In most thrift stores, there’s a section for old-fashioned metal tins designed to hold cookies or tea. They’re often unique, cheap and tempting to buy, but what can you do with them afterwards?
Besides storing cookies, etc., the best way to reuse an old tin is to create something entirely new with it, like one of these 12 everyday objects.
How to Upcycle Vintage Cookie and Tea Tins
1. Birdhouses, Big or Small
via Milepost 7 and Gadget Sponge
2. Clocks
via Reigrüche Werkstatt
3. Cuffs or Bracelets
via Christine’s Cabinet and Little Black Rabbit
4. Necklaces
via Fat Cat Studio
5. Quirky Jewelry Boxes, Like This Robot
via Reclaim 2 Fame
6. Scoop for Bird Seed or Pet Food
via Found Object Art
7. Bird Feeders
via Revival Mercantile
8. Tiered Desk Organizer, Fruit Bowls, or High Tea Trays
via Seelamade and Can’t Stop Making Things
9. Homemade Candles
via radmegan
10. Refrigerator Magnets to Hold Pencils, Etc.
via A Pretty Cool Life and Martha Stewart
11. Painted to Make Holiday Containers, Holding Gifts
via Cynthia Shaffer
12. Perfect Little Vases
via Wedding Chicks and dkshopgirl
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