Friday, May 11, 2012

Flower Magnet ~ Using Recycled Canning Jar Lids


Items Needed:

~used canning jar lids
~small silk flowers
~glue gun and glue sticks
~empty cardboard box or other safe working surface
~E6000 glue (or other strong glue)
~magnets (we used round)
~scissors or wire cutters


1. Cut the tops of the silk flowers off the plastic stems using scissors or wire cutters.

2. Remove a set of leaves or cut leaves.


3. Glue leaves to the canning lid first, then add flowers in any fashion you desire.

4.  Allow to dry.


5. Glue a magnet to the backside and allow to dry.  

Note:  You can glue your magnets on either before or after you glue on the flowers.

Tip:  Decoupage dried flowers instead of using the silk flowers for the front side.

Tip:  Shop for inexpensive silk flowers in dollar stores, thrift stores, or clearance aisles.

Tip: Pick wild flowers in your back yard.  Press them between two pieces of blank paper, and pile a stack of books on top until they dry.  Using decoupage or white glue, attach them to the white side of the canning lids and allow to dry.







3 comments:

Unknown said...

How cute, now I can use my rusty ones!

Unknown said...

How cute, now I can use my rusty ones!

Julia said...

Hi Kristina

I'm one of the editors at http://www.allfreechristmascrafts.com/ and I just wanted to remind you that we linked to your project on our site in January 2011. You can see the project and thumbnail at: http://www.allfreechristmascrafts.com/Recycled-Christmas-Card-Crafts/Christmas-Card-and-Recycled-Plastic-Lid-Christmas-Ornament/ct/1. I think it's a great project that our readers will just love to make. This will easily bring traffic to your site and allow others to see what's new on your site.

We would love to add more of your projects to our site, so feel free to let us know as you add or create projects. We are always looking for Christmas projects so if you have any of these please feel free to send them my way or let us know if you prefer we not link to you. We also feature projects from our website on our blogs, eBooks and e-mail newsletters.

Your project is great and we know our readers will enjoy it. With that said, can we have permission to link to any project on your site as well as use the image? We will credit you, of course.

Please contact me at jlitz@primecp.com

Thanks!