, but I personally liked the finishing touches and yep, you guessed it, i used my tape runner to adhere these too!
Even the cute little pom pom fringe The Ribbon Resource was applied with the tape runner.
Tip: If your runner goes off the edge like mine did, (because I aimed for the outer edges of the can so that my tape wouldn't show under the fringe since my fringe was tiny), use some baby powder on your finger to deactivate the stick on the tape so when you set the can down it doesn't stick to the counter.
The last step was gluing on the rhinestones for buttons with my Helmar Gemstone Adhesive and then using the Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive to adhere the Santa head to the top of the can.
Now I filled up the cans with some store bought candy for now, but I plan on making some party mix to go inside so if you have any good recipes to share then please link them up!
Only 40 more days until Christmas!
Are you ready?
