Friday, October 16, 2015

Spookify me: repurposed Starbuck's Frappuccino bottles!

All summer long, Kaela drank those Starbucks fraps that come in bottles.  She LOVES them!   The bottles are so cute that I just couldn't bring myself to pitch them (this area doesn't recycle...boo!)

So, I washed them and stashed them in the hall closet to "play" with later.  


Now, is later!


Here is what I made!  So cute, if I do say so myself.  This is one of those projects that looks exactly how I envisioned it.




These are super easy to make and look adorable when filled.


Here is what you need:


Frap bottles.  Cleaned and dried.  (
Just a note, the stickers come off but if there is any residue it is easily removed with rubbing alcohol.)
candy, scissors, glue, stickers (optional), cupcake liners, glitter and ribbon!



Start by putting a cute Halloween sticker over the Starbuck's logo (not that we don't LOVE her)
You could paint it or cover it with paper too...I just had these and they fit perfectly.


Now, take your glue and run a fairly thick line around the edge of the neck of the bottle, right above the body of the bottle.



do this around the bottle, then set upright and let the dripping begin.  If it isn't drippy enough, add a little, but start small.  It is easier to add glue than to clean up excess.





Once the drips have run a good way down the bottle, sprinkle LIBERALLY with glitter.  Make sure to have something to catch all that glitter to save it.  I used fine black glitter and a chunkier silver glitter for mine:



Now, set your bottle UPSIDE DOWN for about 10 minutes.  This sort of sets the glue to keep it from running off the bottle.
After 10 minutes, flip it back rightside up to finish drying.  When you flip it back, you can add the other color glitter if you'd like.  I did a mix.



Once dried, you can blow or lightly brush the excess glitter off  easily.

Now, fill the jar with candy and put on the lid.  It is cute just like this....but not cute enough!


Now take your cupcake liner and place it on top to cover it.  



Then take about a foot of ribbon and criss cross it once and then tie it.


Now you are done!  


These are so easy to mass produce and the best thing is that you can do this with SO many holidays!  I've already got Christmas ideas swirling....


6 comments:

Rhonda said...

OMG!!! What a great project and the tutorial was fantastic. Thank you for sharing your methods!!

Kerry said...

I've just found some of those bottles ..... forgot I had them !!! Wont have them for too much longer :-) Such a cute idea ... LOVE it !!!!

Jody said...

Cute idea!!

jillytacy said...

These turned out great! So cute and I love recycling projects!

Clare said...

Wonderful idea . . . I may have to make some of these!

Tammy@T's Daily Treasures said...

Ha-ha! From your Instagram photo, I thought you had crocheted the top. Now I see it's a cupcake liner. Very cute gift.

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