Goodwill Pants Make a Cute Bucket Liner

 

Hidey-ho my bloggios. I'm in a giddy mood this morning. The kiddos are at the in-laws to spend a day of fun. LOVE my in-laws! So Pretty Handsome Guy and I will have our own day of fun.

Did you see that cute bucket of bath and body love above? (Who am I kidding, how could you miss that gigantic picture.) Today I'll show you how to make the liner.

So, I started this post and wrote "How to Make a Pants Liner" in the title field until I realized that pants liner is only one letter away from panty liner. {snicker, giggle} Not good.

The liner started out in a previous life as a pair of pants:

Not my pants, I found them at Goodwill. I liked the print and had plans to use the fabric for a sweater embellishment, but then I saw how nicely the purple color looked next to my newly painted bucket and inspiration hit.

Start by turning the pants inside out.

Set the foot of the pants inside your bucket. And roll the waist outside the bucket. Move the pants up and down on the bucket until you have a snug fit.

  

Mark the outside edge of the pants with a disappearing fabric marker or an old sliver of soap. Make sure you allow an extra inch to roll under when you sew it.

Remove the pants from the pail, take a big breath and cut the pants. Yes, I cringe at cutting up pieces of clothing. One day I hope to overcome my phobia.

Fold over the cut edge twice and sew it.

Set the pant leg into the bucket again and roll the finished edge over the bucket until you are happy with how much cuff shows. Then use a pin to mark where the bottom of the bucket is.

Remove your pants liner {snicker, snicker, giggle. I almost said panty liner again.} And use some more pins to mark a straight line across the leg.

Take another breath and cut just below the pins on the leg. Remember to allow at least 1/2" seam allowance.

 

Turn the pants inside out (right sides together) and stitch the bottom closed.

Slip the liner back onto your bucket...

...and smooth out the bottom of the liner into your bucket.

That's it. You are done. Now fill up your bucket with a few of your favorite things.

The possibilities for this project are endless. How cute would a pair of old jeans look as a liner? Or some funky striped pants. So get thee to Goodwill ASAP and scour those pant racks. Size large or bigger works the best.

Oh and while you are there look for 100% wool sweaters to felt. I'll have a tutorial for making these cute roses coming soon.

Never Die Roses

Sweater Embellishments

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Creative Gift Wrapping Day #6

This is it, the last day of my Creative Gift Wrapping Tutorials. I saved these adorable silhouetted animals for last.

Snowy Polar Bear

Materials:

Wrapping paper

White card stock paper

Snowflake hole puncher

Key tag
Satin ribbon

Jingle bell

Black & white pom poms (nose & tail)

Small black button

Elmer's glue

Hot glue gun

Wrap your present as you normally would.

Using this template (click on the photo for a larger version and then print it out), cut out the polar bear shape on white card stock. Better yet, if your printer will handle it, print it out on card stock and then flip your bear over to the white side.

Glue your bear onto the gift package.

 

Punch out some snowflakes. (I used some white and some light blue that would show up better on top of the white bear.)

Cut one piece of red ribbon for the bears collar. Then glue the collar and snowflakes onto the package using Elmer's glue. Then glue the button and pom poms using hot glue.

 Thread a jingle bell onto some satin ribbon, then tie a bow onto a key tag.

 Hot glue the bow/jingle bell onto the bear's collar.

 Factoid: Polar bears are my favorite animal! Did you know that a polar bear's skin is actually black? And the bear's hair is actually transparent hollow tubes. This serves three purposes: 

1. The tubes are hollow so they store air in them. This acts as an insulator. 
2. Plus, it helps the polar bears buoyancy while swimming. 
3. Remember how I said their skins is black? Well, because the fur is actually transparent, it allows the sun to reach the bear's skin and help warm them. Cool, huh?! 

Dove of Peace

Materials:

Wrapping paper

White card stock paper

Satin ribbon

Sprig of rosemary or other evergreen twig

Hot glue gun

Wrap your present as you normally would.

Add your ribbon on the diagonal corners.

Click on the dove silhouette below to see the full size image. Print it out on the cardstock paper and cut out the shape to use as a template, or use the reverse white side of the shape.

 

Use a hole punch to cut out the eye. Hot glue your dove to the package and hot glue the rosemary underneath the dove's mouth.

Have fun with this creative package. Add the words PEACE, or bend the wings up to make them three dimensional.

This dove will work on a variety of sized gifts. Here she is on a vertical present.

"Peace on Earth, Goodwill Toward Men"

Creative Gift Wrapping Day #5

Welcome back. If you are up for some more creative gift wrappings, let's get going.

