Here is a way to upcycle those food cans/containers into functional and decorative pieces.
You can take food cans and make functional pieces like planters, office or desk supply holders, or a decorative container for a shelf.
The possibilities are endless for little to no money! All that is needed is to pre- clean the cans. You can use card stock paper, fabric, or even wall paper, cut to size and then hot glued seam to seam.
As an option you can embellish with ribbon, washi tape, etc. This can be done in a matter of minutes, for the whole family to do as a fun craft.
Here are the questions asked by community members. Read on to see the answers provided by the ThriftyFun community.
Don't throw out those soup, vegetable, and fruit tin cans. You can use them to recycle into wonderful crafts.
You can make pencil holders. Just cover with fabric and ribbon with a hot glue gun.
Fill a clean can with water, and put it in freezer until it is frozen solid. Remove from freezer, and use a hammer and nail to tap holes through can to make patterns such as a heart, cross, etc. Make a hole on each side at top and thread a thin wire through to use as a handle. Melt ice, throw in a votive candle, and you have a instant illuminated candle holder. Great for porches or walk ways.
You can use the larger cans for the base of a wind sock. Just cover the can with ribbon using a hot glue gun. Make a handle by gluing a piece of ribbon on both sides. Next cut strips of ribbon off at same lengths. Glue these on the inside of can so they flow down. Hang from porch, and let the breeze do the rest!
By Carla Vaught from Shelbyville, IN
I am just about to start making some tin robots from assorted cans. But I am wondering how to remove the logo from the tin coffee cans.
By Bonnie H
I soak them in warm water and most of the label comes right off. After taking the label off, we sometimes run them through the dish washer.
Looking for directions on how to make animals about drinking cans.
Editor's Note: I am not sure if this poster is referring to aluminum cans or tin cans. Feel free to elaborate on this if this is your request.
I found some sites about tin can crafts, I am not sure if this is what you are looking for but it is interesting, nonetheless!
www.craftygal.com/
I am going to use most of these for a bookshelf, but I would love to hear anyone else's ideas on how to use these as crafts. I have made a huge umbrella holder out of some of them, and now I have tons of them I am not using. I have them stacked as a pyramid against the porch railing, which is nice, but I would like to do craft work with them.
Thanks for any replies, I know you are all busy, as I am myself, lately!
By Robyn Fed from Tri-Cities, TN
