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101 Super Simple Recipes Made With Canned Foods

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How to make crafts out of tin cans?

Organization tin can crafts

1. Craft Caddy. This colorful craft caddy is perfect for corralling craft supplies and carrying from room to room. ...
2. Pen organizer. Duck tape and a Sharpie marker transform this tin can into the perfect spot for writing utensils.
3. Desk organizer. ...
4. Tin can caddy. ...
5. Hairbrush storage. ...
6. Art caddy. ...

How can I make something out of tin cans?

50 Jaw-Dropping Ideas for Upcycling Tin Cans Into Beautiful Household Items!

• Tin Can Votive Candles with Letters. ...
• Make Tin Cans Into a Charming Wreath. ...
• Burlap-Covered Tin Can Candle Holders—Perfect for a Wedding! ...
• Colorful Wind Chimes with Tin Cans, Beads and Utensils. ...
• Beautiful Tin Can Roses That Last Forever. ...
• Tin Can Silverware Holders. ...
• Make an Easy Working Grill Out of a Tin Can. ...
• Beautiful Tin Can Lamps for Ambient Lighting. ...

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What can you make with dip cans?

43 Recipes You Can Make With a Can of Diced Tomatoes

• Pantry Pasta. You probably already have everything you need to make this pasta in your pantry—and again, diced tomatoes work just as well as canned cherry tomatoes here.
• Cioppino. ...
• Tomato, Fennel, and Crab Soup. ...
• Shakshuka With Red Peppers and Cumin. ...
• Hatch Chile con Queso Dip. ...
• Tomato-Prosciutto Grilled Cheese. ...
• Pork Cassoulet

How to make money collecting bottles and cans?

Plastic bottle crusher?

• Commingled bins to recycle your bottles and cans. If you operate a cafe, a restaurant or even a busy office, you will likely have lots of bottles and cans and ...
• Recycle bottles and cans: save the elbow grease with convenient crushing devices. ...
• Introduction of reverse vending machine network in NSW. ...
• The benefits. ...

Make Tin Cans Into A Charming Wreath

You can make just about anything into a wreath if you’re clever enough. But not many people would think to use tin cans! These cans have been paint...

Burlap-Covered Tin Can Candle Holders—Perfect For A Wedding!

While we’re talking about all things homespun, nothing beats burlap for rustic design. Here is an easy way to recycle a tin can into a lovely candl...

Colorful Wind Chimes With Tin Cans, Beads and Utensils

Look at these wonderful wind chimes! I just love how bright they are—they would add a splash of color and sunshine to any room. I am amazed at what...

Beautiful Tin Can Roses That Last Forever

You can give someone a rose from the flower shop which will wilt in a week … or you can give someone a rose that will last forever and which is jus...

Tin Can Silverware Holders

Now here is a clever idea which isn’t just aesthetically pleasing, but also genuinely useful. I have all my utensils shoved in my drawer. It keeps...

Make An Easy Working Grill Out of A Tin Can

Remember the rocket grill from earlier on the list? This grill is a simpler alternative. It doesn’t have the same benefits as the rocket grill—it i...

Beautiful Tin Can Lamps For Ambient Lighting

I am so pleased I have found the source link for this project. It is one which I have seen circulating the web in many places, but most sites where...

Tin Can Ornaments For Your Christmas Tree

Once again we have tin cans with holes punched in to make a design, but this time instead of stringing the tin cans up as lanterns, we are using th...

Make A Mini Apple Pie in A Tin Can

There are no instructions unfortunately, but the picture sure is enticing, isn’t it? This appears to be much the same idea in principle as the cake...

Fancy Pencil Holder Made Out of An Old Tin Can

This is the same type of project as the pencil holder with the keyboard wrapped around it from the start of this list. Except this time we are skip...

Tin Can Votive Candles with Letters

Previously I shared the tin can votive project which included the Christmas tree and snowflake designs. This project follows the same idea and you can make it exactly the same way, only instead of pictures, we have letters marked into the cans.

Make Tin Cans Into a Charming Wreath

You can make just about anything into a wreath if you’re clever enough. But not many people would think to use tin cans!

Colorful Wind Chimes with Tin Cans, Beads and Utensils

Look at these wonderful wind chimes! I just love how bright they are—they would add a splash of color and sunshine to any room. I am amazed at what a perfect job their creator has done coordinating the colors of the beads with the colors on the tin cans.

Beautiful Tin Can Roses That Last Forever

You can give someone a rose from the flower shop which will wilt in a week … or you can give someone a rose that will last forever and which is just as beautiful—perhaps even more so in some ways since it was made by hand.

