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Friday, October 29, 2010

tin can luminaries

Trick-or-Treaters...we're ready for ya!

I saw these tin can luminaries from Kelly from Sewing In No Mans Land and thought these were a perfect way to welcome Trick-or-Treaters.

Plus...it is a completely free craft. Got to love that. Kind of like most of my decorations here and here :)

One thing that I found was that it was a pain to scrub the glue off the cans when I removed the labels. I just stuck them in the freezer and the glue fell right off. It was a pleasant surprise.

I did this in 10 minutes...so I didn't use a template because I am lazy and didn't want this to be a big project.... and you can tell but I still like them. :)
They don't worry me as much as the paper bag kind and....they were free! Ha aha. Love that.

Thank you Kelly for a great, fast, easy, FREE project!

Have a safe and happy Halloween!

7 comments:

AmyBean said...

I have to make some of these! Gah! I keep just getting rid of cans (DUH, like the two I JUST USED for mandarin oranges for the kids' lunch!) when I should be keeping them for cute projects! What's the matter with me?! :)

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Chrissy said...

What cute idea!!
I will keep that in mind for next year!!
Thanks for sharing!!

nobochi said...

lovely!!! Muy bonito!!!

Mrs. Darnell said...

I love this! I will have to start planning next summer with the cans :)

dana said...

you did them! Oh, I so need to. I guess maybe for Christmas? Could still be cute. Free crafts are the best!

jdavissquared said...

i have some coffee cans waiting around for just this purpose!