Homemade Trash Bin Crafts

Craft: Camouflage Your Trashcan

Sandi/Poor But Proud
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February 12, 2019

Camouflage Your Trashcan - small trash can on rattan shelf Sleeping in the living room has it's perks. The dark side of that is I like things to look nice should someone show up to visit and for me, too.

When you have a nice looking can like the smaller versions of popcorn tins, you still have to put an ugly bag inside. So I made a pretty can with a little trash can inside that can be cleaned out or tossed.

Total Time: 30 minues

Yield: 1

Supplies:

coffee can
12 inches of an old scrap quilt
scissors
1/2 stick hot glue
1 food container for inside trash cup
length of scrap ribbon
1 button
darning needle and crochet thread

Steps:

I used a tall food container from my local Cash and Carry store.

Camouflage Your Trashcan - plastic container for inside can

Cut the fabric so you have at least a 1" lip to fold inside the top of the outer can.
Pick the type of container you want, making sure the outer container is taller than the inner one. Mine was a 5 lb. coffee can. Heat up the glue gun and begin by gluing the fabric to the rim at the bottom of the can.

Camouflage Your Trashcan - cut and wrap fabric around the can and begin by gluing around the bottom rim

When the fabric is glued around the top, do the one side seam. Then put the overlap on it, too. This leaves you a nice "fold over" on the top.

Camouflage Your Trashcan - glue around the top, along the side

Camouflage Your Trashcan - tuck in the overlap at the top and glue in place

Glue the top down inside the lip. Either embellish with ribbon and a button or leave it plain.

Camouflage Your Trashcan - decorate with a piece of ribbon

Camouflage Your Trashcan - a button can be sewed over the ribbon ends

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