A few years years back I was trying to come up with a fun way to display some American flags down the center of my table and realized I had some old Root Beer bottles laying around.
So I stuck the flags in them and added some red, white and blue napkin rings around the neck of each bottle. It just spoke AMERICANA to me and was sooo cheap!
You can use Root Beer bottles or other similar type of soda bottle and add flowers to them and tie them altogether for another cute look too!
Popcorn Paper cups
Next I stole this idea from Pottery Barn..popcorn in rolled up paper to make a cup. I made the cute little paper cups from scrapbook paper and newspaper!
I just folded the paper into a cone shape and added a dab of hot glue to hold them in place and voila instant popcorn cups!
I found the wooden silverware caddy at Hobby Lobby a few years ago and knew it would be the perfect holder for my popcorn cups!
I added some red white and blue ribbon to the handle and tucked in some flags to add to the cuteness factor going on!
These are such a great idea for a birthday party, movie night in the backyard and can hold anything from French Fries to your favorite candies.
I love how the plain newspaper ones turned out but you can use some fun scrapbook paper too! So simple and CHEAP!
Karins KottageWelcome to Karins Kottage! There is always something fun going on! You would think after becoming an empty nester couple that our nest would be very quiet and empty but our Kottage nest is usually more full than what we started out with!
You might find me hosting a birthday party or graduation party and a baby shower on the same weekend or a big outdoor get together with 25 of our friends and family in the backyard or maybe I might be in the kitchen trying out a new recipe for my hubby and I to grill on the BBQ for a quiet night for the two of us. I am passionate about entertaining and setting a beautiful table! I may or may not have an addiction to cloth napkins and fun salad plates oh and goblets too!
I think I will always have a home decorating DIY project in the works as long as my hubby is on board with me haha. We have painted A LOT in the 6 homes we have owned in the 35 years that we have been married as well as re-done multiple pieces of furniture, added wall and ceiling treatments, replaced lights, bathroom fixtures and even tiled floors! I have sewn what seems like a million window treatments for our home as well as for family, made slipcovers, and duvets and even a formal dress or two!
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I love the red, white, and blue napkin rings atop the root beer bottles. They remind me of little flower crowns! Also, what a great use of scrapbook pages and old newspaper. I never know what to do with my huge stash of craft paper! Thanks for this, Karin!
I never thought that until you mentioned it but they really do look like little crowns 😁 I love that! I too am always looking for for fun ways to use up my scrapbook paper. I have a bunch of pink paper that I’m thinking I need to plan a Flamingo themed tablescape around 👍🏻
Thanks for stopping by!
Karin