If you nail/screw/glue one of these to a lollipop stick with the spikey side out you can use it to scale fish! :)

de, - Sunday, February 22, 2004 at 11:47:29 (PST)

I just throw them under a large appliance.

A quick search at Craft: found a load of Ideas.
http://www.google.com/cse?cx=008032414425079535247%3Akplxrakvu20&q=bottle+cap&sa=Search

I’ve seen belts and purses made with bottle caps–somehow pounded into the leather, covering the whole surface. Could be cute…

I take all my old bottle caps and make pendants out of them. Nail a hole in the top, put a jump ring through it- put a piece of bright colored paper inside (or a fun picture) and cut out type from an old book.

Pour modgepodge over this and let sit til it dries. (The modgepodge WILL dry clear, even if you doubt it)

Now you have a pendant that you wear as a necklace or keychain.
Personally, I attach them to the purses that I make as an extra upcycled touch.

some ideas here:
http://www.instructables.com/tag/?q=bottle+cap&limit%3Atype%3Aid=on&type%3Aid=on&type%3Auser=on&type%3Acomment=on&type%3Agroup=on&type%3AforumTopic=on&sort=none

I concur with Mel, though I’ve also turned my caps into earrings. Alternatively, I’ve turned the caps over, filled the “bowl” with tiny trinkets — beads, small photos, glitter, etc. — covered the whole shebang with a clear decoupage medium, let dry and voila! A cool charm for a necklace, bracelet, or keyfob. You can also affix the charm to a ring blank for some sweet, homespun bling. Happy crafting!

Glue magnets in the back for decorative fridge magnets.

Vintage crocheted hotpad that uses bottle caps:
http://tipnut.com/bottle-cap-crochet-2-free-vintage-patterns/

I think I’ve seen welcome mats that have bottle caps nailed into wooden slats for scraping mud off of your shoes.

That would definitely hurt my ALWAYS BARE feet. :)

Glue or decoupage a pic on the flat surface, attach a magnet to the other side. Personalized magnets.

Along the magnet idea, Put ABCs on them, and as long as you put something over the sharp parts, older children can use them (choking hazard.)

Make special symbol magnets, for emphasis on important things, or “secret” codes to significant others.

If you can cover the sharp parts, my cats LOVE playing with any they can get their paws on.

This may seem pretty simple, but they are magnetic, so I recycle them with my steel cans and such.

ME too, i would have thought everyone would do that. i’ve got ewnough rubbish on my fridge without sticking garbage on it!

Recently when I couldn’t find a button for a crochet project, I used a bit of wire and turned a bottle cap into a button. My 17 yo son loved it.

they stick to stucco ceiling, make a picture or design

I can’t believe no one mentioned fixing them to a table top! Glue ‘em down, and put a clear coating over them to fill in the gaps.

Do It Yourself Sistrum: Drill holes in bottle caps. String 4 on a nail, you will have to experiment with hole and nail head sizes, and drive the nail into a long piece of wood, something like a 1×2 a couple of feet long. Just drive the nail far enough to hold, letting the caps to rattle and clink loosely together. Repeat this process until you have nails and caps all up and down all 4 sides, just leaving enough space at one end or in the middle to grip the stick. Voila! You have a musical instrument! It makes a nice metallic “Tsshhh tsshhh” sound when you shake it. Take it to drum jams.

you gave me an idea. windchimes.

if you punch holes in them, and tie them off on strings.

it’s very windy here…

i love windchimes

I’ve heard of penitents putting them in their shoes…

Paint them or decoupage small photos on them or glue small items to them and make a checkers set out of them :)

They make excellent foot scratchers.

my cat loves playing with them.

If you go onto www.craftbits.com it shows you how to make them into keyrings. There are some pretty bottle tiops out their and it seems a same not to show them off.

i make magnets, keyrings, earrings, brooches, badges, mirrors, buttons….and possibly soon cufflinks

oh and a hair clip is also planned soon.

depends what else i have laying around or a spot in charity shops!

i decorate in various ways, often depends on what people want.

i heard of someone using them for a treasure hunt at a birthday party.

punch hole in them, thread string through them, and make rattle, and sell to morris dancers

I’m up for the “glue them on to stuff” movement. How about sticking them on:
-flower pots
-mail box
-posters for awesome pop-out look
-cyclidrical vases
-metal lunch boxes
-other sturdy stuff that needs spiffing up

I like to put them upside down on the floor so when my hungover roommate gets up in the morning he walks on them and gets all pissed off. They’re also fun to see how far you can fling them with your fingers. Besides that I think they’re useless

im currently working on a beer bottle cap lip balm container. to make the homemade lipbalm, taken patrolem jelly, melt it down, then add things like:

vanilla extract and red food coloring. or hot coco powder, or even pixie sticks powder, what ever your heart desires.

and mix it in with the melted jelly.

here is where you use the bottle caps, find a pair of identical logo bottle caps, spoon some of your newly homemade lip balm into it, but don’t overflow it, because it with run into the cap. after i spooned in my three different flavors into three different bottle caps, i left it in the freezer to reharden over night. now this morning ill find the matching logo to each cap, and pick out a cute thin ribbon. i plan on hot glueing the ribbon across the logo part of the bottle caps, so that, when folded, the underneath are facing eachother, with the logo on the outside. then tie the left over ribbon into a bow, to close it. and, viola! your new trendy//cute//!!RECYLED!! lip balm.

If you can collect 20 (this may take many years if you are not ENGLISH) if you are ENGLISH you may have already amassed many hundreds of thousands before you reach the age of 18. You will need for the game 20 bottle caps & one CAT and two of your Earth human beings,take it in turns to place the caps on the cat when the cat shakes them off the player with the least caps wins, the winner can then shave the cat to their liking. Yes a lot like Buckaroo but with the added bonus of shaving..now what to do with all that excess Hair i wonder??

Use them for plant pokers. It’s also a great way to recycle your popsicle sticks. Just decorate them, and glue them on to a popsicle stick.

Make them into cheeky pins…

http://www.gnarledbranch.com/pins.html

Collect enough to get a variety of colors and create a mosaic picture.

they are /Very usefull for scrapbooking. They are painted and used in makeing pages for scrapbooking. and good scrapbooking store will have hundreds of them painted in various colors.

Hello my crafty Compadres!

I recycle my beer bottle caps into truly unique magnet sets, bottle cap belts, and other accessories!

Feel free to take a look at my shop for ideas or inspiration and if you have any questions don’t hesitate to ask!

Sincerly,

Amanda M. Anspach, Owner

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