Things to do with pop can tabs?

[scob89]

I know you can weave them into shirts and stuff but what else can you do with the tabs?

This is why I am asking.(The box is full now)

 

[smkie]

chain mail for your car? SLip cover for a sofa..curtains..lamp shades..wallpaper..wire them together and make a sculpture... You could plant them and see if they grow sodas..it's late and i am lame i know sorry.

 

[scob89]

lol, Not Chain mail, If I want that I will make the real stuff. lol

 

[Nechochwen]

lol, Not Chain mail, If I want that I will make the real stuff. lol

I've made the real stuff. It's pretty fun, although tedious. I found it to be pretty relaxing when I did it.

 

[scob89]

I found it to be pretty relaxing when I did it.

That be the reason why I plan to make some. I will be making the rings myself tho.

 

[Nechochwen]

That be the reason why I plan to make some. I will be making the rings myself tho.

As did I. I wish I had had the money for a jeweler's saw, as the disks for the (battery powered) dremel tool got used up pretty quick, and it killed the battery on the dremel. I wish I had a plug in one, that would have made it easier. I will tell you now, do NOT use wire cutters! the cut they leave on the ring looks more like this: >< where as you want something more like this: //

I recommend 16 gauge wire, and I forget the radius that I liked... granted, I was only doing a 6 in 1 weave, but the size I was using it seemed far too open compared to some rings I had gotten from a friend and really liked. If/when I start back up on it, I want to have the rings be close to the inner diameter of the rings to be about that of a pen.

 

[Nechochwen]

here's a picture of some with a very nice cut in them (and a 4 in 1 weave):

 

[mrose_s]

I have a friend that would make belts/headbands out of them. Wish I was patient enough to collect them

 

[Gustav]

Recycle them..

 

[Snip]

I'm not sure what one, but we gave ours to a family friend for years, he was involved in a group that somehow used them to fundraise for wheelchairs etc for kids that needed them. Going back a few years, but maybe some google searching might turn up something.

 

[ACooper]

Our school system collects them for fund raisers, they have for the last 10 years I've lived here. Soup labels and pop tops always go to our school

Oh, and Nech? Nice chain mail!

 

[shadowfacedanes]

Well, it certainly wouldn't use up all the tabs you've saved, but you can make a neat bracelet with some of them:
https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/tetani/upcycleart/htmls/bracelet.html

 

[bubbatd]

SIL collects them for charities .

 

[ACooper]

Well, it certainly wouldn't use up all the tabs you've saved, but you can make a neat bracelet with some of them:
https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/tetani/upcycleart/htmls/bracelet.html

Hey! Those are kind of neat! I but it would work to make them with my favorite reusable resource........TWIST TIES! ahahhahaha

 

[sprintime]

Ours go to charities or schools also. But how about making a different type dog lead and collar , who knows, maybe someone might want one just like it and you can make a few$$$

 

[Nechochwen]

Oh, and Nech? Nice chain mail!

Heh, I wish I could say mine looked that nice. That was just a pic I found online.

 

[Baxter'smybaby]

Hey! Those are kind of neat! I but it would work to make them with my favorite reusable resource........TWIST TIES! ahahhahaha

I KNEW you would go there! LOL!