Mon 5 May 2008
We’ve covered the standard food size ones, but what can be done with little tin cans?
John gave a talk at the Manchester Free Software group last month and afterwards we all adjourned to a nearby pub where we found these little nuts cans on our table.
As I’d just been talking about this website to a couple of people, we decided to do a group-think on how we could re-use them but the best we could come up with was a mobile equivalent of a tin-can ‘telephone’ (because they’re more portable).
With a couple of holes punched in the bottom, they’d make cute little plant pots - but only for very little plants - so any other suggestions?
(The cans are about 4cm in diameter and 5cm in height, quite a solid metal and I think they originally had a paper lid so the rim at the top is quite dull, unlike most opened cans.)
Jenny
May 5th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Punch some holes in the sides and make tealight candle holders!
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melissa
May 6th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
dittoing the tin can lights - I did a tutorial for craftster on how to make these a few years ago - http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=34189.0
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christine
May 8th, 2008 at 4:08 am
Make a tiny little city.
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Cadan
May 8th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Umm.. you could glue them together somehow and make a desk tidy, or keep pennies in them?
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Hyla Waldron
May 8th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
You can make them into wind chimes using the can as the main piece and then drilling or punching holes in the bottom or sides to hang other recycled items from, such as silverware or baby food jars, pieces of glass or tile
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Kylie
May 10th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
make a pinhole camera out of it. :]
http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/education/lessonPlans/pinholeCamera/pinholeCanBox.shtml
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Terry
May 10th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
Look for a kid’s program to donate them. Many kid’s programs look for simple projects (they could cover these in paper, torn bits of masking tape, etc.) One community college has a great kid’s program that would likely use these for starting plants for kids to take home and plant. The imagination of some of the instructors in limitless and they could likely think of many more ways to use these.
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Jerry
May 10th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
They make great nut, bolt and screw organizers. I use cans like these in my shop for small parts.
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