♥ Day, Part 2

The candy is ready to deliver in the VALENTINE cans. Zach said he likes M & M candies. Sarah Jo won't open hers, so it is filled with rice! She hasn't opened her Halloween treat because she likes it for a decoration.
Sarah loves owls, so one is for her and one for her sweetheart, Alex. The others will be delivered to Grandma and Grandpa after school tomorrow.

These really are easy to make once you have saved the right kind of fruit cans and opened them on the bottom. I wash and dry them, then spray the tops outside on a nice day-like today-65 degrees!! Fill them with treats, and glue or tape the bottom back on. I've discovered that tape holds them shut just fine and is so much easier than trying to glue them. Cover the cans with paper and decorations and thread ribbon through the pull tab on the top.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Fall Candy Can

I made Sarah one of the pop top candy cans so she could take it back to Denver this afternoon.
I added leaves and buttons to hers and more ribbons on the pull tab. She thought they'd be a good idea for Christmas, but I don't use that much canned food...so most likely this won't be in the stockings.

Trick or Treat

I don't like orange and I don't like Halloween. But I'll do almost anything for my mom. She has three trick-or-treaters that come visit on Halloween and she wants something to give them. The junk in the stores doesn't appeal to me and I'm the shopper, so I told her I'd make something for her.
I'd saved some cans that I opened on the bottom, washed, dried, and sprayed the tops for this project. Bought some candies, papers and a new punch. Filled the cans with candy and glued the bottom back on. There must be a better glue for this, but I just used what I found at home.
That little finger has never been trained to curl in--it was always out there when I took piano lessons and still has a mind of its own to this day!

Here's the new punch purchased with a 40% off coupon!! I always check my email for coupons for Michael's and Hobby Lobby before going to town. We don't get the fliers out here, but I do like a bargain.
Cut the papers and glued on trims and decided to add the scalloped circle to the lid.
I'm sure there are a lot of "extras" I could have put on, like fall leaves, buttons, pumpkins, etc. These will be OK and I'm happy with them.
Here's a much better tutorial that I found at Split Coast Stampers.