Contemporary Kitchen Craft Series : Baker’s Twine Dispenser

This lovely and useful contemporary baker's twine string dispenser is part of our matching contemporary kitchen craft series. It's easy and fun to make!This is part of our matching Contemporary Kitchen Craft Series set. Its a baker’s twine or string dispenser and as with all the items in this series, it looks nice and its upcycled from a soda bottle! It’s very easy to make and it’s incredibly handy to have for dispensing a quick bit of string when you need it! We made one of these string dispensers a few years back that was a different style but this one was made to go with our set. To view this entire set visit our Contemporary Kitchen Craft Series page.

Kitchen Craft Baker’s Twine Dispenser Supplies

 

 

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Instructions

Gather your supplies.
This lovely and useful contemporary baker's twine string dispenser is part of our matching contemporary kitchen craft series. It's easy and fun to make! Using masking tape, tape off the center of the bottle just below and above the ridges.  Cover the center space with tape or a paper towel.
This lovely and useful contemporary baker's twine string dispenser is part of our matching contemporary kitchen craft series. It's easy and fun to make! Spray paint the top and bottom of the bottle in the color of your choice.  Let dry thoroughly to prevent fingerprint marks.
This lovely and useful contemporary baker's twine string dispenser is part of our matching contemporary kitchen craft series. It's easy and fun to make! Once dry, remove the tape from the bottle.
This lovely and useful contemporary baker's twine string dispenser is part of our matching contemporary kitchen craft series. It's easy and fun to make! Using the link above, download and print the free label.  Cut out the label and set it aside.
This lovely and useful contemporary baker's twine string dispenser is part of our matching contemporary kitchen craft series. It's easy and fun to make! Using a drill, create a hole in the center of the bottle lid.  The hole should be the same size as your twine.
This lovely and useful contemporary baker's twine string dispenser is part of our matching contemporary kitchen craft series. It's easy and fun to make! Cut a ribbon at 22 inches in length.
This lovely and useful contemporary baker's twine string dispenser is part of our matching contemporary kitchen craft series. It's easy and fun to make! Fold the ribbon in half to find the center.
This lovely and useful contemporary baker's twine string dispenser is part of our matching contemporary kitchen craft series. It's easy and fun to make! Apply a dot of hot glue to the center of the ribbon.
This lovely and useful contemporary baker's twine string dispenser is part of our matching contemporary kitchen craft series. It's easy and fun to make! Apply the ribbon to the center of the clear portion of the bottle.  The hot glue dot will be the front of your dispenser.
This lovely and useful contemporary baker's twine string dispenser is part of our matching contemporary kitchen craft series. It's easy and fun to make! Using a dry erase marker, make a mark on the back of the bottle, directly across from the hot glue dot.
This lovely and useful contemporary baker's twine string dispenser is part of our matching contemporary kitchen craft series. It's easy and fun to make! Draw two lines down the clear portion of the bottle, 2 inches to either side of the mark.
This lovely and useful contemporary baker's twine string dispenser is part of our matching contemporary kitchen craft series. It's easy and fun to make! Using an X-acto knife, cut along the two lines you just drew.
Then cut one line along the bottom of those two lines, connecting them and creating a flap on the back of the bottle.
Grab your label and apply hot glue to the back on either end.
Apply the label over the front of the bottle, directly over the hot glue dot used to apply the ribbon.
Once dry, grab your ball of twine and feed the end up through the flap on the back of the bottle.  The string should come out the mouth of the bottle.
Then insert the ball of twine in through the flap, allowing it to rest in the bottom of the bottle.  Make sure that the ball can easily move around inside the bottle.
 Close the flap over the ball of twine and keep it closed by pulling the ribbon ends around to the back of the bottle and tying a bow.
The twine coming out of the mouth of the bottle should then be fed through the hole made in the bottle cap.  Once through the hole, simply apply the bottle cap to the bottle and pull twine as needed.

And just for fun we did a pink one. Ü

This lovely and useful contemporary baker's twine string dispenser is part of our matching contemporary kitchen craft series. It's easy and fun to make!

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