Instead of tossing it, quickly craft your empty drink mix canister into a beautiful farmhouse-chic storage solution for your home!

All it takes is a hot glue gun, some twine or a roll of sisal rope and maybe a bit of fabric. Seriously. It’s that easy!

This project most definitely falls into my Fave Rule of 3 F’s. Fast, Frugal and Freakin’ Awesome! I honestly think I spent more time waiting for the hot glue gun to heat up than it actually took me to make these babies.

Make sure your canisters are wiped out and completely dry. These are a cardboard product, so keep that in mind when deciding what you will choose to store in them. Dry goods, utensils and decor are most definitely the better option here.

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#1

For the first canister, I chose inexpensive twine. The very first wrapped layer and the very last wrapped layer of your twine should be hot glued all the way around the canister to ensure it won’t unravel. The middle layers can be held with a dab of hot glue along the side you will consider the “back” of the storage container.

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I found it fairly easy to just wrap the twine around the canister a handful of times and then pull the layers down into place. If you look closely at the third picture above, you can see I chose to glue along the seam of the label and used this as the “back” of my project. Hot gluing each group of twine layers I pulled down.

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The first pic is what the canister looks like twine-covered up to the rim. It’s not horrible, but you can definitely still see the silver rim popping up. To fix that, I just glued a few extra layers of twine wrapped along the inside rim. A quick final touch to give it a more “finished” look.

Come on now, how cute is this?! For utensils, for straws, for chopsticks, whatevs. Anything and everything would just look cuter stored in this. It’s so farmhouse-y.

#2

Using the sisal rope, starting the next canister the same way I began with the twine, glue the entire first wrapped layer. Sisal rope is much thicker and requires a little bit more coercing to get it to go in the direction you want, but it’s certainly not hard to work with.

Unlike the twine, each layer will need to be individually wrapped tightly and glued into place along your chosen “back” side.

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Once you have fully wrapped your sisal rope along the canister (and another layer along the top rim to finish it off), you can clap your hands and squeal with delight that you are already finished and it’s adorable.

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you can do this easy peasy next step that takes your sisal-covered canister from “awww” to “ABSOLUTELY STINKING ADORABLE“!

All you need is a bit of fabric. Any fabric you like will do. I often pick up these super inexpensive pre-cut quarters from Walmart or JoAnn Fabrics. If I see one in a sweet pattern that’s on sale or clearanced off, you better believe I will swoop it up and store it in my fabric dresser until I have an epiphany of an idea for it!

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Cut the fabric into an approx. 4 inch strip. Using hot glue, slowly begin adhering the fabric, printed side out, tightly along the inside of the canister. Leaving a 2 inch “skirt” to hang out around the outside of the canister, overlap the 2 ends, cutting off any additional fabric and glue them together.

I am so, so, so in luuuurve with this thing! It’s a perfect tissue holder and an even more perfect example of how anything, a.ny.thing, can be taken from trash to treasure! It would even be a wonderful utensil companion to the twine canister!

What are you waiting for? Go dig through your trash and start making your next DIY!