The holidays always make me want to bake! Whether it’s sugar cookies, gingerbread, or chocolate cookies, I like to give (and receive) Christmas cookies in December. If you are planning on gifting treats this holiday season, you can keep them safe, and unbroken, with this clever container hack. Make a Cricut Christmas cookie gift canister out of upcycled Pringles cans!

Pringles cans decorated with printed vinyl and gift tags

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CRICUT CHRISTMAS COOKIE GIFT CANISTER

WHAT YOU NEED TO DECORATE A PRINGLES CAN TO GIFT CHRISTMAS COOKIES

Cricut Explore 3 machine next to the Foil Transfer Tool, foil, and rolls of adhesive vinyl

Cricut makes such a huge range of beautiful adhesive vinyl that I had a hard time narrowing down what products I wanted to use for this project. When you decorate the chip container with vinyl, you don’t need to worry about paper ripping or tape showing — the vinyl applies beautifully!

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WHAT ARE THE DIMENSIONS OF A PRINGLES CAN?

Holographic vinyl on a cutting mat loaded into a Cricut Explore 3

You will want to start with a Pringles can that is emptied of chips, and that has been cleaned out. Use a damp paper towel to wipe the inside of the canister to remove any crumbs or flavor dust that might still be in the can.

Patterned Christmas vinyl on a cutting mat loaded into a Cricut Explore 3

To cover a Pringles can with vinyl, you will need to cut a rectangle that is 9.5 inches wide by 8.875 inches tall. Open Cricut Design Space and make a new canvas. In Design Space, click the Shapes button in the left menu, choose the rectangle option, and resize it to these dimensions.

Pringles can and plastic lid covered in adhesive vinyl

To add vinyl to the plastic lid of the Pringles can create a circle with a diameter of 2.8 inches. Again, click the Shapes button, choose the circle option, and resize it to the correct size.

2 Pringles cans covered in adhesive vinyl

Now you can use your Cricut machine to cut vinyl to the exact dimensions of the Pringles canister. You can create layers of vinyl by cutting additional pieces with different dimensions. For example, you can create a stripe by cutting a rectangle of vinyl that is 9.5 inches wide by 2 inches tall.

HOW TO MAKE FOILED GIFT TAGS

Cricut foiled gift tags

Add a tag image from Cricut Access into a Design Space canvas.
Search Cricut Access for draw-only designs.
Resize the design to fit the tag shape.
Select the draw image. Click the drop-down operations menu, and choose Foil. Then choose the foil transfer tip size that you want to use.
This will change the color of the draw image in the canvas.
Select the tag image and the draw image and click Attach in the right-hand menu.
Click Make It and make note of where the designs will fall on the cutting mat.
Insert the foil transfer tip into the housing. Insert the housing into the Cricut machine.
Place cardstock on a cutting mat. Tape a piece of transfer foil to the area of the cardstock where the design will go.
Press the Go button. When the software prompts you, replace the foil transfer housing with the fine cut blade. Remove the foil from the cardstock and press the Go button again.
Add the beautiful foiled tag to the cookie container with a piece of ribbon or twine.

DECORATED PRINGLES CAN COOKIE CONTAINER

Sugar cookies stacked in a Pringles canister decorated with vinyl

Stack your Christmas cookies and slide them into the container. The Pringles canister will keep the cookies very safe, but you can also wrap the cookies in parchment or wax paper before placing them in the canister.

2 Pringles cans decorated with adhesive vinyl and with foiled cardstock gift tags

This is such a pretty way to package Christmas treats for your friends and neighbors. You don’t have to limit the treats to cookies either! These Christmas cookie containers can hold fudge, Chex mix, chocolate-covered pretzels, homemade candy… really any of the delicious snacks that you make over the holidays.