hi guys it's Deidre from our upcycled life and today I'm going to show you how you can make a
fun and beautiful door hanger right from tin can in your recycling bin super easy you probably
have all the stuff that you need in your house to make one and today I'm going to take you on
a step-by-step tutorial so you can make one for yourself if you like DIYs repurposing and
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get started first thing you want to do is get your tin can out of the recycling bin and make sure
you give it a real good scrub in some hot soapy water clean it all out get all of the debris out
of it and dry it really well and then I'm gonna take your can opener and take the bottom out of
it so you have both ends open and then I like to take the can opener along the top and the bottom
it just gets rid of that sharp edge on both ends and then take both hands and just kind of press
the bottom together as much as you can just makes it easier when you want to fit it into the vise
okay I'm kind of fortunate that my husband has a garage right attached to our house and he has a
great big vice so it makes this job a little bit easier and you just want to slowly open
and close the vise just trying to bring the two ends together at the bottom to make it as tight
as possible and I just kind of move it along the vise back and forth until it's completely closed
now out to the backyard to give it a real good coat of black spray-paint - real good coats of
chalk paint gets it all ready for the graphics and here I have my graphics made I make them
on PicMonkey it's a paid subscription but it's really worthwhile for me because I use it every
day so I've designed the graphics and then after I've designed them I take them out of
PicMonkey and I put them into my word program to make them fit for the project that I'm doing
you always have to remember that you have to reverse your text in your word program otherwise
when you do the transfer you won't be able to read it okay now we're all set to put the graphics on
I use this from DecoArt it's called decoupage and it's the exact same as mod podge and you can
find it on Amazon and actually it's a little bit cheaper and I find the results are just as good
I'll put the link below in the description and you can find it on Amazon we're all set now you
just want to put a light coat all across the whole graphic you want to make sure you have everything
covered really well but not too thick just light brushes and completely cover the whole piece
we're ready to put the graphics on now you want to make sure that you have it centered in your
project just take your time and just lightly press it down in place now this is a little
bit of a different project than normally doing it on a piece of wood because it's got all the
little grooves in it so you want to make sure when you've got it centered and you've got it
right where you want it you've got to push the paper right in between all those little grooves
just takes patience just take your time and just gently ease it into all those
little grooves get all the air bubbles out and make sure it's nice and smooth
you want to take a damp cloth and just dampen the water until you can see the graphics show
through and this gently with your fingers rub off all the paper until it's completely gone
now when rubbing off this graphic some of this in the grooves came off a little bit
and that's okay because it makes it look more authentic and caged and I kind of like
that look and now I'm just going to take my block sander and just sand along some
of the ridges so the tin is exposed again just to make it look more aged and empty
now we're ready to add two bowls for the twine hanger needs have a drill in a drill bit and
just gently press through and make two bowls on each end I love creating things like this
we can keep a tin can over the landfill and do a fun DIY upcycle project at the same time
we're now ready to put a coat of poly acrylic matte finish very faint on it
I'm gonna put it on quite thick because it is going to be outside so an exposed
all dry and ready for the finishing touches I've got a piece of twine cut and I can just you can
just find this at the dollar store and I'm just gonna tie it on each end of the hanger I think
this is a great project to hang on the front door warning friends and family it's funny and
beautiful at the same time and I'm sure all of us can relate to this welcome to the [ __ ] show
and there's your upcycle welcome to the [ __ ] show door hanger