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Cookie Tin
Sure, you can buy fancy gift tins for your homemade cookies this year, but if you’ve got a curious kid, why not try this inexpensive, easy and truly adorable version?
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What You Need:
- “Contact” paper: sticky-backed shelf liner, available at hardware stores, in a bright and festive solid color
- Large round coffee can with plastic lid
- Stick-on foam in holiday shapes (available at craft stores)
- Scissors
- Tape Measure
What You Do:
- Your first step is to measure your coffee can, using the tape measure. Help your child figure out the circumference of the can, and its height, and mark them onto the back of the sticky plastic shelf liner. Add ½ inch to the circumference measurement so that your plastic will overlap and no gaps will show. (Fortunately, the backing usually contains a measuring grid, making this easy).
- Have your child cut the shelf liner with scissors, and then gently peel off the backing.
- Carefully wrap the shelf liner plastic around the can, overlapping the circumference so that no gaps show. You should have a smooth, brightly colored can.
- Now it’s time for even more fun. Invite your child to stick on foam shapes all over the can. Younger kids will usually just decorate randomly; older ones often delight in creating patterns. All of them will end up looking great!
- When you’re done, you’ll have an attractive, reusable cookie can to fill with home baked goodies and even give as a gift. As an added bonus, your child will have practiced measurement in an appealing “real life” way!
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