Thrifty Ribbon Organizer

While I was rearranging my son's art and activities cabinet today, I came across a plastic pail that was no longer needed.  It was once a home for some of his activities and I was getting ready to toss it into the recyclables and then it struck me.... Ribbon organizer!  Here is what I came up with in a short afternoon break.

Now I have a few ribbon organizers already...

 and the shutter..

and the homemade hurricane lamp...

But I needed an organizer for the ribbon still on a roll and without a hole to hang the roll from.  Like these...

I was tired of seeing them just sit on the shelf, hidden and not used.  So by cutting holes in the lid...

I repurposed a everyday item into a very useful storage container.