Dollar Tree Gift Tub

When I bought these little tin tubs at the Dollar Tree I thought it would be a great idea to fill them with candy, then use them as Christmas gifts. Then I read about Debbiedoo's Dollar Tree Christmas Crafts Party and decided I would make something and join in the fun.

My original intention was to use the Mod Podge Transfer, a technique I had used in a previous project:    My $2.00 Ugly Chair  .
After changing my mind a couple of times I decided to go with the Adorable Snowman, an image I downloaded from the Graphics Fairy. And instead of doing a transfer, I decided to just do a decoupage.
I would probably get more done if there weren't so many choices for these projects. 

I like how this turned out.

My first choice was a bird graphic but later I found some cellophane wrapping paper depicting snowmen, so I changed the graphic to the Adorable Snowman.

For an aged look, I burnt the edges of the paper a little bit.

I glued it on and sealed it using Mod Podge.

I shredded some blue paper to use as fill.
The blue candy canes came from Walmart.

Who wouldn't like this?

This is the first one I made. It didn't take a lot of time, and it didn't cost a lot of money.   Linking to: