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Make Plastic Lid Stamps

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By Noreen Doll.

Plastic Lid Stamps by Crafty Journal

Make plastic lid stamps using recycled lids and foam stickers.

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Foam stickers come in a huge variety of subjects.  You can find animals, vehicles, flowers and shapes for kids.

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During the holidays you can find cats, bats, ghosts, spiders and more for Halloween.

There are trees, bells, snowflakes, gingerbread men and snowmen for Christmas.  And at Easter you will see chicks, ducks, bunnies and eggs.

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Foam stickers can be found in Walmart or Target, craft stores, and Dollar stores, often costing only a dollar or two.

Save the plastic lids from containers, particularly the larger hard plastic ones. They are perfect for attaching stickers, and easy to use as stamps.

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Materials.

Hard Plastic Lids

Foam Stickers

How to Make Plastic Lid Stamps.

1. From an assortment of foam stickers, choose 2 of identical size and shape. They don’t have to be the same color.

Peel the back off one of the stickers and attach it to the top of the other, matching edges as well as possible.

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It won’t hurt if they aren’t exactly perfect. You can trim off the excess or just leave it.

2. Select a lid that is large enough for the entire foam sticker to fit on.

Remove the backing from the sticker and center it on the lid. Press it on the lid thoroughly.

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3. The stamp is ready to use. It’s easy to make several plastic lid stamps while you are making them.

These stamps can be used with paint or ink. I used ink for this photo.

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After using the stamps, you can stamp them several times on a scrap sheet of paper or a paper towel.

Gently clean these plastic lid stamps and they can be used several times.

Try this fun and easy way to recycle.

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Tips.

If the sticker is very thin (as the snowflake was) you could use 3 layers of stickers so the lid won’t get inked every time the stamp does.

If you get ink or paint on the edge of the lid, you can wipe it off with a paper towel before you stamp so it doesn’t get stamped on the paper.

Have a large sheet of butcher paper or brown kraft paper ready for when you clean the stamps.

You can stamp the excess ink several times on the butcher or kraft paper, and then use it for gift wrapping.  This way you don’t waste the ink.

I’m not sure how well the stickers will stand up to water, so I would just gently wipe the surface with a damp paper towel.

Use larger round lids, such as those on oatmeal boxes or shortening cans, to hold paint for kids to use.

© Noreen Doll

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  8. What a great idea! I just posted about stamping, I love it but those stamps are pricey! I will definitely try this, thanks so much!

  11. What a great idea for stamps! You could also use them to play memory, assuming you had 2 of each 🙂 Thanks!

  16. Brilliant! We don’t have a lot of lids, but every time I throw one out, I wonder what else I could do with it to re-use it. I’m going to “pin” this one.

  20. This is so clever, my boys would love this!!!!

  25. Just love this. I am forwarding to my daughters for our grandchildren. Will think about making turtle ones for give aways for my book Tadeo Turtle. Thank you so much.
    Found you on Sun Scholars.
    Blessings,
    Janis

  27. These are great! I just bought some foam stickers today thinking they would come in handy sometime soon. Pinning and trying soon.

  33. Hello there,
    I have seen your project on the Sew many ways link party and thought it was genius so just popping by to let you know.
    I took a quick peek at the rest of your project and I love them, you are so clever 🙂
    Would live it if you could check out my blog sometime, I am only just starting out and trying to find more time to blog more often but my uni assignments often take up a lot of time, as do my kids.
    Hope you have a great weekend 🙂

  35. Doh! I have made my own before with craft foam, but never thought to use the THOUSANDS of stickers we have!!! Thanks xx

  36. What a fantastic idea! Now I will have to start saving lids–my daughter will really enjoy putting these together and stamping. Thanks for sharing this!

  41. I Love this idea! I’ll have to buy some foam letters and have my daughter practice the alphabet that way!

  42. Brilliant idea! I love that you’re recycling old lids – I have been wondering what to use for a stamp base, and you just answered my question! 🙂
    Shannonsews.blogspot.com

  43. This is a fabulous idea! I’ve pinned it! Thanks for linking up with us at the Pinterest Power Party – hope you’ll come back and link up again!

    Danielle
    SewMuchCrafting.com

  44. What a great idea. I will be featuring this tonight at my Swing into Spring party that opens at 8pm EST. Please stop by and pick up an I’ve Been Featured button. Thanks.

  49. Awesome I’m 100% up to upcycling!!! and it could be a fun project to make with the kids!!! Thanks so much for sharing this at Bewitch Me & Titi! Hope to have you back next Sunday with more awesome shares!

    Hope you are having a lovely week

    Hugs
    Cami @ TitiCrafty by Camila

  52. Oh my gosh! I love this idea!! The poor little boy that I watch has been stuck with princess stamps from my girls! lol

    Stopping by from TGIF Link Party

  55. Wow, this is such a great idea! Thanks so much for sharing at Crafty Tuesday. I am pinning this right now, my son will love this!

  58. What a great idea and some upcycling too. I will be doing this with my Beaver cubs as a craft activity so simple. Thanks for sharing

  62. I have a slew of these that I put stickers on for my TK class. We use them for matching games, letter recognition, etc. The little ones love it. We turn them over and they have to pick two at a time to see if they have a match. Great memory skills learning for them. Visiting from Grandma Ideas.

  64. Love this idea! A lot easier for a child to hold onto than the actual shape. Thanks for sharing with SYC.
    hugs,
    Jann

  69. What an incredibly crafty and wonderful idea! I am definitely pinning this one to be used as a project with my kids. Thanks so much for sharing with us at the #HomeMattersParty this week!

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