The Awesomest Jelly Bean Dispenser Ever

Here is an idea that has you both building and enjoying a delicious snack for the afternoon! Yep, thats right, a JELLY BEAN DISPENSER! (also works for M&Ms.) Sorry about the sideways pictures. I cant really figure out how to fix that. oops! :)

Step 1: Materials

For this project, I used...
- 2 4''x4'' pieces of wood 7/8'' thick
- 1 31/2"x31/2" piece of wood 11/2" thick (31/2" 2x4)
- 1 31/2''x31/2'' piece of wood 1'' thick.
- 1 61/2'' to 10'' long piece of wood 1'' thick and 1'' wide
- 1/4'' dowel
- thin piece of wood at least 11/2'' long and exactly 1'' wide
- Mason Jar and cover. (screw on part)
- wood glue
- very small nails
- nails that are able to secure the wood good (not to long, not to short.)
- 1/2'' drill bit
- drill bit the size of the very small nails
- 3/4'' or 15/16'' drill bit
- Table saw
- Band/Scroll saw
- Tape measure
- Square
- Hammer
- Punch
- Needle Nose Pliers
- Varnish, Paint, or Polyurethane.
- Jelly Beans!!!!

Comments

[darisrob]

This is a great project. Thanks for sharing....!

[londobali]

Great job!
i like the idea..

would it work if i drill a hole thru the pusher? so that the jelly beans will drop to my waiting hand (or mouth).. :)
or will it make it stuck? does yours get stuck sometimes?

Thanks for sharing!

[dpadevski]

Heyho, you don't happen to have a metric version of this instructable lying around anywhere, do you? Greetings from Germany

[OutdoorGirl16196]

no i dont, but i would be happy to make one!

[dovehunter2]

I HAV A DRILL PRESS EXACTLY LIKE THAT THAT MY G-PA GAVE ME!!!!

[OutdoorGirl16196]

cool!!

[alexanderall]

I have just made this instructable but whenever try to dispense a jelly bean about 5 come out and they jam the draw thing and squish the jelly beans! Is there a step that I have missed that stops this from happening?

[OutdoorGirl16196]

hmm, this has never happened to me before. could you have made the opening for the jelly beans to come out of to big? also, if the slider thingy that dispenses the jelly beans is loose, they could get squished that way. Im not sure. I made sure i had the measurments correct on the instructable, but it could be the size of your jelly beans maybe? i always use jelly bellys, but they are quite small. im sorry, i hope this helps!

[emilyvanleemput]

mmm, I wonder what happenned to the red jellybean :)

[OutdoorGirl16196]

hahaha, i guess the world will never know...... :)

[OutdoorGirl16196]

just to clarify, this was all my idea, with some help in earlier versions from my uncle. I have never made this in a woodshop class at my school, though it would be really cool if we did!

[fisherman23]

I saw this posted on lifehacker and it is a great idea. Great job, I may make one tomorrow for peanut m&m's following your plans.

[OutdoorGirl16196]

Thank you!

[person%]

cool

[OutdoorGirl16196]

thanks!

[stumitch]

Nice Job! I submitted a gumball dispenser using a similar method i use with my grade 8 kids but i think this project would be a great alternative! just to clarify... the long piece with the channel cut basically just pushes in, the jelly beans drop down than come out when you pull the long piece out, right? do the jelly beans get jammed as they are pulled out ever? (i suppose thats the idea of the 45 deg cut?) well done!
-stu

[OutdoorGirl16196]

thats the idea! sometimes the jelly beans get stuck, but they are easy to remove. Thanks!

[lynnhowlyn]

Excellent
Perfect for holding/dispensing M&M's too!
Thanks

[OutdoorGirl16196]

your welcome, and thank-you!

[emilyvanleemput]

love it

[OutdoorGirl16196]

thank you!

[chuckyd]

Well, if you were to make it dispense a handful of jellybeans at a time, it would be awesome!

[OutdoorGirl16196]

yes!

[rondust]

When I first saw this I thought - simple cheap food dispenser.
I will be making these for my children to dispense food to their
Pets - rabbits, ducks and dog. All the animals get a dry food type so all I need to do is resize storage and dispenser feeding needs and presto, the kids walk past and feed, work the dispenser slide, animals feed!
No mess no fuss, top up once a week - too easy. My kids are very young.

[OutdoorGirl16196]

thats an awesome idea! i hope your kids and pets enjoy them!

[oking]

That is a great idea.

Horses, dogs, cats, etc. Great idea.

[dantistus]

You are AMAZING!

[OutdoorGirl16196]

THANKS!

[spideyk21]

Very nice. Made one of these in middle school shop class. Just found it when cleaning the garage.

[OutdoorGirl16196]

thank you!

[tlebsack]

Great project. I have one that the Grandfather-In-Law built many years ago for use with gum balls.
He drilled the slide hole completely through the slide so that you (should) catch the gum ball in your hand and he also smoothed and slightly tapered the hole with sand paper so that the first available gumball would fall into it easily.

[OutdoorGirl16196]

hey thats a good idea! and thanks!

[Schmidty16]

dude i have about the same thing ecept i use mine for mini gum balls and jaw breakers

[OutdoorGirl16196]

cool! did you make it?

[Schmidty16]

no my neibor made it i saw it and asked him what it was and he gave it to me

[OutdoorGirl16196]

awesome

[chubawabu]

Video?

[OutdoorGirl16196]

i can try to do that!

[Ex Machina]

Hey....I was driving along the night before last, wishing for a GLASS (not plastic) gumball machine! This thought pops up every few years, for no apparent reason....or maybe I was just waiting for this instructable!!
Killer project!

[OutdoorGirl16196]

thanks!