I got the most wonderful idea to recycle does soda bottles you might have just finished. Instead of throwing them out why don’t you make a cute little leprechaun cauldron with a pot full of gold. We all love finding gold at the end of the rainbow especially when it has chocolate coins. It’s a fast and easy craft that you can do with kids and they will love finding out the coins are not what they seem.

I cut the plastic bottles in half. Let me tell you that it does take some muscle to cut them but it was easy while using my new scissor from  friskars . They will cut threw almost anything very easy.

Then I stray a light coat of black primer on the bottles before applying a black acrylic coat. Acrylic paint won’t stay on the plastic bottle by itself so applying a coat of primer helps keep the paint on the bottle.

After that I went ahead and made a belt out of felt for the top of the plastic bottle and I wrapped it around.

Once that was completed I just needed to add the magic gold coins and the project is complete for Saint Patrick day. The funny thing is I usually don’t celebrate Saint Patrick’s day but since I got little kiddos holidays seem to be more important. Life seems to change a lot once you have children and I think is for the best. How do you celebrate your Saint Patrick’s day?

Stay crafty,