And then I found this old tin when I was "spring" cleaning (rearranging to look like I cleaned up...a little trick to fool my husband)
I decided to reincarnate this old tin as a card holder.
I get so sick of my cards looking like this:
or when you lift it up and all the cards come out the bottom. love that.
They needed a little more sturdier holder
Spray painted the lid
and cut up the box
hot glued the sides of the box to the sides of the tin...so it will be easily recognized
and hot glued the top cover on
you could mod podge it...but my mod podge has drops in it...and I am not running to walmart just to buy some (they are remodeling and I can't find a stinking thing.)
I hot glued the instruction right under the lid....cause we are that kind of family. (the kind that has fights about who's cheating and what is right and what is wrong and NEEDS the instructions to prove it!)
(sidenote: my daughter just dumped out all 8 of our card games and got them all nice and mixed up! It was a mess!!!)
AND THEN...I had one altoid tin left over from my parents house
and that one got turned into a dice holder
AND THEN I found this old game tin (game is long gone)AND THEN...I had one altoid tin left over from my parents house
and that one got turned into a dice holder
and mod podge on some game papers
Don't worry these sudoko answers were in the SUPER HARD section...so I would never need them.
For the lid I first cut out a circle from some cardboard and then glued on the papers.
when it was all done I hot glued it to the lid (this is where you would mod podge it.)
and filled it with all my games
So, now I can just grab it and go (look at all the other card games that need tins to go in! I am seriously considering buying all the men in my life wallets for their birthdays day so I can steal the tins!)
oh. don't you worry...EVEN MORE tin stuff is coming.....on the seat of your chairs aren't you!?
in case you missed my first post about altoid tins Here is what you missed....
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This is seriously so clever! I am definitely saving my hubby's Altoid containers for a crayon container for church! THANKS!
ReplyDeleteSo much better than a dog-eared old box. Love your idea and I'm going to go look through my tins. I know I've got some too! Thanks...
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ReplyDeleteBrilliant! I love the simple idea behind the card game tin, and putting the rules inside the lid.. genius!
ReplyDeleteI love this idea! It's so great to see stuff from around your house find a new purpose. Great job!!
ReplyDeleteSuper ideas! I know that's what our card game boxes look like. We end up throwing them away and just using a rubber band to keep them together. :) I like the tins much better!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! You are too friggin creative! Love it!!
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haha this is great!! i love containers to hold stuff! And containers to hold containers!?!?! HEAVEN!!!
ReplyDeleteLove these! You are so creative!
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job - love all of them!
ReplyDeleteThose are all such great ideas! I could use some tins for flash cards for my boys!
ReplyDeleteSuper cute ideas! Love these!
ReplyDeleteI can't tell you how many cards I have flowing out of my closet every time I need to get a jacket. This would do me wonders. I'm officially on the lookout for a tin!
ReplyDeleteyou have so many tins its unbelievable
ReplyDeleteI love this idea!
ReplyDeleteBTW, totally still have that old Disney Trivia game, with all the pieces... haha! And the tin container that holds it is in such horrible, dented condition, that I couldn't even hope to one day reuse it! lol
I repurposed my altoids tins to match the menu calandars (agaagg) that I gave out for christmas this year. They work nicely to hold all the extra menu tiles, and I added magnetic tape on the back of the boxes to stick them on the fridge.
ReplyDeleteThx for the great idea. They don't make card boxes durable, or you have to spend a fortune to buy the specialty one with the tin. I will now be on the lookout for tins the size of cards....now that I know I can spray paint them.
ReplyDeleteWas thinking it might be easier to find one of those magnetic closure boxes at the craft store than to find a tin as cute as yours. With it being rectangle, might be able to fit more little tins in there.