Hi all I am posting a day early this week, because tomorrow morning I am heading to the Recycle Santa Fe Art Festival with my sister. It should be a fun trip and I am hoping to get lots of inspiration. I will be posting some pictures of the show on my FB page if you want to follow along.
Last week I wrote about recognizing joy in my life and I am happy to report that I have in fact located it sprinkled here and there through out my days. One of my recent examples is this.........
Drum roll please.
You may be thinking what on earth are social media button sets? Or if you already know what they are you may be thinking that is a crazy thing to be joyful about.
All I can say is that I felt and still feel pretty joyful about the fact that I was able to design them and code them as clickable links for my blog. If you are still wondering what I earth I am taking about you will find this little set of buttons on the side bar at the top of my blog.
I am in the middle of reorganizing a few things on my blog and the main thing about these little buttons is that they save space. So over the next few weeks I hope to get rid of the duplicate links at the the top of my page and insert more useful navagation information.
But let's get on with the crafting and upcycling.
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Upcycled Tin Can Christmas Nesting Dolls
Today's project is perfect to make with your kids. When you are finished you will have 4 cute little nesting dolls, Santa, Mrs Claus, A reindeer and and elf.
Supplies you will need
Printer and printer paper
Free Template below
Scissors
Tape
Glue
4 Cotton Balls
1 Empty 24oz can
1 Empty 15oz can
1 Empty 10oz can
1 Empty 6oz can
Safety can opener
Step 1 - Cook some tasty dinners, wash, remove labels and save your empty cans. Be sure to use the safety can opener that allows you to put the can lid back on top of the can.
Step 2 - Print out the templates below.
Step 3 - Carefully cut out template pieces and assemble according to template instructions.
Step 4 - To finish Santa Hat unroll one cotton ball almost to the end. Cut off small end piece and glue to tip of hat. Gently pull on the remaining piece of cotton until it reaches around the bottom of the hat. Attach with glue. Make two folds in hat and glue to 24oz can lid.
Step 5 - To finish Mrs. Claus. Glue one cotton ball to center of 15oz can lid. Take a second cotton ball and gently pull it into a circular shape to cover the entire lid of the can. Secure it in place with glue. Glue one more cotton ball on top to make a hair bun.
Step 6 - To finish Reindeer. Glue circular cut out to top of 10 oz can lid. Attach the antlers so that they will lay down inside the can lid when the cans are nested.
Step 7 - To finish the Elf. Do not attach the elf's hat to the 6oz can lid as it fits inside the can when the dolls are nested.
Happy Upcycling,
