It may seem like garbage at first, but with a little love, a can will save you hundreds. Just be careful if an edge is sharp that you smooth it out. I have a scar on my arm from an oversized can of fruit that got me. Safety first, savings second.
I love recycling, and if I can get a few extra uses out of items headed to the trash I'm all for it. Who doesn't love saving the environment, AND saving money? So, here we go.
Storage
1. Nail the bottoms to a wall, and you have a cute decorative place to store knick knacks.
2. Keep all your extra buttons in one. For bonus organizing, sew all the matching buttons together, or on a piece of paper so they're easy to find in the tin.
3.Keep your pens and pencils at arms reach.
4. Organize all those sauce packets you get with take-out.
5. Wrap your Christmas ribbon around it, and tape an end shut.
6. Nails and screws around the garage. You can either organize them into different cans, or add them to a junk can as you find them and sort through it when you have time.
7. Clothespins.
8. Instead of silverware in a drawer, you can put them in cans on your table. Ready to grab whenever you're ready to eat.
9. Store larger utensils such as spatulas and basters next to oven
10. Throw rocks in them, and use as bookends.
Gardening .
11. Start your seeds indoors in cans, and bring them out in the Spring.
12. Plant your herbs in cans, and keep them inside. Just don't forget a hole in the bottom for drainage.
13. Hang the cans from your fence to scare away the birds.
14. Use it as a scooper for fertilizer or compost.
15. Store you smaller tools and gloves in a bucket.
16. Use the cans to hold berries and other food as you collect it.
17. Bend part into a wedge, and use as a watering can.
Toys
18. Play kick the can.
19. Play kick the can with a stick.
20. Store things for arts and crafts
21. Decorate the cans as a project.
22. Put some dirt in a can and collect worms to go fishing.
23. Fill it with dried beans, and seal it shut TIGHT for a noisemaker.
24. Glue 2 together side by side for play binoculars.
25. Put a variety in their play kitchen.
26. Let them stack them up, and knock them down.
27. Tell them it's magical and see what they come up with.
28. Keep a couple for the sandbox. They can scoop and make sandcastles.
29. They can try making it float in the tub.
30. Rolling it across the floor.
For a Party
31. Add some flowers for a nice centerpiece.
32. Organize silverware for a buffet.
33. Tie the cans to a car for a wedding.
34. Make candle luminaries for decoration.
35. Set them up with candy for a candy buffet.
36. Bean bag toss.
37. Make a nice place for people to leave cards.
In the Kitchen
38. Store all your meat fats in one. They all come in handy.
39. Decorate how many ounces the can holds, and use for measurements.
40. Use as a biscuit cutter. Or cookie cutter.
41. Use as a rolling pin.
42. Punch holes in the bottom to make a pasta strainer.
43. Bake a cupcake.
Everything Else
44. Make a candle.
45. Store waste oil. (Which you can apply to tools so they last longer)
46. Nail it to a tree so a bird can build a nest inside.
47. Make a bird feeder.
48. Capture rain water.
49. When 2 people are painting, 1 uses the paint can, and the other has some poured into another can.
50. To collect all your composting material during the day so you only have to make 1 trip out to it.
51. Wrap a small gift in it. BONUS GIFT- let them keep the can.
52. Use it as a dice roller.
53. Get 3 and hide something under one. Rotate them, and hustle people out of some money.
54. Decorate nicely, and sell at a flea market. (who doesn't want a can after this?)
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