From Oatmeal to Headbands

Finished product - adorable headband holder

I love a good craft project when it is easy, cheap, and not too dirty (yes people I am still talking about crafts here). Too many times I get lured into the master crafter projects and end up questioning my mad skills or spending a fortune to make what I could have paid someone on Etsy to make for much less. 


Therefore, when I came across this interesting idea on my friend Kerri's Facebook page, I got pretty excited.  This craft is perfect to share on this blog because it combines old "stuff" and turns it into something useful for everyday life. If you are wondering what in the world it is, you probably don't have little girls in your house or my photography skills are a bit overrated. This my friend is a headband holder. I used an old oatmeal canister, antique candle holder, and scrap book paper to do the job. 


For those of you interested I will list the directions step-by-step: 1. Visit someone else's website






See! I told you it was easy. For kicks, I will walk you through how I chose to whip this up. First I wiped out the canister of oatmeal with a damp cloth. Then I pealed the label off the canister (some oatmeal canisters do not have a label that is supposed to be pealed off so just leave it). Next I picked up an old candle holder at Goodwill for $1.99. This gave inspiration to my color palette so I found some scrap book paper in my collection that matched accordingly. I actually used one floral sheet and one brown polka dot sheet (because one sheet of scrap book paper does not wrap around the entire canister). My thought process here is you could turn the holder around and get a different look. However, option two would be to use two of the same so it looks seamless. 

After all the supplies were laid out, I took the Mod Podge and doused the paper with a small paint brush and aligned it on the canister. This can be a little tricky and if you have a type A personality, it could really get your blood pressure up. Once the paper is set and you put a little more glue over the entire thing, set it upside down to dry (reason being the top part has a small rim of plastic that shouldn't have paper or glue on it so it will save your project and counters by doing this). After this dried, I hot glued the canister on the candle holder and hot glued a plastic flower on the lid.  Done-zo. 

This isn't the best thing since sliced bread but I kind of think it's great.  The other one I made to keep at my house holds about 15 headbands and you can store bows and barrettes on the inside. The adorable headband with the yellow flower was made by the creator of the Etsy shop cheery O!. She has a ton of cute things but doesn't list everything on her site so just contact her for specific needs. The total spent on this project was about $4.00 out of pocket because thankfully I had the glues on hand. Most anyone can do this and it can be a fun project with kids. Now for the fun part ... this headband holder is free to the first person who responds on the blog! The only major restriction is you have to live close to me because it isn't worth the shipping. Oh, and I am not a perfectionist so there is a really good chance yours would turn out better anyway. I would love to hear from you!