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Home » upcycling cans

Painting cans and how to decorate with them

By Debbiedoo's Team Published: Jun 11, 2013 · Modified: Oct 20, 2016

Hey there! How are you all doing today? My boys are now officially out of school and we can let the summer time fun begin.

It’s been off to a great start so far. Today I am sharing how to paint a can and decorate your table tops with them.

I have done and shared so many upcycled can ideas in the past.

Here, I will share just a few…

These cans were spray painted with various summer colors and made for a cute outdoor table setting.

I then took the same cans

and simply put some patriotic ribbon around the spray painted cans  to create a pretty Labor day table setting

One thing I have never done is actually just PAINT one.

with Paint from a can.

I had red paint left from painting our pantry door red.

I thought what else can I do with it?

I saw this cutest can caddy and pinned it, and thought

Soup can caddy by sow and dipity

Sowanddipity.com

I am making one of those myself.

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I will be sharing more on these cute little butterfly embellishments that I made using mod podge melts.

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I made a cute little gingham flower too.  That was easy, I simply cut a few strips of fabric

and folded it together like an accordion and hot glued it on.

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I have to say this was a fun little FREE project and it looks cute on the kitchen table too.

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This was the paint and wax I used…

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And how cute it compliments my

diy upcycled stenciled recipe tray

I did many moons ago.

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Happy Crafting!

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The runner is our old burlap kitchen diy no sew valance.

How versatile:)

How to decorate with cans

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Comments

  1. Linda @ Itsy Bits And Pieces

    June 11, 2013 at 12:34 pm

    Great ideas, Debbie…I especially love the caddy!

    Reply
  2. Gretchen

    June 11, 2013 at 1:05 pm

    Love this idea. Now I’m shopping my pantry for the best cans to use. It’s going to be interesting dining tonight!

    Reply
  3. Kelly

    June 11, 2013 at 1:26 pm

    You have been the “can crafter” for as long as I’ve known you! This craft project was right up your alley. I really like how yours turned out. It’s so cute! I think it looks perfect on your table.

    Reply
  4. Sharon

    June 11, 2013 at 1:31 pm

    Adorable!

    Reply
  5. Amy

    June 11, 2013 at 1:49 pm

    Love the red caddy. So perfect for a barbeque, but it looks right at home on your table, too!

    Reply
  6. Shelia

    June 11, 2013 at 2:48 pm

    Cuter than cute, Debbie Dear! I’ve just got to do this sometimes! I have that Rooster in amber like yours and I have a green one too that’s playing on my blog right now!
    Be a sweetie,
    Shelia 😉

    Reply
  7. Christine

    June 11, 2013 at 3:06 pm

    I LOVEEEE old cans….had to pin !!!

    Reply
  8. Dee

    June 11, 2013 at 5:51 pm

    Super cute idea!

    Reply
  9. Gina

    June 11, 2013 at 6:32 pm

    That is a sweet little caddy! So cute! I love the vignette you put together using it.

    Reply
  10. Shannon @ Fox Hollow Cottage

    June 11, 2013 at 9:54 pm

    So cute on the tray with the little gold Roo! You totally Debbiedoo’dafied those cans!!!!

    Reply
  11. heather

    June 12, 2013 at 8:19 am

    Another cute can project! You really know how to pull it all together. Love the gingham flower too!

    Reply
  12. Tanya

    June 12, 2013 at 11:03 am

    Oh so cute! I love using cans to craft and decorate. Thank you for the inspiration Debbie 🙂

    xo, Tanya

    Reply
  13. Kim @ Sand & Sisal

    June 12, 2013 at 12:59 pm

    Adorable idea and I love the fact that it’s all up-cycled!! Pinned it!

    Reply
  14. Raquel @ Organized Island

    June 12, 2013 at 6:25 pm

    I was going to say I love your cans but that sounded weird. Your caddy came out adorable!

    Reply
  15. Cookie17

    June 12, 2013 at 7:25 pm

    You do such cute thing’s on you blog .where do you come up with great ideas that you do. I can’t ever think of anything .May be that’s why I’m not blooger lol Thank’s Debbie..

    Reply
    • debbiedoo's

      June 13, 2013 at 11:02 pm

      Thank you so much Cookie, that means a lot!

      Reply
  16. Julie

    June 17, 2013 at 11:04 am

    So cute, and everyone has cans 🙂 Sharing on FB today!

    Reply
  17. Denyse @ Glitter, Glue & Paint

    June 21, 2013 at 10:50 am

    I just love your cans, Debbie! I say I help you eat so we can decorate cans and you help me drink wine so I can make more tiki wine bottles 😉

    Reply
  18. Shelley @ Sow and Dipity

    December 16, 2013 at 12:52 pm

    Just discovered that you used my caddy as your inspiration! Nice job 🙂

    Reply
    • debbiedoo's

      December 16, 2013 at 2:45 pm

      Yes, lol that was a while ago as you can see. I loved it soooooo much, I had to make one myself. Thank you so much for inspiring.

      Reply

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