Hanging Ornaments

Materials: 

Wrapping paper

Curling ribbon

Buttons

Snowflake Embellishments

Hot glue gun

Elmer's glue

Circle template: jar, glass, compass

Scissors

Wrap your present in wrapping paper.

Using your circle template, trace different sized circles on colored paper and/or wrapping paper. Cut out the circles. Lay them onto your package with a few buttons to determine the desired layout.

Cut curling ribbon to the lengths needed to meet the ornaments and glue them with Elmer's glue onto the package. Glue the ornament circles and buttons next using hot glue. Add stickers or snowflake embellishments on top of the circles. Finish by tying some bows with the curling ribbon and attach them just above the ornaments with hot glue.

"Deck the Halls"

Here is my girlfriend, Renee's ornament package.
I love the little "x's and o's" she added for her daughter.

Musical Snowman 

 

Materials:

Wrapping paper

Printed sheet music (do a google image search for: sheet music)

Snowflake hole puncher

white or scrapbook paper

Snowman sticker or embellishment

Elmer's glue

Limber up those thumbs and get to work punching out mini snowflakes. Or better yet, let the kids do it (my boys had a ball making all these snowflakes.)

Wrap your package as you normally would. Using a solid color or wrapping paper with less detail seems to work best.

Tear the printout of sheet music to make the snowy hill. Lay it on top of the package and crease the edges so it wraps around the box. 

Glue on the music sheet first. Then layout your snowflakes and snowman and glue them on.

 

 Feel free to add snowflake embellishments or circle hole punches if you want.

Tomorrow is the last day of my SIX days of Creative Gift Wrapping.

Click HERE to see an adorable polar bear and dove!

Creative Gift Wrapping Day #4

What happens when you have more gift wrapping ideas than presents? I guess I could go buy more presents, but I think Pretty Handsome Guy might not be too happy about that. So, I'll have to stick with just six days of Creative Gift Wrapping. That's right, two more posts filled with creative gift ideas! I hope you like them.

Yesterday I showed you some nature inspired gift wrappings, today we're delving into the popular toxic spraypaint hobby of chalkboard painting! I think 2010 can officially be declared the year of the chalkboard paint. I have seen it EVERYWHERE!

Chalkboard Note Gift

Materials:

Chalkboard paint
Foam core
Chalk or chalkboard pen
Wrapping paper
Ribbon
Hole Punch
X-acto knife
Pencil
Ruler

Measure and cut out a 4" x 6" rectangle of foam core. The trick to clean cuts in foam core is to use a brand new x-acto blade! It is that simple.

To make perfect diagonal corners, measure 1" from the corner (across and down) and make  marks. Then draw a diagonal line connecting the two points. Cut off the triangle.

Use your hole puncher to punch a hole in the middle of the top edge.

Spray paint or paint chalkboard paint onto your foam core. Let it dry.

Season your chalkboard rectangle by rubbing chalk all over the board. Then wipe it off. This will eliminate the chalk message "burning" into the chalkboard and will allow the recipient to re-use the board.

 Write a message on the chalkboard tag.

 Wrap your present and attach the tag to your present's bow.

Now your gift recipient has a cute little re-useable chalkboard tag.

 

 Merry Christmas Renee!

Clothespin Clipped Chalkboard Message Board

Materials:

Chalkboard paint
Foam core
Chalk or chalkboard pen
Wrapping paper
Ribbon
Hole punch
X-acto knife
Pencil
Ruler
Clothespin
Silver or Gold acrylic paint
Paintbrush
Hot glue gun

Follow the instructions above for making a foam core chalkboard. Eliminate the steps on cutting diagonal corners and adding a hole for this one.

Take apart the clothespin and paint both sides using the silver or gold acrylic paint.

Wrap your present as you would normally.

  Wrap ribbon around your present, but don't tie a bow. Just make a knot.

 Make a separate bow out of the same ribbon and use hot glue to attach it to the clothespin.

Clip the clothespin over the knotted bow on your package and slide your chalkboard into the clothespin.

 "Merry Christmas Baby!"

Bonus: I thought I'd share with you two more gift packages that were pretty simple and quick. The first one I hot glued crocheted snowflakes from Lillian Vernon onto them (thanks for bringing them to my wrapping party, Renee!)

The second one is an ovaltine can that I wrapped with gift wrap, added some monogram stickers and put a bow on top. Easy peasy!

I hope you will swing on by and check out Day #5 of my Creative Gift Wrappings!