Happy Valentine's Day! Tomorrow is Bailey's Valentine's party at daycare, so I am showing how to make some cute little candy dispensers. She only has seven kids in her class, so I was able to make these up pretty quickly. Again, with her "help". I like that she comes and tries to help but it really does slow me down. I'm sure she'll be crafty before too long though and can help me for real. These were featured on the House of 3 webcast last week and a video tutorial is
here.
The basic dispenser is made out of 3 cups, one paper cup on the bottom and two clear 9oz. plastic cups on top. To make the dispenser take the two plastic cups and cut across about 2/3 of the way down from the top of the cup. Then, keeping the two cups together either use a circle punch or use sharp scissors to cut a half circle in both clear cups. Use adhesive (I used glue dots) to attach one of the clear cups to the base paper cup. The candy will go in here. Then place the second clear cup on top, but do not glue it. It will be free to turn. When both holes are aligned, the candy can come out. Turn the top cup so the holes are not aligned and the candy will stay in.
I then cut 3x8 strips of Valentine's paper and adhered them to my basic dispenser. I took the top clear cup off first, because it needs to be free to slide. It worked best for me to fold the strip in the middle. Apply adhesive, then lay the back of the dispenser on the center of the strip.
Then wrap the strip around to the front. It will meet at the top and gap at the bottom like this because the cup is not straight, but it's okay!
Almost finished! I added matching ribbon over the top of the paper strip.
Last step-I made tags for the dispensers that said "Happy Valentine's Day from Bailey" in Photoshop. I did this by saving a dotted background from the internet, then opening it up and using the cookie cutter tool to cut a circle. I reduced the opacity down to 50%, then added text on top. I wanted to use a 2" circle punch, so I sized my circle to 2.5" so I would have some wiggle room after I printed it. After I saved the tag as a JPEG I was able to print 4 to a sheet off on my printer, punch them out, and attach them to the front of the dispenser. This hides the paper gap.
Hope everyone has a day filled with love and treats tomorrow!
The basic dispenser is made out of 3 cups, one paper cup on the bottom and two clear 9oz. plastic cups on top. To make the dispenser take the two plastic cups and cut across about 2/3 of the way down from the top of the cup. Then, keeping the two cups together either use a circle punch or use sharp scissors to cut a half circle in both clear cups. Use adhesive (I used glue dots) to attach one of the clear cups to the base paper cup. The candy will go in here. Then place the second clear cup on top, but do not glue it. It will be free to turn. When both holes are aligned, the candy can come out. Turn the top cup so the holes are not aligned and the candy will stay in.
I then cut 3x8 strips of Valentine's paper and adhered them to my basic dispenser. I took the top clear cup off first, because it needs to be free to slide. It worked best for me to fold the strip in the middle. Apply adhesive, then lay the back of the dispenser on the center of the strip. 
Then wrap the strip around to the front. It will meet at the top and gap at the bottom like this because the cup is not straight, but it's okay!
Almost finished! I added matching ribbon over the top of the paper strip. 
Last step-I made tags for the dispensers that said "Happy Valentine's Day from Bailey" in Photoshop. I did this by saving a dotted background from the internet, then opening it up and using the cookie cutter tool to cut a circle. I reduced the opacity down to 50%, then added text on top. I wanted to use a 2" circle punch, so I sized my circle to 2.5" so I would have some wiggle room after I printed it. After I saved the tag as a JPEG I was able to print 4 to a sheet off on my printer, punch them out, and attach them to the front of the dispenser. This hides the paper gap. 
Hope everyone has a day filled with love and treats tomorrow!
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