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Earlier in the year I discovered this awesome instructable. Inspired by the need to create an interesting Halloween-themed beverage for a party, I decided to turn it into a drink dispenser.
You will need:
--a 5 gallon drink cooler (I found that the Rubbermaid cooler looked more like a drum than the Igloo brand)
--plastic-adhesive spray paint in your base color (I used black)
--a string of battery powered LED mini-lights (can be white or the color you want your waste to be)
--expanding foam
--newspaper or a similar bendable material (such as craft foam)
--tape (I used both duct tape and masking tape)
--craft paint
--cardboard
--scissors
--paint brushes
--plastic grocery bag
You will need:
--a 5 gallon drink cooler (I found that the Rubbermaid cooler looked more like a drum than the Igloo brand)
--plastic-adhesive spray paint in your base color (I used black)
--a string of battery powered LED mini-lights (can be white or the color you want your waste to be)
--expanding foam
--newspaper or a similar bendable material (such as craft foam)
--tape (I used both duct tape and masking tape)
--craft paint
--cardboard
--scissors
--paint brushes
--plastic grocery bag
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Signing UpStep 1Building the "lid"
In order to make a container that was both decorative but still easily washable, I decided to make a removable lid that would sit on top of the cooler's screw-top lid.
Start by cutting two circles out of cardboard the size of (or slightly larger than) your lid. One will be the actual lid and the other will be a false lid.
Using the newspaper or other bendable material, create a lip around one of the cardboard lids. The easiest way I found to do this was to fold the newspaper so it was several layers thick at the correct width, then taping it around the cooler's plastic lid so I knew it would fit.
In order to get an appropriate texture later on that would also prevent the paper and cardboard from warping I covered it all in duct tape. You may want to use something else that will cover it more rather than in small strips, but for a small decor project it worked well enough for me.
Start by cutting two circles out of cardboard the size of (or slightly larger than) your lid. One will be the actual lid and the other will be a false lid.
Using the newspaper or other bendable material, create a lip around one of the cardboard lids. The easiest way I found to do this was to fold the newspaper so it was several layers thick at the correct width, then taping it around the cooler's plastic lid so I knew it would fit.
In order to get an appropriate texture later on that would also prevent the paper and cardboard from warping I covered it all in duct tape. You may want to use something else that will cover it more rather than in small strips, but for a small decor project it worked well enough for me.
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The foam has to be expanding foam, it's used for sealing up cracks. I'm not sure what you're referring to with the "long stick"? Expanding foam, I don't think brand matters, but they come in cans with sort of a spray-paint-can type nozzle that you attach a straw to, to direct the foam, which then expands into place.
My original plan was to create a cover that looked like a drum (out of one of those pop-up hampers so you could store it away easily) but the only problem was I couldn't figure out how to make the foam easily storable and it proved to be too difficult since I couldn't find an appropriate fabric to sew over the hamper.
Your idea would probably work well as a candy bowl, too... :D