Crafting With Santa...
...well, not actually WITH Santa, but crafting with something Santa inspired...if Santa was topless and had a flower pot for his bottom. :-)
I don't know about you all, but I'm always looking for something a little different to give as a gift, especially when I want to give something home-made as opposed to store-bought. Today I'm sharing this cute little craft that I found on Pinterest. I thought it would be darling to put in a gift basket. Don't you just love Pinterest?! So many creative ideas...I'm glad those other people thought of all these cute things for me to make!
If you have visited my blog in the past, you've seen the posts on my DIY adventures...some work out, some fail in a magnificent fashion! Fortunately, this cute little project was another one in the "score" department, and I'm all about something in my score column!
I started with some basic supplies:
Regal Red spray paint
2 Terra Cotta pots - large and small
Bling On a Roll
Elastic Ribbon - black
Hershey's Kisses
Regular black ribbon - thin
Elmer's Glue
Baggies for candy
It was a windy day so I had to paint the pots in a box...the wind in Texas will carry things 3 states over, especially paint particles. Someone in Alabama got a surprise this weekend! Thank goodness it was RED! ;-)
Because it was so windy, it took a while for the paint to dry. We moved them from our painting box to the hubster's workbench to finish drying.
Finally, after the paint dried, I was ready to get to the fun stuff. I took my stretchy ribbon, measured it, used a staple to secure the ends and slipped it over the lip of the pot.
I cut a small square of the "Bling On a Roll" to be the belt buckle and used Elmer's Glue to attach it to the black ribbon. I purposely stayed away from that hot glue gun...just got my nails done and wanted to make sure they stayed intact!
I used some baggies that I had on hand to hold the candy, tied it with the black ribbon and called it "done".
I loved this craft project...it was easy and the Santa Candy Pot will make a cute gift.
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