Create a festive pouch from a cardboard tube to hold a small gift or treats for St. Patty's Day.
Approximate Time: About 45 minutes
Supplies:
- 6 inch cardboard tube
- 2 colors of scrapbook paper
- scissors
- ruler
- hot glue gun and glue sticks
- green craft foam
- ribbon
Instructions:
- Cut a piece of scrapbook paper to cover the cardboard tube (6 x 6 inches).
![First piece of scrapbook paper and tube.](https://img.thrfun.com/img/012/541/first_piece_of_scrapbook_paper_cut_s.jpg)
- Run a bead of glue down the tube and attach the scrapbook paper. Roll paper around tube, overlap, and glue in place.
![Applying glue to tube.](https://img.thrfun.com/img/012/542/applying_glue_to_tube_s.jpg)
![Rolling paper onto tube.](https://img.thrfun.com/img/012/543/rolling_paper_onto_tube_s.jpg)
- Press down on tube to flatten slightly, making sure the paper seam is centered on one side.
![Flattening tube.](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
- Cut a second piece of coordinating paper that is slightly smaller than the first piece (about 4 x 6 inches). Run a bead of glue along one edge of the paper and center it on one side of the tube. Wrap it around the tube and glue the other edge down.
![Second piece of paper added.](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
- Cut a shamrock from green craft foam and glue onto the center of one side of the tube.
![Shamrock attached.](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
- Use scissors to cut each end of the tube so that it is rounded.
![Rounded ends.](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
- Fold the rounded edges down to create flaps on each end of the tube. Insert a small gift or candies and fold down flaps on each end.
![How to fold ends.](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
- Tie a ribbon around the tube lengthwise to hold down the flaps and tie the ribbon into a small bow to one side of the shamrock.
![Finished gift tube.](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
By Rachel's Mom from Wilkesboro, NC