Up-cycled Lolly Containers - Vintage Papers

2012 plastics enhance vintage papers 

providing a new 'canvas' on which

 to display their bright colours and style.

The recent silly season, with all its parties and food,

 left me with the dilemma of what to do with the remaining plastic packing. 

These brightly coloured plastic lolly tubes were begging to be up cycled.

Hunt and Gather these Materials 

• Some plastic lolly tubes (these were Skittles but I know there are similar ones around).
• Mod Podge or PVA.
• Papers for wrapping around the tube. These could be maps, origami papers, old patterns, anything that excites you! I love these Golden Book Illustrated Dictionary from the 1960's.

Get Creating

• First, soak the lolly tubes in water for a couple of hours. This 'helps' to get the wrapper off. I say 'helps' because nothing, and I mean NOTHING seems to remove the industrial strength glue off these tubes. But that is Ok because you are going to cover it anyway - lucky!
• Choose your papers. Smaller patterns or designs work best. 
• Cut the papers with your slicer or kraft knife. These tubes required 8.5cm (h) x 9.5cm (w) / 3.3 inches (w) x 3.7 inches(h).
• Brush the Mod Podge to the underside. 
• Starting at the back, place one edge of paper onto the tube. 
• Smooth the paper onto the tube getting rid of bubbles and creases as you go. Easy!
• Brush Mod Podge onto to outside paper to protect it from wear and tear.

This 1970s pattern compliments the glossy orange.

Plastics and Patterns ...groovy man!

Maps and atlas papers.

Just so I remember where I am.

Vintage defininitions

for my  amusement (a-MYOOZ-ment)

The only hard this about these up-cycled lolly tubes?
 Deciding what to put in them.....
buttons, tacs, more lollies, pins.


So many possibilities, so few tubes.
Looks like the silly season may need to continue,
 so I can get my hands on a few more of these plastic packs!


Oh, how we suffer for our art ;)

Linking up this Elle and Lou post with these fabulous sites:

Friday

http://answerischocolate.blogspot.com/

http://shabbynest.blogspot.com/

http://romantichome.blogspot.com/

http://www.findingfabulousblog.com/

http://www.chiconashoestringdecorating.blogspot.com/

http://www.releasemecreations.com

Saturday

http://www.fingerprintsonthefridge.com/

http://thirtyhandmadedays.com/

http://tatertotsandjello.blogspot.com/

http://www.bedifferentactnormal.com/

http://funkyjunkinteriors.blogspot.com/

http://www.serenitynowblog.com/

Monday

Hating Martha

http://makingtheworldcuter.blogspot.com/

http://www.thegirlcreative.com

http://www.creatingreallyawesomefreethings.com/

http://www.craftskeepmesane.blogspot.com/

http://www.skiptomylou.org/

http://sumossweetstuff.blogspot.com/

http://craftomaniac.blogspot.com/

http://www.lifemadelovely-blog.com/

Tuesday

http://carolynshomework.blogspot.com/

http://www.rookno17.com/

http://funkypolkadotgiraffe.blogspot.com/

http://www.sugarbeecrafts.com/

http://www.tipjunkie.com/

http://todayscreativeblog.net/