Beer koozies sheild the beverage from warming from your hands.
For an island or tropical themed wedding, palm trees can serve as a centerpiece in the wedding decor. They can also be used to enhance the wedding favors given to guests. A can koozie is a soft holding device for a canned beverage that prevents the warmth of your hands from warming the can and likewise the beverage. By decorating koozies to resemble palm trees, you make them festive enough to be used as a fun and useful wedding favor.
Island Scene
Using a plain, blue koozie, create a classic island scene with a palm tree as the center point. Cut a piece of brown felt in a semi-circle shape, with the flat end flush with the bottom of the koozie. This will form the island. It should take up roughly a third of the length of the koozie. Cut a palm tree trunk out of tan felt and glue it so it overlaps about half way up the island. Finally cut out green felt palm tree leaves and dark brown felt coconuts and glue them in place on the koozie.
Tree Koozie
In this version of the palm tree koozie, the koozie itself becomes the tree trunk. Choose a brown colored and otherwise plain koozie as your starting canvas. Cut long, green palm tree leaves out of felt, about four to six inches long, and glue the non-pointed edges to the inner, top rim of the koozie. Attach palm tree leaves until them encircle the entire rim of the koozie. The leaves will flop out and hang over the outside of the koozie, encircling the can once it is inserted.
Stickers
Stickers allow you to accessorize and decorate ordinary items, such as a plain koozie in a simple and cost effective manner. Choose bright, tropical colors for the koozies, such as orange, yellow or pink. Apply stickers that depict palm trees all over the koozies. Scatter in stickers of tropical and colorful flowers over the koozie as well. Incorporate other beach themed elements, such as beach umbrella stickers or surf boards, as well.
Cut-Out
In lieu of adding something to transform the ordinary koozie into a palm tree themed koozie, take something away instead. Use a palm tree shaped stencil to draw the outline of a palm tree onto the outside of the koozie. Using a pair of sharp scissors or an craft knife, trim away the outline leaving a gap in the shape of a palm tree. When the can is inserted into the koozie, the can will show through the cut-out, highlighting the silhouette of the palm tree.
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