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– natural cotton cording – lid band (regular mouth not wide mouth) – fabric – hot glue – wood beads
Start by smashing your soda can to help create beautiful rustic details.
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Use a razor knife to cut the can two thirds of the way down from the top. This will determine how big your bell is.
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Clean the edge off with some scissors. I find the edges are pretty rough after just the razor knife.
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Use some needle nose pliers to fold the edges down.
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Here's how the edges should look. It's not perfect but it ads rustic charm. Once the paint goes on it'll look so good!
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Here's how it looks after I spray painted it gold. To give it an antique effect. I sprayed on a bit of black onto a plastic bag and dabbed it on.
I made the bell clapper from the rest of the soda can and spray painted it to match as well.
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ADD TO A WREATH OR PERFECT TO HANG OFF YOUR MANTEL.