I have been saving ALL my soup cans and formula cans for months now... because you just never know when you will want one/some for a project. I was down in my craft room, just cleaning up a bit, and re-organizing, when I came across my massive collection.... surely there was a fall craft I could do to use some of these up?!?
And then it came to me... pumpkins!
You will need:
3 different sized cans
shades of orange paint
fake leaves
corks or empty spools for stems
floral wire
craft glue or hot glue gun
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I started by mixing up my paints to get 3 different shades of orange... and throwing on a coat. You can do more than one coat if you want a more solid color... I kind of liked the thin coat look...
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Let paint dry. Then take your floral wire and wrap around a pencil of your paint brush for the curly vines on top of your pumpkin...
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Glue, or stab, your fake leaf to the bottom of your cork...
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Then glue the cork to the top of your can/pumpkin along with the curled wire...
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I finished them off with a few rounds of raffia and am pretty happy with how they turned out!
AN ALTERNATIVE:Instead of using paint, feel free to use layers of scrapbook paper! Pictures coming soon!
Cost: FREE! All items I had on hand!
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8 comments:
Oh my gosh, these are SO STINKIN' CUTE!
I'm always looking at things like this and think, surely there is something I can do with this except throw it away... great idea!
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I love it! I'm featuring you on the 27th :)
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awww, they are too cute! I love how they turned out.
thanks for linking up AND linking back! I appreciate it!
gail
I can't believe how cute those little cans are! What a great idea! jules
I love this! What a cute cute idea.
Super cute idea!
we'll be doing this and making jack-o-lantern faces on them.
The are great! Thanks for sharing ... I've posted a link.
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