Freecycle Friday ~ Christmas Treat Canisters

Happy Freecycle Friday!

And Black Friday too!

Hope you all are having a GREAT time and finding some awesome deals. I actually ventured out this a.m. to.......duh, da, da, Target!! Really just because I NEEDED to get out and I also needed to get a few things.

THEN,

I was forced to go to 7 other stores searching for the supplies for next months Crafter's Club........

WITH

both of my kiddos in tow!!!!!
(actually, they were pretty darn good. I just had to make sure we got "free" cookies from every grocery store we went to and rewarded them with Chik-fil-a afterwards)

Anyhoo, this week I started thinking about Christmas stuff. And the other day I found these two canisters in the depths of one of our cupboards, and when I opened them, they were practically empty.

So.........

I started thinking about the canisters.

Hmmmmmm, what to do with these?

Well, I thought about the pop top cans that I made for "Christmas in July" and bingo!

So,

I took off the labels and here's what they looked like naked.....yuck!

Just be sure you clean these out carefully. I noticed that most canisters aren't water tight, just thick cardboard covered in some thin silver-ish stuff. So, I used a wet rag (wrung out well) with a little soap on it to wash & and rinse it carefully.

So, I covered them both in some purdy paper and added some ribbon and embellishments on each. I even tried using spray paint on one of the lids..........and it worked!!
(just make sure it's on the outside....not touching the food)

The small one I filled with some hot cocoa, and even added the scoop that was already with the canister (bonus!).

In the large one I put some yummy cookies in (after they cooled, of course) but I left the lid off these.

So, have fun with your canisters! Remember all the kinds of canisters you can use.....

• Hot cocoa
• Slim Fast
• Oatmeal (I don't think these are lined inside)
• Baby formula
• Nuts
• Pringles
• Coffee
• And probably more that I just can't think of right now :)

Hope you all scored lots of GREAT deals! I even got a few myself :)

Have fun!

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