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DIY Picnic Caddy And Swing Into Spring Party

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DIY Picnic Caddy

Today is craft day…..and I made a DIY Picnic Caddy. You will be surprised at what I recycled for this project. It’s beautiful here today and just perfect for a party….a Swing Into Spring Linky Party!

I have the pleasure of co-hosting the party today with At The Picket Fence and Uncommon Designs.

 

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I’m patting myself on the back over this one. It turned out great. Ya’ll know how I love bright colors! Do you guys know what I recycled now?

 

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I’m patting myself on the back because this is how the “caddy” started out. A couple of weeks ago when the granddaughters were at the house for the day…we made a fast food run. Those girls keep us hopping and there’s never time to cook.

Anyway, I thought at the time that I would do something fun with the drink tote. It seems a waste to throw it away and I’m all about recycling.

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I first spray painted the tote white. I thought the tote would break down into a flat box, but no, not this one. I spray painted it as is.

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Then came the fun part….adding color. I grabbed a couple of stencils, brushes, and pretty acrylic paints.

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Stenciling is so easy and I never worry about it being perfect. I put color over color on some of the flowers and just went with it! Selecting the bold colors and playing around with the colors on the various flower designs was fun.

easy diy picnic caddy from recyled drink tote petticoat junktionI gathered some things from the kitchen to fill the caddy. I used plastic drink glasses and mason jars to hold the flatware, straws, and flowers…the napkins were on their own! The flowers are faux but you could totally use real flowers.

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I planned to buy some colorful solo cups and paper plates and do a full on display on my patio table but the weather wouldn’t cooperate. I was doing a practice run when I took these photos, not expecting to use them. But I never got another chance to take photos with the sun shining.

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The caddy/tote would also be perfect for holding crayons, pencils, and such. Muli-Purpose.

Now check out the projects from my party co-hosts….

Spring tree with flower eggs atthepicketfence.com

This Spring Tree with Flower Eggs from At The Picket Fence is cute as can be.

Click the photo or the “pink link” to view the full tutorial!

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The Bunny Pillow from Uncommon Designs is calling my name.

Love the tail!!! Same deal, click the photo or the “pink link” to view the full tutorial. It would be awesome if you would leave a comment for my co-hosts after viewing their projects…..and tell them I sent you!

Link your Spring projects below in the photo area. I need some inspiration. The full tour listing is below….

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Comments

  1. What a fun and clever idea, I love your blooming caddy! I just recycled one last week, you’ve inspired me to try this 🙂

  4. Ok that is just so clever!! I love it Kathy! I was thinking how fun it would be to have my kids make some and use them in their rooms to hold art supplies, etc. Thanks for the idea and for co-hosting today with me!
    Vanessa

  5. i can just see the big smile on your face when you were done with this…it is such a good idea and i love when you stencil because you just let the colors rip xx

  8. Kathy, your picnic caddy is adorable. Just sorry you haven’t been having any picnic weather. (Same here!)

    I love your repurposing of the Sonic drink caddy. I may need to make a happy hour run soon to see what kind of craft I can think up using a drink caddy because I’m inspired.

    Hope the weather gets better! And thanks for hosting.

  9. Kathy,

    I was just going through “stuff” in my craft room and found three of those drinks caddies that I had saved for a future idea to strike me…Well, I have been struck! Thanks for such a cute and creative idea. Bring on the paint.

  10. Kathy – that is absolutely precious and I would have NEVER thought about that. I think I may use this idea for my grandsons to organize their crayons and coloring pencils, etc. Brilliant! That would also mean I would have to make myself go to Sonic. Poor me. 😀
    Thanks so much for joining us and being a co-host for the Swing Into Spring Link Party. xxoo, Barb

  12. That is so adorably cute, Kathy! You have such great paint ideas for just about everything, don’t you? Thank you so much for joining us on our tour!

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