Back Yard Drink Caddy

In the immortal words of Tom Lehrer,

"Spring is here, spring is here,
Life is skittles and life is beer.
I think the loveliest time of the year is the spring.
I do, don't you? 'Course you do!"

That's what I'd like to talk about today, beer and spring. Specifically, where to set your beer when you're outside. Even more specifically, where to set your beer when you need to make a shot in croquet, ladder golf, or bocce.

Do you hand it off to someone? What if they try to steal it for their own? Can you really risk it? How well can you trust these people, anyway? They are your opponents, after all. Should you haul a small table around the course with you? Seems a bit impractical.

The solution: with a quick trip to the dollar store and some elbow grease, you'll have a portable, purpose built drink holder to make sure your beer/soda/mint julep is always on hand and out the way when it's time to make that clutch shot through both the wickets and up to the turning post.

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Step 1: Gather Materials

Okay, take a trip to the dollar store. In the garden/outdoor section they've had these shepherd crooks I've been looking at off an on for a while. I was thinking of hanging a solar light off of one, but then I spotted the wire mesh pencil holder in the office supplies and this idea came to be.

As to tools, all you'll need is a couple of pairs of pliers and either a rotary tool, a bench grinder, or a good metal file. A bench vise is very useful as well, but not required. I thought you'd need a torch to heat up the crook, but it's such soft metal you don't really need to.

To finish it up you'll also need some epoxy or JB weld and a bit of flat black spray paint.