Tin Can Crafts - Practical, Fun, & Creative Recycling Ideas

This list of tin can crafts will give you hours of enjoyment while recycling basic food cans from everyday life.

Collage of tin can crafts including organizers, lanterns, wind chimes and planters.

Everyone uses tin cans. In some places, there is no recycling so you have to take your cans, bottles, and plastic to a recycling center. Often, I keep some. Especially pretty bottles and tin cans. These can be reused and upcycled for practical, pretty, and functional items for your home.

13 Tin Can Crafts to Create Today

Storage and Organization

Three tin cans decoupaged with floral designs and black knobs.

Tin Can Decoupaged Storage Containers

Decoupage tin cans and upcycle them into beautiful storage containers for any place in your home.

Three tin can pencil holders decorated in black and white.

Grillo Designs

How To Make A Pencil Holder From Empty Tin Cans

Rather than throw away empty tin cans, why not recycle them? You can turn them into a stylish pen or pencil holder for your kids or enjoy making them for yourself.

Two smashed can crafts into hanging baskets.

Floral Hanging Smashed Cans

Use these adorable floral smashed cans to hold flowers for a gift, or to hold anything that you might want to hang. They also might make a great tree ornament.

Planters and Vases

The Graphics Fairy

DIY Vintage French Recycled Tin Cans Project & Free Printable!

Make these beautiful French inspired cans to use as a pretty vase indoors complete with free printables that will look amazing.

Pillar Box Blue

Easy Upcycled Decorative Decoupage Tin Can Planters

Create a riot of pattern and colour in your garden with some DIY Marimekko decorative tin can planters. This is a cheap and easy upcycle using paper napkin decoupage.

Tin cans in a caddy with daffodils inside.

Tin Can Upcycled Centerpiece Organizer

This easy tin can craft doubles as an organizer and/or a centerpiece when you use the cans as vases.

Creative Green Living

Clever Recycled Craft Idea: How to Make Garden Markers from Tin Can Lids

Turn can lids into cute plant markers with the help of some rubber stamps and outdoor paint!

Outdoor Living

Crafts by Courtney

Fun DIY Can Toss Game for Kids!

Summer is still here and everyone loves an outside activity for the kids! This easy DIY Can Toss Game is perfect to keep the kids entertained and happy!

Decorative Tin Can Wind Chimes

This decorative tin can wind chime project is easy to create and looks so pretty hanging on your back porch.

The Empress of Dirt

How to Make Tin Can Garden Art Robots — Empress of Dirt

Turn empty food cans into sweet garden art robots and pets with these ideas. It’s a favorite old-fashioned garden junk project.

Tin Can Pendant Lights

Use a simple light kit with tin cans to create beautiful ambient lighting for your patio or porch.

Holiday Tin Can Crafts

Red Ted Art

Christmas Tin Can Bowling - Red Ted Art - Kids Crafts

DIY Christmas Tin Can Bowling Party Game. Make this easy DIY Party Games from old Tin Cans and paper. Fun DIY Christmas Game Ideas for kids.

Practically Functional

DIY Christmas Craft: Tin Can Snowman

If you’re looking for a quick and easy Christmas craft, look no further! This adorable tin can snowman is not only a great way to recycle some leftover tin cans, but it’s a really fun project and it’s fast and simple to put together!

See something you like? Maybe you'll start saving your empty tin cans for a future craft project. They are perfect for enjoying an afternoon creating with your kids, grandkids, or friends.

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13 Tin Can Crafts to Create Today

Storage and Organization

Planters and Vases

Outdoor Living

Holiday Tin Can Crafts

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