Mixed Kreations

The Creative Life & Journey Of A DIY'ER

  • Home
  • Diy Projects
    • Handmade Cross Projects
    • Holiday & Seasonal Projects
    • Mason Jars
    • Fun Upcyled Shutters & Spindles
    • Texas Projects
    • Upcycled Cans
    • Wood Projects
    • Jewelry Tutorials
  • Quick and Easy Recipes
  • Shop Mixed Kreations
    • Etsy Shop
    • Mixed Kreations Amazon Influencer
  • DISCLOSURES STATEMENT & PRIVACY POLICY
  • About Me
  • Recommendations
You are here: Home / DIY/Craft Projects / repurposed/upcycled / How To Make A Dallas Cowboys Tin Can Pencil Holder

How To Make A Dallas Cowboys Tin Can Pencil Holder

February 13, 2017 By: Linda @ Mixed Kreations4 Comments

If you enjoyed this post, don't forget to pin it for later!

1 shares
  • Share
  • Tweet

Living in Texas all my life with the Dallas Cowboys as our football team, I can not believe that I haven’t thought of making a Dallas Cowboys tin can pencil holder before.

I have made everything from Texas, grungy, decorative, and chalk paint cans, but never a Dallas Cowboys can.

Diy Dallas Cowboys Tin Can Pencil Holder

First start off with a clean gunk free tin can.

Diy  Dallas cowboys tin can pencil holder 5

How to make a Dallas Cowboys pencil holder out of a tin can #UpcycledTinCan #DiyPencilHolder
Powered By the Tweet This Plugin
Tweet This

Give the tin can a couple coats of Metallic Acrylic paint. Let dry thoroughly between each coat.

Diy  Dallas cowboys tin can pencil holder

Draw a star on the side of the tin can, then give it two – three coats of navy blue paint. Drying thoroughly between coats.

Diy  Dallas cowboy tin can pencil holder 5

Next take a small detail brush, some white paint, and then outine the inside of the blue star with a thin white line.

Diy  Dallas cowboy tin can pencil holder 5

Now lets do some splattering using some white paint, navy blue paint, and a old toothbrush.

How to splatter video

Diy  Dallas cowboys tin can pencil holder 5

Once everything is completely dry I decided to give it a little antiquing with my favorite antiquing medium.

Diy  Dallas cowboy tin can pencil holder 5

The last step for this super easy tin can project is to give it a coat of mod podge for protection.

Diy  Dallas cowboys tin can pencil holder 5

Do you like to upcycle tin cans? I do, because:
1. It keeps them out ofthe landfill
2. It’s practically free, because you already have the can
3. You can dazzle them up anyway you want
4. They make great succulent planters, storage for small items, treat cans, and of course a Dallas Cowboys tin can pencil holder.
5. It’s Fun!
6. An “Oh So Easy Craft”

Diy  Dallas cowboys tin can pencil holder 5

*This post contains affiliate links, if you click on an affiliate link & buy something I may receive a small commission at no extra charge to you. The affiliate money I earn helps pay the expenses to keep this site running. Please read my full advertising disclosure for more info. Thanks so much for your support!*

Materials List

Tin can
Metallic, white, and navy blue acrylic paint
Paintbrushes
Old toothbrush
Antiquing medium
Mod Podge

More Tin Can Projects You May Enjoy!
Quick and easy repurposed tin cans
How to make rusty tin cans
Diy Grungy can

how to make a dallas cowboys pencil holder pinnable

If you enjoyed this post, don't forget to pin it for later!

1 shares
  • Share
  • Tweet

If you enjoyed this post, would you mind taking the time to:
  • Share, or Pin for later reference.
  • Follow me on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest
  • Leave a comment
Thank you so much for taking the time to comment. I love hearing from my readers, and appreciate the kind words.

Comments

  1. michelle says

    February 13, 2017 at 11:28 am

    Oops, I have no idea who the Dallas Cowboys are Linda, sorry I had to look it up on google 🙁 We don’t watch football in South Africa, but we do love our Rugby and this would be perfect for all the rugby fans out there. Hope your team wins

    Reply
    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      February 14, 2017 at 9:44 am

      LOL, Michelle. That is interesting to know. I thought everyone knew who the Dallas Cowboys were.

      Reply
  2. Nikki Frank-Hamilton says

    February 14, 2017 at 10:32 am

    Linda, you are a never ending idea machine! I would never have thought to use a can for something so cool. And you could do this for any sports team, something for any kid’s desk, it might encourage them to put their pencils away instead of leaving them all over. One can dream, right?

    The splatter and aging techniques took this over the top. I love it.

    Reply
    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      February 14, 2017 at 10:45 am

      Thanks Nikki! Cans do make the perfect pencil holders. This one was for the hubby to use at his new desk job, he took my Texas pencil holder too. Now I need to make me another. LOL

      I don’t know why it is so hard for children to put things up. I’m sure if they had a pencil holder they would come as far as laying the pencil beside the holder instead of in it. LOL

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

CommentLuv badgeShow more posts

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and comments! I read and appreciate every single one!

Follow Mixed Kreations

Facebooktwitterpinterestyoutubeinstagram

My Favorites on Amazon

My Amazon Influencer Shop

Homemade Chalk Paint

diy chalk paint

How to Make Rusty Cans

how to make rusty cans

How to Make a Flag From a Wood Shutter

how to make a 2 sided american flag

Easter Egg Jar

How to make a Easter egg jar

Diy Texas Tile Coasters

Texas Tile Coasters

Update a Thrift Store Find

How to Update a Hanging Box in 4 easy steps

Categories

By Kelli & Crystal From Learn To Blog Hangouts

#LearntoBlog Hangouts

Dominate Course

LearntoBlog
Featured on Hometalk.com
Rakuten Affiliate Network Welcome Program
Grow and Make

Dollar Tree

Creative Fabrica Font Bundles

Font Banner - Free Fonts

Featured At

Featured At

Mixed Kreations featured in Country sampler

Featured at

mixed kreations is featured in Bella Crafts online magazine
The Pin Junkie

Canva Photo Editing

Amazon Affiliates

I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

Disclosures Statement

This policy is valid from 19 July 2013 This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me. For questions about this blog, please contact Linda @ ldkeesee@mixedkreations.com. This blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation. The compensation received will never influence the content, topics or posts made in this blog. All advertising is in the form of advertisements generated by a third party ad network. Those advertisements will be identified as paid advertisements. The owner(s) of this blog is compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. Even though the owner(s) of this blog receives compensation for our posts or advertisements, we always give our honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the bloggers' own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question. This blog does not contain any content which might present a conflict of interest. To get your own policy, go to http://www.disclosurepolicy.org

Copyright © 2023 · Modern Blogger Pro Theme By, Pretty Darn Cute Design