Recycle your mint and candy tins.
Altoids and other candies sometimes come in great little tins. It really seems a shame to throw away such useful little boxes, they just call out to be made into something new. There are so many things that can be done with these little mint tins.
Polymer Clay Covered Tins
- HowTo Cover an Altoid Tin
- I've had such fun covering Altoid mint tins and other tins.
- Altoids Turtle Keepsake Sculpey Project
- I took an empty Altoids box and thought it would make a nice project for testing my sculpting skills. I wanted to make a Turtle Keepsake Box.
- Altered Altoid Tin with Polymer Clay - the Sea Maiden by ToniAnn Carbone
- A 100% non-profit Art Publication
- Cut Out + Keep | Project » Faux Wood Altoid Tin Box
- Classy, finished wooden box minus the wood..
- Crafts : Other : Mint Tin Treasure Box : Home & Garden Television
- Mimi Diehl embellishes an everyday mint tin with marbled polymer clay to make a tiny mint tin treasure box.
Covering Tins with Polymer Clay TV
Polymer Clay TV Episode #57 Creating with Metal Tins
In this episode of Polymer Clay TV, we show you some metal tins and how to get started covering one.
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Geeky Tin Projects
- MintyBoost! - Small battery-powered USB charger - Instructables - DIY, How To, tech, music - Entry
- This project details a small & simple, but very powerful USB charger for your mp3 player, camera, cell phone, and any other gadget you can plug in...
- LED Beginner Project: Part 2 - Instructables - DIY, How To, tech - Entry
- This project was my next step in my exploration of the world of LEDs. Here, I will show how to wire LEDs in parallel in order to make a simple bike l...
- Easy LED Flashlight - Instructables - DIY, How To, tech - Entry
- Hello,Welcome to my Easy LED Flashlight
Tin Safe from PopSci
PopSci 5-Minute Project: Musical Stash For Your Cash
Jake builds a safe box out of an Altoids tin and a musical greeting card.
Runtime: 3:21
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Re-purposed Tin Projects
- Altoids Tin Pocket-Sized Watercolor Box - Instructables - DIY, How To, outdoors - Entry
- This Instructable, my entry in the pocket-sized contest, will teach you how to build your own pocket-sized watercolor box.Remember when you were a k...
- The Twisted Stitcher Tutorials: Altoid Tin Finish Tutorial
- Little sewing kit and pin cushion out of an altoids tin.
- Altoid's Tin Wallet
- Altoid's Tin Wallet
- Crafts : Other : Recycled Mint Tin Beauty Kit : Home & Garden Television
- Project designed by Ellen Allan.
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Crafty Tin Projects
- Project - Decoupage a Fantasy with Altered Tins - Paper Crafts
- Take a discarded mint tin, tissue paper, glue and glitter and you´re off to Neverland. - Project - Decoupage a Fantasy with Altered Tins - Paper Crafts is a personally written site at BellaOnline
- Altered Tin - Mini Purse - Craftbits.com Craft Project
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Advanced Tin Projects
- Copper Plating and Etching Altoids Tins | The Steampunk Workshop
- Electrolytically Etching and Copper Plating Altoid Tins
Fun Tins on Flickr
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EmbarkingDog wrote...
Howdy! This is very clever. I'll pass along this new use for Altoid's cans. Good job!
Posted October 27, 2008
blue22d wrote...
Wow, another great idea. I just came from a lens where the recycled old Mouse Pads! What great brains we have in the thing called Squidoo! Five stars to ya. Got a moment, stop by and visit my lenses. I have a new one called Ladies Head Vases.
Posted September 12, 2008
alteredkat wrote...
Great altered art recycling tips for after the candy is all gone! :o) Kudos!
Posted July 26, 2008
cherangelry wrote...
Love these ideas! I decorated my dorm room freshman year with altoid tins! It was a great conversation starter!
Posted July 18, 2008
dreamsgate wrote...
Wow, you have a lot of great projects. Should keep me busy for a while. :)
Posted July 07, 2008
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