Kitchen Items for Craft Storage

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01 Jul 2006 08:48 AM

If you and your kids love to do crafts, you have probably begun to accumulate a lot of craft supplies. Try these handy ideas for using kitchen items as easy craft supply storage.

Glitter

Don't you hate it when glitter gets all over everything? What a mess. To make handling glitter easier, use old salt and pepper shakers for storing and shaking. You can also pick up new salt and pepper shakers for very little money at discount centers and dollar stores, so you can have one for every color.

Watching Paint Dry

When you and your kids do painting projects, you might have trouble finding a place to set your items while waiting for them to dry. One simple solution is to pick up a couple of extra baking racks, the ones you use for cooling a cake, and use them as a space to dry your painting projects. Just slip some newspaper beneath them to catch any drips.

Glue, Craft Paint, and More

If you have an old spice rack, don't throw it away. If you don't have one, grab one at a garage sale of thrift store. They work great for storing small bottles of craft paint, glue, fabric glue, decoupage, etc. Set the spice rack on a counter or hang it on the wall in your children's art center.

Paint Brushes

Do you have a spoon rest on your stove or counter that holds a utensil and collects drips while you're cooking? Use an old one or grab a couple of extra ones at the dollar store to use for paintbrushes. When your child is painting and has to run to the bathroom or get more paper, he or she can set paintbrushes on the spoon rest. This is a simple way to help protect surfaces.

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Sherry Holetzky is a work at home mom and freelance writer. Married to her best friend, Sherry and her husband are raising their family in a quiet rural setting in the beautiful Ozark Mountains.

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