Category: Artificial

Floral Coffee Can

2/21/2022

One of the last projects I did before changing jobs at the library, was this floral coffee can! I had been saving coffee cans like crazy for not specific purpose other than the fact that I knew I could use them somehow! I had also received a donation of artificial pine branches from an old Christmas tree and had a tonnnnnn to use! It was my goal to use some of these up before I left and I think I barely made a dent even though I had 20 people and each person got 5 branches! Wow! I also used up some random Christmas/winter floral decorations that I found in a box for this because, why not! It really jazzed up the cans!

1. Wrap the can with whatever you would like. I chose yarn because we had a bunch! And it would give it a nice soft look! I added some hot glue at the beginning to make it stick and began wrapping around and around and added glue every so often to make sure it would all stay secure!

2. After wrapping the can in the yarn I chose to add a thick, sparkly, holiday ribbon for some added design!

3. I didn't like how stiff and square the pine branches looked. I wanted them to look more "natural" and changed their look by just trimming away pieces (veryyyy messy!). This was the exact look I was going for!

4. I thought that I would need floral foam for the artificial pieces but there ended up being so many pieces that they all kind of stood up on their own the way I wanted!

5. Lastly, I added a small strand of battery operated fairy lights and a white sparkly snowflake to the front to finish it off!

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Yarn Bouquet aka Pom Pom Flowers

5/17/2021

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Are you looking for something cute and fun for these summer days ahead? Really this craft can be done for any season or holiday, let's be honest, but I think they are particularly cute for summer! It is a very simple and relatively quick craft that just about anyone can do. If you have littles wanting to help, just make sure you supervise cutting and that you handle the hot glue of course!

Supplies for flowers:

Yarn of various colors
Wooden sticks
Scissors
Hot glue

Supplies for upcycled vase:

Tin can
Patterned Paper
Embellishments
Floral Foam
Scissors
Hot Glue

1. To start, take your yarn and start with wrapping an end around something. Some people use a fork, cardboard, etc. But I think it’s easiest using your 4 fingers. Keep wrapping until you have the amount you want. The more you have = the bigger the flower!

2. Using a smaller piece of the yarn, string it through perpendicular around the whole wrapped chunk and tie it tightly.

3. Pull your tied chunk off whatever surface you are using and begin cutting the looped pieces all the way around the shape.

It should look something like this…

4. Next, trim around the yarn to make it more even all the way across, we’ll be trimming more as we go.

5. Now, you can choose if you want to “fluff out” your pom pom. You can do this by using a small comb, pet comb, fork, (something with teeth). And begin “combing” into the strands so they get fluffy. This will get messy…

This image below shows you the difference between "fluffing" and not fluffing...

6. It will look pretty uneven, so just trim around the yarn all over again 😊 Do this step with each of your pom pom flowers.

7. Next, using hot glue, glue each of your “flowers” on top of the wooden sticks. I had 6 sticks but cut 3 of them down to smaller sizes so that they would be at different heights! You're all done with your pom pom flowers at this point!

8. I decided I wanted to do a little something extra with this craft and wanted something to put the "flowers" in. I'm all about "upcycling" stuff and I had tin cans lying around that I thought would make the perfect recycled and rustic vase for these! So, take a tin can and cover it with a complimentary scrapbook paper.

9. Then, add some embellishments of your preference such as lace, ribbon, buttons, etc. to jazz up the "vase".

10. Lastly, plop a piece of floral foam into the bottom of your tin can and stick your flowers into it and you're done!

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Floral Coffee Can

Yarn Bouquet aka Pom Pom Flowers

Rebecca Myers

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