Reuse Tin Cans
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TIN CAN LANTERNFill can with water and place in freezer until water is frozen.
Draw designs on frozen can with a marker or crayon.
Lay can in middle of large bath towel.
Roll each end of the towel toward can to form a barrier that will guard against slipping.
Wear safety glasses.
Use a large nail and hammer to poke holes in can following your design.
Place finished frozen can in sink to thaw.
Place 1 to 2 inches of sand in bottom of can.
Insert votive or other candle into sand.
Light candle.
Use tin cans to keep tables or chairs locked together. Place both legs into tin cans where the legs meet in the middle. This secures the legs. Make sure to choose a can size that both legs sit flat and snugly inside of.
Nail lids to the floors to cover up holes in tree houses and camps. Spray lids with a rust preventing paint and then with polyurethane spray to protect them.
Punch one house number per lid with an awl and hang lids on a rustic fencepost for cheap and unique house numbers.
Punch a decorative design into the sides of a can and them punch a hold in the center of the lid. Widen it as needed with tin snips and put it over the fitting of a bulb on a string of lights. Make it too small for the bulb to fit through. Attach the bulbs through the can lids and hang up. For outdoors, spray with polyurethane or rust retardant paint.
Bake cakes, brown breads or bread puddings.
Use cans with pliers over a campfire for throw away pans.
Take them on picnics or beach days for eat and toss bowls.
Punch holes in a can and sit candles inside for use outdoors.
Use tuna cans to keep fried eggs round or to poach eggs by setting them in a skillet of simmering water.
With a little imagination, you may soon be scouring your own trash for treasures.
To keep the deer away from his vegetable garden was tin cans and mini bars of soap. String the cans and soap up and hook them onto the stakes around your garden. It may be the noise of the tin cans, but it may also be the shine when the sun shines, and the bars of soap, I would say the smell of them kept the deer away.
Make:
a miniature Hanging Basket
a Phone using two tin cans-string-ice pick-duct tape
Herb Pots
Bongos with a can that has a plastic lid
Robots
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