Sunday 29 May 2011

One for the Kids - A Sweetie Lucky Dip

For all of you who have young children or do stalls at school fairs, here's a little idea for "sour cream containers".

I'm sure you've all heard of them, there's loads of tutorials on the web but here's a quick rundown .....

You need a piece of patterned paper 6" x 4 1/2" (I got these 6x6 packs for £2.00 each - that's only 4p a sheet)

attach double sided tape to two sides ...

roll into a tube and seal the bottom

pop in a sweetie (I used a selection) and run a bit of glue along the open top end ....

seal the open end (using the opposite orientation)  ....
  

then finish off by crimping both ends.

Edit: The sticky strip is not really strong enough to hold thick paper so best to use double sided tape to seal the top too.


I made a load of them for a school fair I did yesterday and sold them as a "Sweetie Lucky Dip".  Being cheap and cheerful they sold really well.

Happy Crafting
Suze x

12 comments:

Valerie-Jael said...

Great idea! I bet the kids loved those!

Aileen said...

Sweet idea, ha ha x

Janice said...

This is a lovely fair idea, & hey you are so close - I'm in Turriff, what a coincidence! Jx

Jenny said...

Thse are a fab idea, love the paper:)
Jenny x

Vicky said...

Those papers are just right for kiddies sweeties - a bargain too! Tfs :)x

G Peplow said...

That's gorgeous idea Suze, you clever lady:0) xxx

Pauline said...

These are fantastic! Did you have a Mr Greedy paper in that pack too??

Liz McGuire, said...

These are brill, thanks for the idea, Liz x

Lynne Moncrieff said...

Hi Suze
Such a great idea!!!
Wishes
Lynne

trisha too said...

These are adorable, Suze--I saw some a long time ago that were stitched, but these are more my speed! Great tutorial!

:)

Netty said...

Thank you Suze for visiting my blog today. Loving your idea of the paper cones. Have a lovely day. Annette x

G Peplow said...

Hi Suze, thank you so much for your good wishes, hugs Gay xxx