Crafts from beer cans by own hands
Empty tin cans from beer and various drinkscan become the source material for creating various crafts. Some crafts from beer cans are purely decorative, while others can be a useful accessory for the home and garden. Check out 5 ways to make interesting crafts from tin cans with your own hands!
Luminaire from beer cans
Tin cans from beer and lemonade can be usedturn into openwork lampshades. To do this, use a bottle opener, scissors or a stationery knife to cut off the top. Then outline the pattern and make holes using nails of different diameters, screwdrivers and other sharp objects that will leave curly holes. To prevent the can from getting crushed, you can stuff paper very tightly inside. If desired, the can can be painted both outside and inside. All that remains is to attach a socket with a light bulb - and the original lamp made from beer cans is ready.
The second option for creating crafts from beer cansin the form of a table lamp - use only the tabs from aluminum cans for the lampshade, and the can itself will serve as the lamp's leg. To connect the tabs into one piece, make a cut on each tab at the top, intertwine them together and bend the cut with pliers. You can also use thin wire or thread.
Garden furniture - crafts from beer cans
An unusual but quite functional applicationaluminum drink cans. You can make garden furniture out of them - a chair and a table. You can connect the cans together with glue, and to prevent the beer cans from being crushed under the weight of the person sitting, you can fill them with sand beforehand.
Alcohol torch made of tin cans
It's getting quite tense in the tourism communitypopular use of a camping spirit lamp instead of a gas burner. In addition, the weight of an alcohol burner is very small - about 10 grams! Spirit lamps are made by hand from beer cans.
Read a detailed master class with photos and advice from an experienced tourist here.
House made of tin cans
The house, lined with tin cans, is locatedin Houston, Texas. It was recently officially recognized as a local landmark of the city, and it’s no wonder. More than 50,000 aluminum beer and soda cans were used for the construction, cladding, and decoration of the house! And that’s not counting those that had to be replaced with new ones. The house was built by John Milkovich, who was born during the Great Depression and therefore knew how to save money and not throw anything away. In the 1970s, when aluminum became a common and fashionable material, John began decorating the house with collected beer cans. Milkovich died in the mid-80s, but his wife and sons continued his work, updating the cladding. By the way, the fence, outbuildings, mailbox, and even a dog house are also made from cans! In the 2000s, the house was bought by a charity organization, completely restored it, and opened it to the general public.
Candlestick - a lantern from a beer can
To make such a craft - gardena lantern from a beer can, make even cuts on the can with a stationery knife every 3-4 cm. For convenience, you can use a ruler. Then carefully press on the can from above to get such a lantern. If desired, you can paint the candlestick with spray paint.
Decorative articles from beer cans
It is necessary to warn right away that the crafts are made fromtin cans should be done very carefully and preferably in household knitted gloves until you get used to working with razor-sharp edges. Therefore, it is not recommended to allow small children to work. Volumetric stars from aluminum cans Such crafts from beer cans as stars will become an original children's room or New Year's tree. A detailed master class can be viewed here.
Butterflies from beer cans and other figures
Cut open the jar, cut off the bottom and top,to get a flat plate. Cut out a picture of a butterfly, bird, flower or other figure from paper, redraw it on a tin plate and pierce it with an awl at the nodal points. Cut out the butterfly along the lines. Give the figure a little volume using a pen, screwdriver or pliers. Press light contours where necessary, round the edges, bend the wings and so on. Color the butterflies. For this, you can use spray paint or markers.
Sculptures and other crafts from beer cans
