Ball Jar Soap Dispenser.....Dollar Craft

I know, I know. These cute little Ball jar soap dispensers have been all over the ‘net, ‘specially my favorite, Pinterest! (By the way, come on by and follow me HERE .) But I just figured that on the off-chance of someone not finding the directions, you could use mine!

The way I did mine came out to $1.00! Yep, just one smack-a-roo. Thrifty and frugal, gotta love it! I already had the jar (given to me), so all I needed was the hand soap from my local Dollar Tree.

It was a cute dispenser anyway!

Here’s a quick list of what you’ll need:

1 Ball jar, any size
1 container of hand soap (be sure it also has the pump)
6000 glue, pliers, either a drill with large bit, or just a large nail and hammer

For the lid, all I did was start a hole in the center. I worked my pliers, pulling back the tin until I had a hole big enough that would accommodate the pump. (This part was easy, as the tin is not especially thick.)

As soon as you know it fits, take 6000 glue and glue the cap around the pump to the lid. I put it between two blocks to let it dry overnight.

Just be sure that the hose just touches the bottom of your jar (I had to cut mine a little to make it shorter). Pour in the soap, then attach the lid and jar ring. There you have it! So kitchey-cute, great for presents with jute twine or initials done in vinyl!

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I can’t thank y’all enough for stopping by and taking a peek into my little craft world! Please be sure to leave a comment, I love and read each one!!! I'm sharing this decorating idea with the following link-up parties:

CraftOManiac
TaterTots and Jello
Design Dazzle
Uncommon Designs
Savvy Southern Style
The 36th Avenue
Five Days, Five Ways
French Country Cottage
I Should be Mopping the Floor
At the Picket Fence
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Quick Teacher Appreciation Gift........

A super cute, really quick idea for a Teacher Appreciation gift!

You’ll need these things:

1 clean soup tin can
Your choice of ribbon
24 or so unused crayons
Pens
Gerber Daisy Silk flowers
Florist tape, scissors, glue and glue gun, hair elastic

For the can:

Super-duper easy. Glue two strips of ribbon on the can, one on top and one on the bottom (or you can use a piece of scrapbook paper too!) Either you can glue the crayons as you go, or you can also use a hair elastic to keep all of the crayons in place if you want the teacher to be able to use the crayons at a later date. Wrap another piece of ribbon around the crayons and you’re done with the cute little holder!

For the pens:

Take a pen and just wrap the florist tape around it! Either use hot glue or E6000 glue to attach the flower head to the top of the pen. It would be super cute to use washi tape or ribbon on the pen too!

(And I like this last picture because I love this "weave" texture from picmonkey.com!) This is a good reason to get extra boxes of crayons at the beginning of the school year (you know, when they’re super cheap!). Would be cute to add a tag that says “You’ve colored my world this year, Mrs. So-and-so”.

Thanks so much for stopping by! What have you done for either Teacher Appreciation or End of the Year Teacher Gifts? Sharing this on-going project with the following AWESOME link-up parties!!!

CraftOManiac
TaterTots and Jello
Design Dazzle
Uncommon Designs
Savvy Southern Style
The 36th Avenue
Five Days Five Ways
French Country Cottage


Be sure to go by and see all of the other great ideas for DIY crafting!