Tin Can Silverware Holders

Now here is a clever idea which isn’t just aesthetically pleasing, but also genuinely useful. I have all my utensils shoved in my drawer. It keeps them out of the way, but I still seem to have to do a lot of digging to grab what I need.

Make an Easy Working Grill Out of a Tin Can

Remember the rocket grill from earlier on the list? This grill is a simpler alternative. It doesn’t have the same benefits as the rocket grill—it isn’t sheltered from wind and rain, but it does have one advantage, and that is that making it is practically effortless.

Beautiful Tin Can Lamps for Ambient Lighting

I am so pleased I have found the source link for this project. It is one which I have seen circulating the web in many places, but most sites where I’ve seen it posted failed to link back to the original project. It’s easy to see why it is such a popular project.

1. Beer Can Hat

The crochet-and-beer-can hat is a common sight at beer festivals, but one artist from Tacoma, Washington, created a niche by using only cans from U.S. craft breweries instead of the more-common cans from bigger brewers.

3. Beer Can Pine Cones

Lazy people in a forest toss empty beer cans onto the ground. Creative people turn them into pine cones first. French artist Sally Ducrow did just that when she contributed to a show in 2012 at the Oranki Art Environmental Park in Finland.

4. Beer Can Christmas Tree

Choosing a Christmas tree can be tricky. Fir? Spruce? Beer Can? Yes, the owners of Philadelphia’s Percy Street Barbecue built a different type of tree for the eatery’s dining room, eight feet tall and made with 400 beer cans. But would all those empties discourage Santa from leaving a six-pack under it?

5. Beer Can Butterflies

Butterflies are delicate creatures, even when their wings are made of aluminum. The beer-cans-turned-butterflies in artist Paul Villinkski’s exhibit at a New Orleans art gallery seemed real enough to flutter.

6. Beer Can Camera

Pop the top and say cheese. U.K. photographer Matt Bigwood created pinhole cameras from beer cans for a project he undertook outside his child’s school. Best not use this method for your wedding photos, though. The exposures took six months and required a bit more technical knowhow than what you’d find at the local drugstore photo counter.

7. Beer Can Planes

You can’t fly these beer-can airplanes, but apparently making the models fashioned after classic biplanes is a popular hobby, judging by the number of Google hits for “beer can planes.” With enough time on your hands, you could build a fleet of them and pretend that you’re dive bombing bars that serve crappy beer.

8.Beer Can Boats

Every year since 1974, the Lions Clubs of Darwin, Australia, encourage people to save their empties and turn them into a seagoing vessel for its annual Beer Can Regatta competition. “Seagoing” may be a generous description, though.

Step 2

Paint three buttons on the front of the larger can. These will be simple black circles that are colored in. Another option is to glue actual buttons, cogs from old watches or other small, light hardware to the can.

Step 3

Glue the eyes on the front of the smaller can however you like them. Or use small hardware items in place of the eyes or for other facial features.

Step 4

Shape the pipe cleaners into arms and legs and glue to the larger can. Make a simple foot shape by bending the ends of the pipe cleaner to make an oblong circle shape.

Soda Can Crafts

There are so many really great crafts made using aluminum cans. I made a search of websites looking for aluminum can crafts that included a nice photo of the finished project and a tutorial for the craft. There are instructions for making aluminum can crafts that range from jewelry items to wall décor.

1. Pop Top Peace Sign

Don't forget to save the pop-tops from your soda can, you can make wall art using them. You'll find the tutorial for making this peace sign at Crafting a Green World.

2. Rose Plaque

Making a beautiful rose plaque like this would be a great idea for a Mother's day gift. Or an appropriate Valentine's gift for a sweetheart. You'll find the instructions for making this rose at great stems.

3. Patchwork Star

I find this patchwork very attractive and think it would be a beautiful addition to any style decor. Imagine it on the mantel or shelf in your home. The directions for making this patchwork star is found at Home-Dzine.

4. Aluminum Roses

The roses shown here are made a little differently than the ones made for the plaque in the project above, so I thought you might like to have a choice. The tutorial for making these roses is found at Home-Dzine.

5. Beer Can Ashtrays

You'll be able to make your own ashtrays by following the instructions at Cut Out + Keep. If you don't smoke, you can always use these little trays to hold jewelry or soap bars.

6. Sparkle Fairies

By adding a wire stem, these cute little sparkle fairies could be used as plant pokes. Or how about adding a magnet on the back for magnets. This very cute recycled aluminum can craft has a tutorial at Fave Crafts.