My family goes through these canisters of sugar-free drink mixes rather quickly, and I always wondered what I could use them for instead of just tossing them. I finally thought of something and quickly went through my stash of crafting supplies and found some things to use with it.
SUPPLIES:
Canister from sugar-free drink mixes (such as Crystal Light)
Decorative paper (premade or make your own)
Adhesives (I used glue dots and a hot glue gun)
Scissors
Fake flowers and greenery
Take the wrapper off of the canister and throw it away. Measure around the canister and along the length and cut your paper to match, making the measurement a little larger for the circumfrence for a slight overlap. Apply glue dots to the two short sides of the paper and line up with edge and glue down then roll the paper around and press to glue the other side.
Pull all the leaves and flowers off the stem and seperate into different piles.
Do any trimming that needs done to make the flowers flush on the back.
Take the glue gun and adhere the greenery around the top of the canister and onto the paper.
Then fill in with the flowers still using the glue gun.
Fill with rulers and you are done. If it seems a little top heavy with the rulers in it, as the canister is very lightweight, fill the bottom of it with a handful of pennies before adding the rulers.
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