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Tinker with old cans: You will not believe what a great decoration you can make from the cans. We have 4 DIY ideas to imitate.
That's what they need for the planters:
- 3 tin cans (425 ml content)
- security can opener
- Wallpaper or paper embossed (craft shop)
- double-sided adhesive tape
- Spray paint in white (MTN 90, color: 94R-9010 White, 3, 75 €, www.mtn-shop.de)
- succulents
- potting soil
- ruler
- Cutter with cutting pad
- scissors
- Paper for the work surface
And that's how easy it is:
1. Open cans with a safety can opener, empty and clean.
2. Cut paper or wallpaper according to the can width and circumference (about 10.3 cm x 25 cm).
3. Stick cut ribbon with double-sided adhesive tape around the tin.
4. Preserve outside or in a well-ventilated room on a substrate with white paint spray.
5. Plant succulents in the cans.
Props: Sofa: Gray, House Doctor, € 954.90, (HxDxB): 85 x 75 x 161 cm, www.car-moebel.de, Pillows: Block Cushion - Rose, ferm Living, € 40.50, www. fermliving.com, side table: Bloomingville, metal / navy, 46 x 65 x height 49 cm, 279.90 €, www.emilundpaula.de, cork base: Bloomingville, 35 x 35 cm, 18 €, www.royaldesign.com, bowl mint: H & M, ca.5 €, www.hm.com, Bowl pink: Bloomingville, Bowls - Set Birds (4 pieces), 54, 90 €, www.trelimoni.de
What you need for the bathroom containers:
- 2 tin cans (425 ml content)
- security can opener
- Hot glue gun and hot glue (craft shop)
- Nature cord
- Ribbon mint
- scissors
And that's how easy it is:
1. Open cans with a safety can opener, empty and clean.
2. At the bottom, apply a short line of glue with hot glue and immediately press the natural cord on it.
3. Apply glue piece by piece and press on the cord. Working up row by row.
4. Approx. Change to the mint colored band 3.5 cm below the edge.
5. Start with the second can with mint and end. Use the natural colored band for the middle section.
You need this for the pen holders:
- 5 tin cans (425 ml content)
- security can opener
- double-sided adhesive tape
- Wrapping paper (eg set of 3 Kiss, Rice, 9, 90 €, paper bags DapperDot, Rice, 5, 90 €, both via www.geliebtes-zuhause.de)
- Labelmaker (about 10 €, depot)
- scissors
- ruler
And that's how easy it is:
1. Open cans with a safety can opener, empty and clean
2. Stick the canned goods all around with double-sided adhesive tape.
3. Cut the wrapping paper in different widths and glue it to the cans.
4. Print labels with the Labelmaker and stick to the cans.
Prop: desk: oak, (HxDxB): 83 x 45 x 89 cm, 165, 90 €, www.car-moebel.de, scissors: gold, all-purpose and office scissors, HAY, 12 €, www.connox.de, Clip: clip clip with handle, HAY, 6 €, www.connox.de, clip: Clip Clip, big, HAY, 6 €, www.connox.de
That's what they need for the lanterns:
- Tin cans 425 ml (supermarket)
- security can opener
- sheet of paper
- black pen
- Adhesive strips (eg tesa)
- hammer
- nail
- Spray paint (MTN 90, 3, 75 € per tin, www.mtn-shop.de, colors: 94RV-20 Party Yellow, 94RV-102 Dalai Orange, 94RV-196 SaudadePink)
- scissors
- Paper for the work surface
And that's how easy it is:
1. Open cans with a safety can opener, empty and clean.
2. Draw desired motifs on a sheet of paper with a black pen.
3. Cut the templates and glue them onto the cans with the help of a tesa film.
4. Hammer holes with hammer and nail evenly spaced along the line of the subject.
5. Spray canned food in different colors outside or in a well-ventilated room on a surface and let it dry.
6. Put a tealight in the middle of the preserve.
Do not allow candles to burn unattended and avoid drafts. Keep the burning bowl clean. If the candle smokes, wick shorten something. Only burn the candle on an incombustible base or use a self-extinguishing candle.
