Crafting with Bottle Caps
Bottle caps crafts range from simple bottle cap necklaces or magnets to this grand lady shown here with bottle cap arms and legs. I like using metal bottle caps, but I've included some links to crafts using plastic bottle caps too, which are safer for little fingers to work with.
Making art with bottle caps is versatile, fun, and inexpensive. All sorts of crafts can be made with bottle caps:
- bottle cap mosaics
- bottle cap magnets and thumbtacks
- bottle cap jewelry like necklaces, earrings, and bracelets
- bottle cap murals
- bottle cap picture frames
So, the next time you pop open a cold one, instead of tossing the bottle cap in the trash, rinse it off and toss it in an empty jar or other handy place so you'll have a few bottle caps on hand when the crafting mood strikes.
Photo Credit: Peggy Hazelwood
Making art with bottle caps is versatile, fun, and inexpensive. All sorts of crafts can be made with bottle caps:
- bottle cap mosaics
- bottle cap magnets and thumbtacks
- bottle cap jewelry like necklaces, earrings, and bracelets
- bottle cap murals
- bottle cap picture frames
So, the next time you pop open a cold one, instead of tossing the bottle cap in the trash, rinse it off and toss it in an empty jar or other handy place so you'll have a few bottle caps on hand when the crafting mood strikes.
Photo Credit: Peggy Hazelwood
Table of Contents
- Bottle Cap Projects
- New Bottle Caps
- Crafting with Bottle Caps
- Bottle Cap Crafts on eBay
- Bottle Cap Crafts for sale at Etsy
- Bottle Cap Crafts For Sale on Etsy
- Bottle Cap Crafts for Kids
- Bottle Cap Wind Chime
- Plastic Bottle Cap Crafts
- Craft Books Using Recycled Stuff
- More Bottle Cap Craft Ideas
- Bottle Cap Queen
- Crafts Using Bottle Caps
- Leave a comment to let us know you were here.
- Show some love for bottle caps crafts
- Bottle Cap Crafter
Bottle Cap Projects
Easy crafts and so versatile
This bottle cap magnet uses an old rusty bottle cap (for charm), wire (for hair), beads (for texture), paint (for a face), and a magnet (for stick-to-it-ive-ness). All photos by Peggy Hazelwood.
Use old rusty bottle caps
or new bottle caps for your crafts.
They both are beautiful!
New Bottle Caps
for the sissy crafter, not that there's anything wrong with that!
Crafting with Bottle Caps
Bottlecaps are easy to work with.
There are several ways to punch a hole in a bottle cap.
One way is to use a nail and hammer. Place the nail on the inside
of the bottle cap on the rim's flat edge (flat as it sits on a piece of wood).
Hold the nail and hit the nail (not your finger) with the hammer. Presto! You've made a hole.
Bottle Cap Crafts on eBay
Bottle Cap Crafts for sale at Etsy
Recycled beer bottle cap necklace by Etsy seller SassyBelleWares. See the link below to visit her Etsy shop.
Bottle Cap Crafts For Sale on Etsy
- Found Object Art Bottle Cap and Beaded Garland by sybelladesigns
- For this garland, I took found bottle caps and used silver wire and colorful beads to string them together. The bottle caps are in various stages
- Valentine OWL Bottle Cap CHARM Bracelet made by socreative605
- This listing is for 1 handmade Valentine CUTE OWL Bottle cap CHARM BRACELET. This is made with a regular bottle caps, and is really cute, and
- St Patricks Day LUCKY Bottle Cap Necklace made by socreative605
- **** FREE SHIPPING ON ALL ITEMS ******** This listing is for 1 handmade St Patricks LUCKY bottle cap necklace. This is is really cute, and unique! The image is completely sealed with a thick resin that is very durable! Also I have added several beads to make it really stand out!!
- Recycled Beer Bottle Cap Necklace by SassyBelleWares on Etsy
- This cool and funky necklace is perfect for beer lovers. It is also a unique gift idea for your favorite bartender or cocktail server! The rustic meets sparkle combo in this piece makes it a sassy accessory for your fave jeans and tee!
- Iowa University Bottle Cap Picture Frame by PictureCaps on Etsy
- Iowa University Bottle Cap Picture Frame For the new student, current student, graduate or long time alumni, this frame with almost 40 bottle caps are lots of black & "old gold" images of the Hawkeyes.
- Recycled Beer Bottle Cap Necklace by SassyBelleWares on Etsy
- This funky beer bottle cap necklace is perfect for beer lovers. A recycled beer bottle cap has been shaped and mounted on a vintage metal faucet handle. The vintage handle measures almost 2 1/4" in diameter and has a rustic orange and silver patina.
- Bottlecap Art Assemblage Angel Queen of the by sybelladesigns
- This is Angel, Queen of the Bottlecaps. She is a small work of art made from found objects including bottle caps and an old spring, a vintage paper queen face, new copper wire and beads, glass beads, and a touch of glitter for shine.
Bottle Cap Crafts for Kids
Get ideas and begin crafting!
Bottle Cap Wind Chime
Plastic Bottle Cap Crafts
Plastic bottle caps work great for little crafters.
Start saving your plastic bottle caps. All of them from things like water bottles, food bottles and jars, laundry soap, and plastic lids like those on mayonnaise jars.
- Chinnu's Crafts: More Bottle cap crafts!
- Sharing another idea for creative reuse of the milk carton bottle caps.
These are easy and fun to make. You could make lots of these Ornaments, Gifts or as party favors. - Flip Your Lid For Bottlecap Art - Eco-Artware Notes Blog
- When she found herself with hundreds of metal and plastic bottlecaps, Michelle Stitzlen created kid-friendly whimsical projects for her garden and home.
- month of crafts with children - whip up
- As part of our month of children's crafts, crafty beats sent in a link to a matching memory game she made from plastic bottle tops for her kids to play with. This would be a great game for the kids
Craft Books Using Recycled Stuff
like bottle caps!
More Bottle Cap Craft Ideas
Bottle Cap Queen
To get new craft ideas,
dump your bottle caps on the floor and start stacking them and
laying them out.
Something might just come to you.
Crafts Using Bottle Caps
- Recycled Crafts: Using Old Bottle Caps | FaveCraftsBlog
- Recycled Crafts: Using Old Bottle Caps. I'm not sure what it is about bottle caps that makes people want to save and hoard them. In college it wasn't uncommon to see bowls or jars full of beer bottle caps in people's apartments. I always try to save bottle caps, with the hope of doing something crafty, but usually end up tossing them because I either lack creative ideas or just get sick of looking at them.
- DIY: Five Easy Bottle Cap Crafts | Broke-Ass Stuart's Goddamn Website
- It makes sense that the DIY-ers and the Environmentalists get along -- both are founded on a founding principle of reuse, recycle, renew.
- Kid's Saturday: Sunday School Crafts | FaveCraftsBlog
- Kid's Saturday: Sunday School Crafts, Make a bottle cap cross.
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- The bottle cap chimes are cool, but I love that awesome bottle cap lady too! :)
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