Craft of the Day. Turning Garbage into Something Useful.

Ok So i have a 9 month old and he goes through a lot of formula i keep thowing away the containers but last saturday when the sun was shining in my windows i got the idea to make them useful. i am generally more creative when the sun is out becuase it makes me happy. anyway. Here is what i did.

You start out with whatever cans or containers you are going to use make sure they are cleaned before hand.

Then decide what paper you want to use. i just used some scrapbook paper i had extra from another project. i made sure it would go all the way around the container. if it doesn't make sure you have enough to cover the other space.

Then i just wrapped it around the container and with a pencil makred where i needed to cut.



Then i used some spray on adhesive spray. (you can get at walmart in the craft section) sprayed the contaner then wraped the paper around it.

Whala

Here are some more that i did. And you could be more creative add words and such.But its a nice inexpensive way to add something to your home and reuse stuff you already have.

Another $5.00 meal

Italian Chicken Pasta w/ garlic parm bread.

Cost: about 2.50

Chicken: 1 breast. I buy frozen packages of chicken breasts so i would guess it ends up being around 1.00. Cut it up into bite size chunks, after cut mix in with some paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, and italian seasonings. hopefully you have all of those in your spice rack.

Pasta Roni garilc & olive oil vermicelli- I used this because it was quick and easy and i can ussually find these in the reduced price section at smiths for .49 other than that these tend to be on sale a lot for 1.00

Garlic Bread-This is why i love my george forman grill. I just mix up some butter with some garlic salt and then spread on some parmesan that i have in the fridge. then pop it in the grill for 2 min. presto nice cruchy garlic bread.

I forgot i added some diced italian tomatoes into it for a little extra zaz and some veggies or fruit i guess. I only put in 1/4 cup but you could put in whatever you wanted. i love these because they add some great flavor and are really inexpensive.I also put some of that balsamic glaze on top of mine for a little more flavor was amazing.