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Ciao! My name is Morena and I am delighted to have the opportunity to share a project with you today! I blog at Morena’s Corner, where I share tutorials for projects that are fast and frugal, yet still look fabulous. I am a new homeowner and a mom to four kids, so you will find instructions for projects ranging from home decor items to accessories to crafts for kids. I hope you’ll come visit my corner!
Today I am delighted to share my homemade art caddy with you! It fits perfectly in our family workspace at home, but it would also be great to keep on a desk at school or to send to a teacher to use in their art or writing centers!
This adorable art supply caddy is perfect for little hands. No more dumping all the crayons out to find a certain color! It’s also made from recycled items.
In typical Morena fashion, I was shopping one day and saw a really cute crayon holder. I picked it up to look at the price and then put it down. I figured there had to be a way to make my own. So I kept looking for items that were the right size to make it. And, finally, I found them: in my recycle bin!
I used a plastic cap from spray paint, a cap from a juice bottle, and a toilet paper tube!
I glued the orange cap inside the toilet paper tube, about an inch from the bottom.
Then I covered everything with washi tape and glued the tube inside the paint can top.
I punched a two inch circle from scrap paper and glued it to the base, to make it look neater.
Finally, I sealed the project with Mod Podge, to keep busy little fingers from peeling all the tape off.
The inner circle holds a glue stick and pair of scissors, while the outside holds a ring of crayons.
My daughter couldn’t wait for me to finish taking pictures so she could color!
And there you have it: a fun art caddy for pennies! Fast, frugal, yet fabulous!
Thank you, again, Meredith, for allowing me to hang out with your wonderful readers today!
This is super cute – headed over to check out Morena’s Corner now 🙂
Have fun looking around over there! Morena has some great ideas!
Thanks for visiting me!
I Love THIS!!!! So adorable! Definately going to try and attempt it!
Isn’t it?! Morena is so creative 🙂
I’m glad you like it!
Cute idea!
I love how inexpensive it is too 🙂
Thank you!!
Wow, that is adorable! Since it’s so cheap, I think I’ll make one for each of my kids to have. No more fighting over the green crayon. 🙂
Thanks! That’s what I did…made a few to eliminate fights!