Marcia gets crafty 9 – I repurposed formula cans for organising

If there’s one thing that makes me sooo happy, it’s reusing containers for another purpose. And when they’re pretty too, well then, my heart just sings.

Supplies

  1. clean formula cans or cans that contained food
  2. scrapbook paper or other thick paper
  3. sticky tape

Directions

  1. Measure the length of your can and cut scrapbook paper to size.
  2. Cut a piece of sticky tape the entire length of the can and stick one end of the scrapbook paper to the actual can
  3. Gently ease the paper all around and use another piece of sticky tape to close the end
  4. Voila – you’re done

This is a really easy organising project and if you use the same paper to make a set of cans, it looks neat and is functional.

a matching set of three

and a set of two

these hold Post-it notes and different buttons for crafts

and these hold scissors and lanyards and keyrings

As you can see, I use them for:

  • scissors
  • pens and pencils
  • post-it notes
  • buttons
  • glue
  • party favours
  • twins’ eating utensils in the kitchen
  • kitchen utensils
  • tissues (my kids pull out the tissues from the box regularly and I make them put them back in a bigger formula can so that we can use them without too much bother and fuss)

What other uses can you think of?

Hopefully this has provided some inspiration for the weekend? What are you planning to do this Easter weekend?

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Comments

  1. You can also use them horizontally in a “pyramid”, so that you can see what’s inside, for example for color markers. Yours are totally cute!!

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