What can one person or a whole group do with a bunch of tin cans? What good are they? To me there are a lot of good uses for these objects of various sizes. Looking at the picture they can be used for target practice. You could set up for a game of nine pin or something along that route. Tin cans can also be used for planting seedlings for some varieties of flowers and vegetables. Some have even used them to make alarm systems for various reasons. I just thought of this they could be turned into little lights of some kind. Maybe if a person is good with wiring, one could drill little holes in the bottom of the can and put a plug there and on the inside the fixings for the little light bulb. Who remembers the game of Telephone where two cans are joined by a string and a long time ago young kids would act like they were calling their friends like their parents do. As you see I have came up with a lot of uses for old tin cans. In a poem I just published here on Vocal I thought tin cans would make great planters for seedlings of some kind or another. One old idea one could always decorate them somehow for a pencil holder or some sort of holder for some various small objects. If anyone else has any other ideas, please share and if no ideas come to mind one can also take them to a recycling center to be smashed and sent somewhere to be turned into something else perhaps a part of a bike or even a part of a car or turned into a wagon of some sort the kids pull around. There are many options.
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Mark Graham
I am a person who really likes to read and write and to share what I learned with all my education. My page will mainly be book reviews and critiques of old and new books that I have read and will read. There will also be other bits, too.
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Quotation from Friedrich Nietzsche "He who wrestles long with monsters should beware lest he himself become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you. Man is not destroyed by suffering, but by the meaning he makes of it."
By LUCCIAN LAYTH6 days ago in Critique
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I need to let all my anger out so throwing some balls at a stack of those tin cans would be so awesome right now. Target practice, lovely! Planting seedlings, oh yes of course. And they would look so good in a tin can rather than in a ceramic plant pot. The light bulb idea is very resourceful, adds personality. I remember the telephone thing where two cans are joined with a string. Humble fun times for the kids. This was a great piece, reminding us how useful tin cans are. Because they are not just what their names entail, they can be turned Into a bike part like you said near the end. Very informative and nostalgic, well done Mark. 👏🏽👌🏽♥️
Your creativity here is brilliant. From target practice to planting seedlings, and even crafting little lights or setting up a classic game of Telephone, you've covered so many exciting possibilities.
Great article! I would use tin cans for water for my watercolor!!
I seen a add showing some one crocheting round one looked dead posh with pens in ♦️♦️♦️♦️
You know that saying, great minds think alike? I have made a few pen/pencil desk holders using tin cans. After cleaning, I just wrap them in decorative paper. Another good use is to create a lid using foil, then set the can on the counter and use it for table scraps or used cooking oil. My husband uses the cleaned cans to store extra hardware (screws, etc). You're so right! There are so many uses.