Candy Cane Ice Bucket

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Candy Cane Ice Bucket

Level:

Advanced

How-To:

Home Decor, Entertaining

Seasonal Event:

Christmas

• 8 inch cardboard cement tube
• 18 inch pine wood round – 1 inch thick
• Spray paint (white glossy)
• Painter’s tape
• 4, 2in x 2in wood “legs” (18-inches tall)
• Wood screws
• Red paint
• Glitter
• Tapered wine bucket to fit 8inch circumference
• WINE BUCKET: Amazon.com/gp/product/B016DRZK8U

Directions

1. Use an 8” cardboard cement tube and cut to 36”
2. Use an 18” x 1” pine, wood round
3. Use tube as a guide and measure a circle in center of wood round
4. Screw 4, 2” x 2” posts within circle (set aside)
5. Prep tube with white glossy spray paint
6. Using the seams of the tube as a guide tape with 1” painter’s tape (rotate tube and create a swirl from top to bottom)
7. Mark a spot 2” below tape edge and create a parallel swirl from top to bottom (you will have a 2” gap between tape swirls)
8. Paint the gaps with red paint
9. Add glitter or embellishments to the “candycane”
10. Slide painted tube over wood rounds with legs
11. Insert a sandbag into tube
12. Insert a tapered ice bucket (note: if the bucket has handles, remove first)
13. Fill with ice and water halfway up

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