I took two $2 candlesticks and two $2 jars from the dollarstore.
Spray painted the lids and the candlesticks with a brushed bronzed paint.
Glued the jars with Gorilla Glue to the candlesticks.
And made some pretty cool looking candy dishes!
I've been seeing versions of these on a few different blogs and they looked pretty easy to make so I thought I would give it a try. I've even seen people use old pickle jars for the containers. I've never spray painted anything before and I've never used Gorilla Glue but I think I may become addicted to spray painting and gluing things together.
The things I learned from this project are:
- wear gloves when you spray paint (duh!)
- believe the glue container when it says it triples in size as it drys and to only use a small amount (I got nervous and added more than I needed and I had to pick off the extra this morning because it was all goopy)
- for $8 (not including the glue or paint) I have some custom candy dishes! Sweet!
- I think these could make some really nice gifts. Imagine them filled with bath stuff or filling it with stickers/erasers, etc. and giving it for a teacher's gift.
Oh boy, I have lots of ideas running through my head now!
What ideas can you think of?
You've done it again!!! Crafty Krista!! I really like them. I'll be expecting mine for x-mas!! LOL!
ReplyDeleteThey are super nice and would look great on my mantel!