“I’ve got Nature”

Ever since Christian came home from school one day with the plastic baggie full of rocks, twigs, leaves ect… and proclaimed ‘Look what I’ve got.  I’ve got Nature!” – we’ve used that as our catch phrase for all things collected from the outdoors – Nature.  And now with the weather much nicer and we’re going for walks more frequently – they needed a place to put all their ‘nature.’  So we made Nature Cans.  And they sure beat the previous collecting spot – pockets.  Nature doesn’t hold up well in the wash.  Then neither does mother.

Here’s how we did it.

Supplies:

• Used canister (mine are Trader Joe’s coffee cans

• Old blue jeans

• Felt pieces

• Craft glue

• Miscellaneous stuff for decorating– buttons, ribbons, etc…

Then decorate away.  (Works best if you get all your pieces glued on the jean material first and then wrap/glue onto the can.

Christian was frustrated by his cutting ability.  He tried the best he could and then I helped him a bit  - but only under his total artistic direction.

I then used the seam of the blue jeans and poked two holes on each side of the can, strung it through and knotted inside to create the handles.

Campbelle attached a big sign with her name, address and phone number just in case she misplaced her can of nature.  The contents are irreplaceable, you know.