Hip2Save This Holiday: Gerber Puffs Container Snowman
This Hip2Save.com Deal was hand-posted on Thursday, December 20th, 2012 at 11:38 am.
Hip2Save This Holiday Guest Post submitted by reader Amy
When my kids were toddlers, I ended up with a lot of left-over Gerber Graduates Puffs containers. I mean, A LOT. Ever the pack-rat, once they were empty, I began to wash and save them, vowing, “I’ll use these someday!”
Then one morning, as I looked at one perched on the countertop, an idea hit me. The container looked like a naked snowman! So I decided to dress him up. I raided my craft drawer for ribbon, pom-poms, chenille stems, wiggly eyes, and a glue gun. And I borrowed a sock from my daughter. In no time at all, I had made a snowman, without ever leaving the warmth of my home!
At first, I used my decorated snowmen for storing things that are easily misplaced around the holidays—extra light bulbs for the Christmas tree, ornament hangers, and those tiny batteries that nearly require a microscope to see. They also made a great “Snowman Dough-can,” a sort of holiday piggy bank, especially fun for encouraging kids to save money for gift-giving or charity donations. And I quickly realized that bite-size fudge, peanut butter balls, and chocolate-covered pretzel sticks fit inside, making the snowmen containers a perfect holiday gift to share with family and friends!
mary says:
So cute! What did you use to make the snowman white? Is it construction paper? Thanks for sharing
N says:
Just peel the label off
Sarah Siebenaler says:
Makes me wish I’d saved a few of those. Too Cute!
Kele B says:
We keep our coffee mate bottles and let the kiddos put a bit of paint in them and shake shale shake. The red cap makes a sweet little snowman hat and then they use markers to draw the features on.
Jennifer C says:
That is adorable! What a cute idea!
Kacee says:
Just peel off the Gerber label
Alison says:
I saw the snowman and thought, that looks like a puffs container! I think I need to get out more;)
Kelly B says:
Very cute idea!
Ashley57 says:
Good idea! I need some of those containers….
maflies1 says:
Love these ideas. This is adorable!
Merideth says:
That is so clever!
Kate says:
outrageously cute! thanks for sharing!!
Mary P says:
Fun Idea
Thanks! I have been going through these weekly!
Janie says:
Those are so cute! Great idea!
Pam says:
We also use the puff containers for preschool lessons…I wrote large numbers 1-10 on the front (yes I have lots of these things too) with permanent markers on each, made a slot in the cap of each container and the children drop the correct number of poker chips into each..we also use them for bowling pins:)
Jamie says:
You can also use the Aldi’s coffee creamer bottles, just peel of the labels.
My kiddos use those all of the time to make snowman, robots, etc.
Ann Dee says:
Darn, wish I would’ve known about this craft or even the bowling pins a few years ago when I was going through the Puffs like crazy…Time to find some neighbors that would save them for me…Heh heh…