When my granddaughter comes visit, the first thing she wants to do is make some “projects”. The aftermath is not pretty. So, I decided to decorate some recycled cans to use as organizers for crayons, markers, colored pencils, beads and other accessories. Although she wasn’t here when I made these, it would be a great project to do with kids. It doesn’t take much time, is super-cheap and fun! Recycling is an important thing to be teaching those who come after us and if you can make it into a project that makes sense, it will be more likely to sink in.
You can make your own version of washi tape using just the Kool Tak™ Artist Tape! I doodled on the tape for the project shown here, but you can also go crazy with rubber stamps. My tip… use a permanent ink like Staz-On to keep the image from wiping off. Use your Sharpie markers to add a little color to your text.
Materials:
- Kool Tak™ Tape Dispenser Gun & tape
- Kool Tak™ Artist Tape– White, Fluo Yellow, Fluo Orange, and Light Blue
- Kool Tak™ Non-Stick Crafting Sheet
- Head to your recycling bin and find containers that will suit your organizing needs: i.e. soup cans work great for the taller items like colored pencils and markers.
- Measure the width and height of the can and cut a paper strip to wrap around it.
- Apply Kool Tak™ adhesive to the back of the paper strips using the Kool Tak™ Tape Dispenser Gun. The Tape Dispenser gun is a wonderful and cost effective tool to have in your craft studio, but the tapes work without the gun as well.
- Tear off strips of the white Artist Tape and doodle on them using permanent markers. (I used a Sharpie). Color in with colored permanent markers. It would have been a good idea to work on my Non-Stick Crafting Sheet but I didn’t think of it until I had stuck the strips to my desk 🙁
- Position the decorated tape on the can where desired.
- Use other colored tapes to decorate the cans. Fill cans with desired objects and use!
Thanks for stopping by. It was fun to create using just basic supplies I found hanging around the house. Hope you will try it too, especially with your grandkids. They love the time you spend with them!