Recycling Soup Cans Part 1: Pencil Holders

You guys. I.LOVE.SOUP.CANS. 

They seriously have become my favorite thing to reuse! There are so many fun things you can do with them so I decided to do a series of tutorials on how to use them. 

For this tutorial, you will need:

scrapbook paper

a paper cutter

recycled soup cans, washed, and paper removed (you can use goo be gone to get off all the sticky stuff)

hot glue gun

pen

The paper I chose is from American Crafts. They are having this huge warehouse sale not too far from my house, and I have to ban myself from going anymore. Anyway, I chose to make three pencil holders so I chose three coordinating papers. 

First you want to measure out where to cut the paper. 

Make a mark where the can hits, then take your paper cutter and cut. 

Now you will have the right width. Now you will use the hot glue gun. Put hot glue on one end of the paper and stick it on the can (easy enough right?!) Make sure you put it on straight not crooked because if its the least bit crooked it will roll up uneven on the can. 

After you have rolled it to the end, glue the end on. 

Of course my daughter had to be right by me. She colored while I crafted. I love how much she likes to color! 

This is how they look when then are done. SO simple, yet functional. Its a perfect way to display all the colors easily for my daughter. You can dress these up with a monogram on the front, some ribbons, twine, etc.. But I just kept it simple. Sometimes less is more, and because I love this paper I felt it was ok to leave them this way. 

And thats IT! Easiest tutorial ever, right?! 

Leave a comment below with a link to one of your recycled can projects. I'd love to see! 

Part two coming soon.. {recycled cans into plant holders}

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