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If you have some clean cans and some strong bulldog clips, you can have a catch all to keep handy. Just put the clip everywhere the tins meet, and fill evenly with things like I did. I put in office, tool, and craft supplies.
But, since this was just for show, you could use like things. Camping utensils, napkins, and plastic silverware. Stationary supplies like pens, markers, and such. Art brushes, scissors and paint tubes. Craft hooks and needles, a small skein of yarn or pattern books. Beauty supplies like emery boards, tubes of creams or items for skin and bug protection. Screwdrivers, pliers, and small tools.
The nice thing about this is you can throw it together for a special project or event, then put things away when you finish or get home. Keep the cans together or separate for later. If you find the right box or tub, you can do this without the clips, by just setting them inside. I can tell you that a 6.5 by 6.5 inch box is perfect for four cans, so you can plan accordingly.
Got a big picnic? Set this, as big as you need it, on one end of the table for all your utensils.
Fixing the house up? Set this up in the center of the project area and keep all phillips in one, flat heads in another and so on.
Art project in the future? How handy would this be for all the same colored markers, florescent and crayons, art brushes, foam brushes and more to stay organized?
You can leave them uncovered for the "unfancy" event, or decorate or paint them for picnics, parties, or BBQ, etc.
If you have smaller things to put in them, but don't want to have to dig, just put the smaller things in a yogurt cup and it will set in the top just about perfect.
N-JOY!
Source: I used cans a lot for separating things in the medicine cabinet and inside cupboards, so I thought why not take them out and see what can be done with them separately and together!
By Poor But Proud from Salem OR
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