Great Cans

Every week I think I am going to be ready for Trash to Treasure Tuesdays with Kimm @ Reinvented. Yet every Tuesday seems to come a little faster than the last and I am caught of guard. Next week I will have a piece of furniture ready to go. This week is a fun activity for the family using soup cans.

All you will need is:

Empty clean aluminum cans

Hammer

Nail

Water

Fill your cans with water and freeze over night. The ice will give you cans needed strength.

Place cans on their side on top of towels. Punch holes into cans using your nail and hammer. You can plan a design or use a random approach. You would like a lantern look, punch two holes across from one another at the top and add a wire handle.

Place cans upside down outside or inside your kitchen sink. You can run hot water over them is you are in a hurry.

Once they are dry you are good to go. They are great for camping or a beautiful center piece for a great summer meal.

I think we all know by now that I am not photographer and my camera is a bit outdated.

Another great way to use your trash.

Trash to Treasure

Hello my Bleeps! I hope all is well in your world. Trash to
Treasure Tuesday with Kimm @ Reinvented came quicker than last week. I am fairly sure our weeks are getting shorter. In fact I don't think I got a Saturday last week. If you haven't joined up with Kimm yet, it's about time.

You probably think I am obsessed with cans by now. I am a little. They are well made and meant to be around for a long time. I feel responsible to use them in as many ways as I can. I was inspired by a friend to find an affordable way to share flowers with our friends and family who have passed on before us this coming Memorial Day. Flowers in a can is nothing new. I just tried to make it a little lovelier.

I used:
Soup cans, emptied and washed
Vinyl (I bought mine at Wal Mart, it was only 50 cents for about 1/8 of a yard)
Potting soil, $3
Pony Pack of flower, $2.25
Ribbon, raffia, thin rope or yarn (use something that can withstand water)
Bottle opener or hammer and nail
Double sided sticky tape or glue
Pinking shear if you have them( it gives them a finished look)


Poke holes in the bottom of the cans if using potting plants. If you are lucky enough to have stem flower in your yard or lilacs, do not puncture cans. Note: you will need to use a nail and hammer on pop top cans. Their bottoms don't allow for the use of a bottle opener.




Keep cans on a paper plate or fill with soil outside to prevent a mess. Plant flower. Wrap a strip of vinyl or cut up outdoor table cloth around can. Secure with tape or glue. Tie ribbon around can.

You can paint the can if you want. Any size can will work depending on size of annual used.

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