Upcycle Your Cans Can you dig this DIY upcycle?
We love upcycling almost as much as we love gardening – and that’s like, allot! For this month’s DIY, Life is a Garden is inviting you to accept our eco-friendly, trash to treasure project, all about cans, creativity, and décor. If you also get that funny feeling whenever you throw away a can, that’s probably because: A – you care about the environment and just can’t bear the thought of a turtle choking on baked beans packaging, and B – like us, you can see the exciting, uncharted, open canvas of that baked beans tin that just screams “decorate me”.
Here’s a step by step to creating your upcycle can masterpiece.
You will need:
- Some empty washed cans with a few holes made in the bottom (time to put that buying in bulk stage to good use)
- String/twine/ribbon (natural fibre string or coloured string, depending on your vibe)
- Some pebbles (store-bought or from the garden)
- Moss (real moss available at your GCA Garden Centre or visit your local craft shop for fake moss sheets)
- Arts and crafts accessories you have lying around
- Super superglue or double-sided tape
How to decorate:
- Start by thinking about which cans will be for outdoor and indoor decoration to determine which décor accessories would work best.
- Have a look at all your goodies and think about the theme/colour scheme you’re going for to spice up your chosen area.
- Use the superglue or double-sided tape to secure your string/twine/ribbon around the can.
- If you are using pebbles or shells, pop them on too with some superglue.
- Add a little texture to your can by tying a different piece of string/twine/ribbon around it. This will also help to keep your design together.
Décor tip: You could always decorate half of the can one way, and the rest with a different accessory.