Help a Reader: Sugar-Free Drink Mix Containers

12 Comments for Help a Reader: Sugar-Free Drink Mix Containers

• 1. Susan  |  November 6th, 2009 at 10:34 am

  I also was looking for something to do with those nice tall sugar free drink mix containers and came up with this. Remove lid, use a band saw and cut the bottom from the tube and then cut into 4 equal pieces. Once you have those pieces, they can be decorated and turned into napkin rings. You can hot glue all kinds of things on them. I usually start with hot gluing a ribbon or lace around it and then add colors of beads, floral items or whatever according to the season I’m making them for.

• 2. Judy Stenstrom  |  November 6th, 2009 at 10:51 am

  I cut down my Crystal Lite containers about 2-3 inches then print out a label on colored paper. For example: in my sewing room I have containers labeled “Fabric Markers”, “Fabric Adhesives”, etc. Then I put hook and look and attach the containers to my sewing table in handy places so I can grab what I need quickly.

  I also use these containers for my paint brushes, colored pencils and pens.

  Hope this helps.

• 3. Alecia  |  November 6th, 2009 at 11:47 am

  Make them into garden art! You could take off the paper outside so it leaves just the tube. Paint them in bright colors with thin transparent paint. get some styrofoam and push to the bottom so it will stay and go out and find some nice branches to stick in a bucket and stick the tubes on the end of branches. And you could also paint the lids and dangle them from the branches. Now you have beautiful garden art!

• 4. Hope  |  November 6th, 2009 at 12:06 pm

  Hey, you can take thoses empty drink mix and turn them into bamks for the smaller kids(under10), by decorating the outside of the containers and hot glueing the lids on after you have put a slot in the plastic lid for the child to deposit the money into. When they want to get the money out you can just cut a bigger hole in the plastic lid.

• 5. Mary Lou  |  November 6th, 2009 at 12:12 pm

  If we are talking about tall, semiopaque with a matching snap on lid, I would make a large outdoor wall wreath or tree using them. On each one, paint or permanent marker a face (make em all different). Glue the lid on and add a large colored pom to the center of it. You can also add a scarf of scrap cloth, mitten strips or other knitted bits to each about where the neck would be. Add three black buttons down the front of each. When you have enough, glue with weatherproof glue to the tree or weath shape(Make the shapes huge, piecing foam core if necessary) so they are just touching each other until the shape is filled.

• 6. Judith Munzel  |  November 6th, 2009 at 1:26 pm

  You could use some to contain beads when beading. But there are ones that have lids. I store many small objects for crafting, use to start seedlings, and let grandchildren use for buildings etc,
  The ones with lids can be filled with a few dry beans, seal the lid on and let dry. Then crochet a turtle to cover it. Great for babies.

• 7. Shay  |  November 6th, 2009 at 2:51 pm

  Alot of great ideas from the other ladies.

  Here are a few more: donate to a school or to the library or even a church group, and the kids could use them to make musical instruments out of them (filled with different types of pasta and beans). Our son attends a few local libraries that have toddler time, and at one we made these musical instruments, but used paper towel rolls and cupcake paper, they didn’t last long. I have the roll saved, and I think Drew and I have a new project to do. =-)

• 8. Shay  |  November 6th, 2009 at 2:52 pm

  Another idea, is to make them into little snowmen.

  Again, a great idea if you work with kids. They could use old baby socks for the hats, and paint them up to look like snowmen.

• 9. gail  |  November 6th, 2009 at 3:44 pm

  We used these types of container in vacation bible school. We glued the lids to the bottom of the plastic container. If they needed to be cut we cut them before the children decorated them. They make excellent holder for napkins, plastic forks and spoons when having a cookout.

• 10. Loriann I Lentz  |  November 6th, 2009 at 5:59 pm

  I cover the containers with pretty fabric which I hot glue to the container. They are ready for a just about whatever you would like to put in them. You can also print labels to match the fabric if you prefer to close the containers instead of using them without the covers. I also add plastic gems or flowers hot glued to the outside of the container or the cover, this adds an extra texture to the container.

• 11. Cricket  |  November 6th, 2009 at 7:13 pm

  The empty containers are great for lots of things, from organization to snack containers for on the go. I also found them great has great gifts. Decorate how every you would like, beads, paint, or ribbon. Make a recipe card (chocolate chip cookies) and attach to outside. Fill the clean empty container with dry ingrediates for recipe..

• 12. Terry Myra  |  November 7th, 2009 at 8:12 am

  I’m a school teacher. I have students using them to create mini time capsules or for book reports. I have students use a roll of butcher paper the width of the can to create slide frames or comic strips retelling a story they read. Then I make a slit in the side of the can. Students roll up their story and slide it through the slit to read each frame. They decorate the can to match an event or something related to their story. Time capsules are fun too. They create their time capsules in primary grades. Each year the capsules are passed on to the next teacher. At graduation the studens can open their time capsules and see how far they have come. It’s fun!

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