More Uses for Cans 2by Mary Ann Romans | More from this Blogger 10 Apr 2008 06:46 AM
Flatten soda cans and turn them into bats by painting the cans and adding cardboard wings. In fact, there are so many different animal crafts that you can make with crushed cans with a little bit of paint and a little bit of imagination. Make a beer can roof. This is a great idea for the truly frugal. Collect beer and soda cans from friends and neighbors. See the instructions for the roof right here: Beer Can Roof Punch drainage holes in the cans, add rocks and soil, and use them to grow herbs Turn them into noisemakers. Add something noisy such as beans or pecan shells and tape two cans together. Make a money box by adding a plastic lid with a slit. Make tin can flowers. You can find the idea for this craft here: Tin Can Flowers Protect plants from slugs. Cut out both the top and bottom of the can and place it over the stem of a plant to prevent the slugs from reaching it. Turn the cans into storage containers of all types, from holding pencils to holding pennies. Create a valuables safe. Open the can from the bottom. After it is clean and empty, make a plus of styrofoam. You can add small valuables to the can and then hide it in plain sight in your cupboard. Bake cakes and quick breads in them. This is a nice idea for bake sales, gifts for friends and quick take-away snacks. Fill the cans with cement and use them as hand weights for exercise. Mary Ann Romans writes about everything related to saving money in the Frugal Blog, technology in the Computing Blog, and creating a home in the Home Blog. You can read more of her articles by clicking here. Related Articles: Frugal Winter Wonderland: Ice Candles Removing Wax from Glass Candle Jars HOFF: Real Uses for Dryer Lint Learn more about Mary Ann Romans  Mary Ann Romans is a freelance writer, wife and mother of three children. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, the kids and a 16-pound cat. Relevantfrugal tags User Comments  Sara Denomme (1063) 12 Apr 2008 01:15 PMBaking in them is probably not a very good idea because many of them are lined with a plastic called BPA - it already leaches into food that is stored inside the tin cans, but baking food in them would cause it all to transfer right onto whatever is being baked. :(  Mary Ann Romans (26886) 12 Apr 2008 03:58 PMThat is a good point. The cans I use are not lined (that I can tell), but I didn't think about lined cans and BPA! Community Tags cans, crafts, reuse, recycle Discuss this article
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In reply to a reader request, here are more uses for cans. This is part two of a two-part series.
