Joy Metal Snowflake Bucket Gift Idea Using Cricut
Do you love creating gift baskets that you can fill with sweets and themed goodies? Then you’re going to love this easy and fun Cricut project. It starts with a Target Dollar Spot find and ends with a creative vinyl DIY Joy Metal Snowflake Bucket Gift Idea!
These metal snowflake buckets are pretty much like filling up a coffee mug with goodies. Except with this gift idea you are creating something more personal and handmade. What Christmas gift is better than handmade?!
Why is this gift so much better? It’s because you are creating a unique gift by using Cricut vinyl to personalize the buckets. With using Cricut you can apply any word or quote (or image!) on a metal tin pail or bucket.
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My Cricut machine worked overtime to create some truly unique and personalized gifts for my friends. I created these Joy Metal Snowflake Bucket Gifts along with the Cricut Vinyl Snowflake Peppermint Candy Jar Gifts. I also could’ve used the Personalized Snowflake Initial Stocking Tags to attach to each one of these snowflake bucket gifts too.
You can usually find these types of metal buckets or mini tin pails at the Target Dollar Spot, year round. They are typically offered during seasonal holidays and can we say they are also budget friendly too!
Supplies
- Mini tin Pail, Cream (Target Dollar Spot #234-35-0045)
- Variety of Chocolate, Candy and Self-Care Goodies
- Cricut Design Space Font: BFC Farmhouse Christmas
- Cricut Design Space Image: #M445511B1 (x2)
- Cricut Explore – Cricut Joy – Cricut Joy Xtra
- Cricut Cutting Mat
- Cricut Removeable Vinyl Forest Green
- Cricut Transfer Tape
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Joy Metal Snowflake Bucket Details
I absolutely love how these mini tin pails turned out and I’m so glad I used the forest green vinyl. It looks amazing against the cream pail. I could also place a small pine tree into the buckets and use them in my home decor too. They are so versatile and perfect for Christmas gifting or decor.
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Adhere Design
This was a super easy Cricut project! All I had to do was cut the vinyl, adhere it and then it was time to fill the buckets with gifts!
If you use this design, make sure to use the unite feature in Cricut Design Space for connecting the word to the flourish on each side. To do that highlight all three elements and select the unite feature. This will create one cut for the full design. Then you only have to adhere it once.
Another option is to create a sort of wrap of this design. To do that I would recommend cutting the full design separately (so that you have two designs to adhere). Then apply by to the front and back of the bucket and try to align the flourishes up as best as possible.
Now comes the fun part…filling the metal buckets with goodies!
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Sweets Joy Bucket
The easiest way to start filling your metal buckets is to begin with a theme. For the first Joy Metal Snowflake Bucket Gift Idea, I chose to fill it with sweets and goodies. I did my best to find sweets and goodies that had a green theme to them. For example, the Ghirardelli hot cocoa box is a green color.
What Is In This Bucket
- Ghirardelli Premier Hot Cocoa Double Chocolate
- Ghirardelli Squares Dark Raspberry
- Pirouline Chocolate Hazelnut Creme Filled Wafers
- Candy Cane
- Mint Flavored Green Pinwheel Hard Candy
When you select fillables that match the color of the vinyl, it just gives an overall cohesive look to the gift.
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Self-Care Joy Bucket
If you are ever in need of a quick, easy, last-minute gift these bucket gift ideas are perfect! By personalizing with vinyl it lends to the thoughtfulness of this gift. Since I was using individual items in this Joy Metal Snowflake Bucket Gift Idea I was able to fit a lot more in it.
What’s In This Bucket
- Refreshing Foot Mask Packet
- Foot & Heal File
- Avocado Face Mask
- Large Glitter Nail File
- Small Green Leaf Nail File
- Toe Separater Sponge
- Cuticle Repair Tube
- Candy Cane
- Mint Flavored Green Pinwheel Hard Candy
- Carmex Daily Care LipBalm Wintergreen
Personally I feel that gifting a self-care gift bucket or basket is way easier because there are so many options out there to include. If you don’t have a lot of space in the bucket, think about paring down your self-care theme to one thing; such as a spa experience with calming lotions, scrubs, scented soaps, candles and such.
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