I was just wondering where I can get a pot to decorate to keep pens / pencils in? Is there anywhere that sells them plain white? Or what product has the best container for this?

Thanks in advance.

I bought a set of galvanised little set of 4 pats strapped together from Poundland if you have 1 close to you.

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Depends how big you want it Katie. I keep fairly tall things (rulers, paintbrushes, hammer) in an Illy coffee tin (DH is a big espresso drinker so we get through a few) and during the Big Challenge I altered a ribbon reel to make a pen pot. It had Christmas ribbon or cord on it and is very sturdy card. It had a flat bit on each end I just pulled one end off to make it 'open'.



Loads of things have the potential to be a pen pot - just take a look at stuff as you're about to chuck it in the bin and ask yourself "Can I make this into something?". The answer is often "Yes!"

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what about hot choc tins and that type of thing?

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I normally use little mini Pringles pots off the aircraft when pax have chucked them away - have to get a friend to save them now I'm an ex-trolleydolly (should really change my name now!). I can send you some if you like, we've got stacks of them lying around!

just rummage around in your kitchen cupboards or look in a charity shop
for a vase or flowerpot.

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WOW - thanks you guys!

It can't be glass or anything breakable - I was going to do it (well, have a go at it) as part of a gift for Callams teacher at the end of the year and he is in year 3 (1st year juniors) so as that is a clumsy age I feel it has to be made from something pretty much indestructible - or something that wont break into lots of little sharp bits if dropped.

I did wonder about the cardboard tins from crisps, gravy granules, etc but how do you get them clean and stop them from smelling of what was inside them? (I am thinking that being cardboard hot soapy water will be a stupid idea - or am I wrong?)

Thank you for the offer trolleydolley but I could probably supply people with them as Callam loves them and would rather have a small tube of them than sweets on the occasions he goes into the newsagents. (although I do wonder if it is worse to have the salty crisps as opposed to the sugary sweets - sorry, I'm waffling)

Joanne aned Rach - they are really fabby - I can only hope my effort will look OK as it will be my 1st attempt.

OMG I am sooo dense - I keep my pens in small glasses on the desk and have just gone to get a pen out of one at the back and it is a round plastic container that had cotton buds in - right next to the monitor (how daft do I feel??)

although if anybody can let me know the best way to clean the crisp / gravy / hot choc containers I would be grateful - thanks.

If they have the sort of plasticised foil coating on the inside, you could try just giving the inside of the container a really good wipe out with a damp cloth, Katie. Then leave it to air off somewhere for a while. Not sure about the gravy granules ones but I would think that Pringles and Hot Choc ones would lose their smell with that sort of treatment.

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Just had an extra thought!

Some 'premium' beers come in a heavy cardboard presentation tube these days. You could treat yourself (or someone in the family) to a nice beer and you'd probably get two pen pots out of the tube by cutting it at half height. You might even want to use a fine-toothed hacksaw to cut through. The same goes for some bottles of spirits although that would be a more expensive way to get the tube!

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Thanks for that Joanne.

The best thing for cutting cardboard tubes into pieces is a bread knife - it works a treat