If you eat a lot of mints, you probably have a collection of little tins. And as a crafter, you’ve kept them because you know you can do something creative with them… But what? Over at DIY Candy, Amy shared a tutorial for covering them with washi tape! It’s a quick and inexpensive way to personalize them. You can also give them an optional coat of Mod Podge to seal the tape. [how to make washi tape mint tins]

Project estimate:

• Empty mint tin, on hand
• White paint, on hand
• Washi tape, on hand or $1 and up
• Mod Podge, on hand

Total: Free and up!

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Make old timey tins with custom stencils from stuff from your dollar store! I saw tins like these at a certain design retailer whose initials are PB, and I knew I could make them for a dollar or less. I found the “No. 2” tin at the dollar store in the gift wrap section (it was formerly pink and flowery), and I had the square tin on hand, left over from a Christmas stocking goodie. You probably have tins that will work already (those metal Band-Aid boxes, anyone? Altoids tins? Cookie tins?), but if not, you can find plenty of interesting tins at the dollar store.

If you want to use the same image on your tins, download the free stencil printable here.

Project Materials:

• Tin, $1
• Spray paint, on hand
• Acrylic craft paint, on hand or $.50
• Paper and packing tape for stencil
• X-acto knife or scissors for stencil

Total: $1 and up

I used spray paint on these because I had it on hand, and it’s quick and easy. You can get spray paint in black and white for less than a dollar at your local home improvement or big box store.  I made the stencils with the method I told you about the other day [click here to find out how to make stencils], and used acrylic craft paint to paint the stencils.

To make:

1. Spray paint tins black.

2. Cut out stencils. [click here to find out how to make stencils]

3. Apply stencils to boxes and paint stencils antique white.

4. Clean up image with additional paint, if necessary.

You can see in this paint that I fixed the outline of the letters here with black paint. Just a tip for your stenciling bag of tricks!

p.s. I also found a cute tutorial for making tins like these with chalkboard paint at Someday Craft by Angie from the Country Chic Cottage.

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