Father's Day Card Alternative

If you're looking for a Father's Day project, I've got one featuring Glue Dots® for you today. I wanted to make an alternative to a card for Father's Day this year, so I decided to fill tubes from SRM with candy (who doesn't love the new Pretzel M & M's...seriously) and add a tag instead of a card. This is also a great project for using up scraps and bits and pieces of leftover papers and stickers. Here's the breakdown:

What you'll need:
Memory Book Glue Dots®
Scraps of paper (my largest measures 3" x 4") (I'm using Mr. Boy from Bella Blvd.)
Matching embellishments
Ribbon or Twine
Stickers or Stamps (I'm using stickers from SRM and Bella Blvd.)
Plastic Tube (the ones I used are from SRM Stickers)
Candy


I made a little decorative strip for the bottom of the tube. Cut a strip of paper about 1 1/4" tall and punch it with a decorative border punch. The length of your strip will be determined by the circumference of your tube.


Now you will put Memory Book Glue Dots® on both the inside and outside edge of your strip of paper. The Glue Dot® on the inside will secure the paper to the tube (since Glue Dots® are clear the adhesive is virtually undetectable even when the tube is empty). The Glue Dot® on the outside of the paper strip will secure the paper to itself when you wrap the strip around the tube.


To create the tag, you will need 2 pieces of 3"x4" paper per tag. As you can see in the photo, I didn't want the back sides (the dog print and the "future athlete" paper) to show, so I took 1 piece of wood grain paper and adhered it with Memory Book Glue Dots®


If you put 1 Glue Dot® in each corner, you'll get a nice firm hold.


Embellish your tags with paper and stickers.


Attach your tag with ribbon or twine around the top of the tube. I tied my ribbon in a knot instead of a bow to make it a little more manly.


Now you have a tasty alternative to a card!

*I wrote this blog post while participating on the Glue Dots® Design Team.