Sunday, October 3, 2010

Halloween Blog Hop- Day 3 ~*~ Candy Jar

Wow, I can't believe it's the last day of the blog hop. I have had so much fun! Thank you to all the ladies for making my first Blog Hop so easy and fun!!

For this project I decided to make a homework treat jar.
For every answer my kids get right without help in math and spelling they get a little treat. At this time of year it happens to be candy corn. But instead of the usual plastic mixing bowl to put the candy in I decided to alter an old peanut butter tub.

For the lid I cut the image from the Pumkin Carving cartridge and layered it on a yellow circle then added white stitching.

The sentiment is from Scrappy Moms Stamps. I taped off the "candy" part and stamped the "I want" then I washed the stamp and taped it off a again and stamped just the "candy" part. To make the candy shaped tag I just cut a rectangle at 1.50 in wide and punched all the corners with Martha Stewarts Optic Dot corner punch.
The kids love the candy corn and I love how it looks on the counter :)


Don't forget to leave a comment to be entered to win the candy. I'll be announcing the winner on Monday. :)


60 comments:

  1. Such a cute project...may have to alter this for Christmas treats.

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  2. I bet your kids get a lot of answer correct on their homework! Super cute.

    Georgiana : )

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  3. AWESOME! I might have to try this with my little one and her math homework. TFS

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  4. Wahooo! I have a peanut butter tub that is just about empty! Thanks for the inspiration!

    Melissa
    www.disneydreamerdesigns.blogspot.com

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  5. What a neat idea as an incentive to learn. I may have to do one for my classroom and give out Halloween erasers instead of candy. Thanks.

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  6. What an awesome way to get the children exciting about learning! I am sure the children love to get the "right" answers...

    Thanks for sharing your cute project.

    Nicole
    niclax13@gmail.com

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  7. great idea. i'll bet there's a lot of homework being done at your house.

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  8. What a great idea! I bet they'll be working extra hard at getting the answers right!

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  9. I want cand too:) I love this it's too cute. Thanks for sharing. disneynut4life22@yahoo.com

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  10. I love the patterned paper that you used! This is such a great idea! Thanks for sharing!
    Lindsay
    lindsaykay2@gmail.com

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  11. Once again, you have amazed me! I was so surprised when you said that was a peanut butter jar, I NEVER would have thought that!! It came out so great, Tommy said, "Mommy, can't you make me that? That's so cool!" LOL

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  12. What a fun idea! My girls would LOVE to have a treat for doing their homework correctly:)

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  13. I love how you recycled a peanut butter jar! Great idea...and who doesn't love candy!

    dmcarlisle09@gmail.com

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  14. Great craft & great idea! I might have to steal it!

    vcampbell22@earthlink.net

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  15. what a cute candy jar thanks so much for sharing!
    -jamie
    babyblueangel_30@yahoo.com

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  16. I wonder how many pieces of candy corn are in there for me to eat. YUM. Fab Idea. You should a contest guessing how many are in the jar, lol. Cure idea.
    scrappin_3rdeeschik@yahoo.com

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  17. Cute jar! I LOVE using old jars and making them useful again :)

    phenis2031 at yahoo dot com

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  18. What a great idea and super cute jar!!! Very clever on using something you already have...that is a good way of saving money and spending it on other goodies...lol
    Thanks for sharing,
    jen (jennyscards.blogspot.com)

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  19. OMG! All this candy so early in the morning! I have already gained 2 lbs. Cute project! Thanks for the last three days of fun projects.

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  20. What a clever idea for reuse of the jar. TFS.

    stacy at mycraftingtime dot com

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  21. I do the same thing with my kiddos (5 & 8) but yours looks so much cuter than the bulk food bag my candy is in! :)

    TFS your talent with us!
    Cheryl @ CardsbyCG.blogspot.com

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  22. Great project! I love recycling everyday items into crafts. Well done :)

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  23. So cute! Sooo clever on taping the stamp to make it work the way you want it to! Very clever!
    Thank You for sharing that secret!
    Kim H
    rkrharris at comcast dot net

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  24. that is cute.. i'm gettin soo many ideas!!

    tfs

    felkatz at gmail dot com

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  25. I don't like candy corn but I seriously just salivated after seeing that candy jar! No joke! Great job.

    spunkycrayon at yahoo dot com

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  26. Another great project. So cute.

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  27. Another project that is different and such a cute idea. Thank You for sharing and being in the hop and for the chance to win great prizes.
    quilt 4 fun 2 at hot mail dot com

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  28. Very neat idea. I might have to hop lift this. Lol

    Burffrau @ aol dot com

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  29. What a great idea and I bet the kids are going to love it too!!! Hopping on down the road this hop has been SSSOOOOOO FUN!!!
    Karen dkolopez@msn.com

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  30. What a great way to up-cycle a peanut butter jar! :-)

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  31. Thanks for sharing this great idea! I just love the jar.

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  32. What a fun idea. I need to make a guess how many jar for our school book fair and I'll for sure be using this idea! Thanks for all the fun ideas in the hop!

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  33. Awesome idea. Thanks for sharing.
    evinadas@yahoo.com

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  34. What a fun project and a great way to use an old peanut butter jar! Love it

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  35. Very fun and so so clever!!! Just adorable.
    annadowdy at gmail dot com

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  36. Great Job on the blog hop.......Good Luck to everyone.
    http://lovethatexpressions.blogspot.com/
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    E-Mail: davidbayles@sprintmail.com

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  37. Cute idea, I like the tag

    Michelle dot watson 82 at gmail dot com

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  38. Cute jar! I love the tag!
    ra6352 (at) gmail (dot) com

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  39. Candy Corn is the BEST! Thanks for sharing your fun project, love the lid...
    Bonnie C
    http://ascrapabove.blogspot.com
    a_scrap_above@yahoo.com

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  40. So cute! Thanks for sharing.
    mommakcrafts.blogspot.com

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  41. Great project! I bought my first bag of Autumn mix today.

    Jennifer

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  42. Very cute! I may have to use this idea when my kids start bringing homework home - my oldest is in preschool. TFS!!

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  43. Could use this idea for every holiday. Cherylann
    prinkles@woh.rr.com

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  44. I love this idea, I may need to create something like this for a job treat jar. Thanks so much!!! Great idea! :)

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  45. Cute jar. Hope that motivates them to check their work!

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  46. Great idea thanks for sharing and for a great HOP:)

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  47. Love this idea! I'm not a big fan of the candy corn but m&m's would be great! Thanks for the inspiration.

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  48. Love your treat jar! Cute idea! And I love candy corn!
    kmgillon at yahoo dot com

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  49. Fantastic projects! LOVE them all, Star! I had such a great time hoppin' with you!

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  50. What a great treat jar...and you recycled something that otherwise would've been thrown away! Great projsect!
    booger1 at tds.net

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  51. Adorable. I love recycled projects. I have a nearly empty Peanut Butter jar.. you have inspired me. I may do a Christmas theme though.. won't be around for Halloween. Boo Whoo. (hehe) Thank you for sharing how you made the tag.. love it!

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  52. i really like this idea. and the altered jar looks great. I would have never thought that this was a pb jar.
    tfs
    Jess M
    myscrapdiary(at)gmail(dot)com

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  53. What an amazing project!!! I love it!!!! XOXO Momo

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