Thursday, September 2, 2010

What do you do with this.........

..........after you've eaten the yummy ice cream that was inside?

Why - you take one apart - make a template and decorate it with Halloween papers........

and fun Halloween images and sentiments from Midnight Feast by Waltzingmouse! Isn't that obvious???!
These fun Ben & Jerry's ice creams are little 1/2 cup servings that I found at Stop and Shop on sale for $1.00 each - the regular kinds of ice cream were pretty high in calories (with all that yummy cream and sugar!) but most of what I bought was Fro Yo (Frozen Yogurt) which was pretty low in fat and calories and really Yum (can anything called chocolate fudge brownie be bad?!)

Kent and I had to force ourselves to each eat 12 of these during this past month so that I could make these for my church fair - what hardships we endure so we can craft!!! LOL!
Oh - and inside I tucked two eyeball gumballs (as seen here) - and a gummy spider (seen here) along with some brown basket shred!

One more day until the long Labor Day weekend here in the US my friends! Whoo hoo!

23 comments:

Peggy said...

What a cute idea! We have some little weight watchers ones that I will start keeping!!
Absolutely adorable!

Crystal said...

Julia another fabulous project and an awesome idea!!! I need to start keeping my containers..:) Thanks for the inpiration girl these are AWESOME!!

Betty Wright said...

Awesome design and fabulous recreation, Julia! Great treats!

A Consuming Passion said...

What a fabulous project Julie! I think I could have forced myself to indulge too ...... just to have some of these to show!

Laurel said...

Oh my how adorable, must go buy some ice cream now!

Steph Zerbe said...

Gorgeous little ice cream/recycle creations 'Monique'... lol. You crack me up, thanks for all the comments. You can call me whatever you like, as long as you call me. HEE HEE!

Charlene Merrick (LilLuvsStampin) said...

Oh, the sacrifices we must make for our craft, huh? These are so clever and cute, Julia! Those eyeball gumballs are the coolest!

jdmommy - Anne Harmon said...

Oh yeah! Of course you got the lo-cal ones! Sure!! I think you and Kent had a good time scarfing up that ice cream, and with all the empty containers you didn't want the neighbors to know you were on a binge, so you figured out how to disguise them! HA! Great idea..again!

Bonnie said...

Way to suffer for the cause Julia!! You are such a trooper LOL! What marvelous containers - just love them!

anya said...

Julia, you are the container queen!! I love all of your repurposed projects, and this one is no different! What a great idea, you are so creative! :)

Joanne Travis said...

Oh, the sacrifices we have to make for our craft! love your treat containers :)

Alice said...

what a fun idea, Julia!!! LOVE this!!

Mona Pendleton said...

What a great idea Julia! Such cute little treat containers & great for the environment too :)

dpkennedy said...

These are clever and adorable!

Joanne (jojot) said...

you are so very clever...fun projects

Sharli Schaitberger said...

Ok, ok, Julia! You made me laugh out loud at work today - bad girl!

Just kidding! But honestly - justifying the consumption of a treat so you can decorate the container . . . sounds like something I would do!! Except, I wouldn't make the containers so fabulous as you have - these are just amazing!!!

I WANT that stamp set!

Hugs!
ps - please stay safe, and dry.

Mary Marsh said...

what a creative idea to decorate these little cups. I started buying these msyelf-great price when they are on sale and its just the right amount to satisfy a sweet tooth-played in the wms challenge wih my new stamps!!

Anonymous said...

So fun and perfect for Halloween!! I just love to save things to recycle for later!! :) TFS! HUGS

Monique said...

What a great idea!! These are so cute:)

Wanda Cullen said...

You are just too clever!! And you're making me hungry for some ice cream now! Your little treat containers are just adorable!

Pat (mspfd) said...

Very clever, Julia... These are so much fun! Well done!

Lynne Phelps said...

I love your containers, but what is really impressive is that you have managed to elevate eating ice cream to an obligation! Very clever, LOL!!!

Ren-Yi said...

muhaha. i love how you stuck eyeballs in these. you're one smart, green chick. love that idea of the ben 'n jerry's container. just sheer dreadfulness when you and your hubster have to take one for the team by eating those mini ice cream tubs ;)