Punching Lantern Holes In Recycled Cans
Fill can with water and freeze. This will give the can stability so that it does not collapse when you hammer with nail.
This is a guide about making a tin punch lantern. You can easily turn an empty tin can into a beautiful lantern. Simply punch a pattern into its surface and place a candle inside to illuminate it.
How Do I Build a Metal Bread Box?
I am trying to find plans on how to build a metal bread box. I need information like: what kind of tools, type of metal, paint, etc.
Sources for Free Copper Wire for Crafts in Edinburgh
Does anyone know where I can collect copper wire within Edinburgh?
Pattern for Hanging Metal Christmas Decorations
I would like to know if someone has a pattern for the metal crosses that look like they are made of flashing and painted with different color dots that you hang with a wire. I would love to make some for Christmas.
Craft: Garden Tags from Aluminum Roof Flashing
You can make garden tags out of leftover aluminum roof flashing (the kind on a roll). I took a simple tag design that I drew, printed it out on heavy paper, and cut it out. I took that template and a sharpie and traced that design onto the flashing metal multiple times.
Don't throw out those soup, vegetable, and fruit tin cans. You can use them to recycle into wonderful crafts.
Repainting a Metal Watering Can
How do I repaint a metal watering can that is currently painted yellow? My daughter would like it to be painted pewter for her flower girl to carry.
I am interested in making flowers out of metal. I have never worked in metal before and have no pictures to go by.
I would like to know how to make a biplane and other objects from pop cans?
I am looking for craft ideas to make a tin man.
I am trying to figure out how to bend silverware for craft projects. Will I need a torch and will a torch be okay for silverplate? I saw the silverware handles, but can't find instructions on how to do this, and I want to bend them for more than that project.
Odd pieces of silver or silverplate can find a new life when transformed into a useful kitchen gadget. Using needle nosed pliers, curl up the two outer tines on one side of the fork and the outermost one on the other side, leaving one tine unbent. You now have a very functional pickle fork and a great conversation piece. If you're buying flatware for a wedding gift, buy an extra fork and add a special touch with a pickle fork to match.
I am looking for instructions or pictures of animals made from old tableware (spoons and forks). Mostly I want to know how are pieces attached to each other - glue?, solder? Any tips on bending the spoon to achieve the shape?
Instructions for Making a Tin Man Bird Feeder out of Tin Cans
My sister-in-law received, as a gift from one of her students, a Tin Man Birdfeeder made of used Tin cans. I would like to have instructions of how to make some. Thanks, Laurie from Whitman County
Looking for directions on how to make animals about drinking cans. Editor's Note: I am not sure if this poster is referring to aluminum cans or tin cans. Feel free to elaborate on this if this is your request.
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