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Stitching & Crafting Room:  What can ya do with empty tuna can?  |
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Moodene
True Blue Farmgirl
124 Posts
Nadine
Devers
Texas
USA
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 Posted - Nov 07 2009 : 07:12:54 AM
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Here is a pic of a large empty tuna can?
What do you think I can make out of it?.LOL. I am in the middle of doing the project myself.
Farmgirl #801,finally! |
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emsmommy5
True Blue Farmgirl
620 Posts
Angie
Buckley
WA
USA
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Posted - Nov 07 2009 : 07:38:59 AM
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I have made emergency cooking heaters out of them. Nice for organzing things like beads. I can't wait to see what you are going to do!
Do what you love, love what you do. |
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gramadinah
True Blue Farmgirl
1408 Posts
Diana
orofino
ID
USA
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Posted - Nov 07 2009 : 07:46:25 AM
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Well back in the old days of Girl Scouts we would take cardboard and cut it to the same height as the tin can and then roll it up pretty tight and put in the can and then pour melted wax usually candle stubs and let it set. The lid had a hole punched in it and a wire you would use it to control the tempeture of the flame from when you would light the tin can of wax/cardboard. Then you would need and #10 can the big ones they use in the school lunch rooms and on the bottom of one side you cut a whole wide enough for the tin can to slid in and out And on the top you would take a regular bottle opener the triangle ones and punch hole around the sides NOT the top and you could cook a meal on it we would do bacon and eggs usually. Great fun and you could cook any thing on them. I believe they weere called a HOBO cooker.
Diana
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BarefootGoatGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1250 Posts
Corrine
North Carolina
USA
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
4849 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
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Karrieann
True Blue Farmgirl
142 Posts
Karrieann
Toccoa
Georgia
USA
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Posted - Nov 07 2009 : 08:03:05 AM
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..you can decorate the outside of the can... remove the lid, add a tea light candle to the inside of the can and the put a hurricane lamp over it... like a candle holder style.
Karrieann ~ Farmgirl Sister #766
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dutchy
True Blue Farmgirl
2717 Posts
Marian
Drenthe
Netherlands
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Posted - Nov 07 2009 : 08:05:53 AM
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Pinkeep was my first thought too
Hugs from Marian/Dutchy, a farmgirl from the Netherlands :)
My personal blog:
http://just-me-a-dutch-girl.blogspot.com/
Almost daily updates on me and mine :)
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pinkroses
True Blue Farmgirl
1643 Posts
Sheila
Virginia
USA
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dutchy
True Blue Farmgirl
2717 Posts
Marian
Drenthe
Netherlands
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Posted - Nov 07 2009 : 09:52:41 AM
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I saw some pics not too long ago of those Sheila, and they are C U T E !!
Hugs from Marian/Dutchy, a farmgirl from the Netherlands :)
My personal blog:
http://just-me-a-dutch-girl.blogspot.com/
Almost daily updates on me and mine :)
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
1021 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
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Posted - Nov 07 2009 : 10:15:01 AM
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We use them here for bridle holders, halter holders, hanging extension cords, rolls of rope holders, etc. They can be painted and personalized, or left plain.
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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LakeOntarioFarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
236 Posts
Brenda
North Rose
NY
USA
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Posted - Nov 07 2009 : 12:28:25 PM
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I know it's the wrong time of year, but in the garden when the pumpkins, cantalope, melons start to ripen, dh puts a tuna can under each one to keep the melon from touching the ground, so it won't rot!
Otherwise I was going to say a pinkeep too! :)
Brenda
FarmGirl # 711
http://theviewfromhere-brenda.blogspot.com/ |
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Diane B Carter
True Blue Farmgirl
722 Posts
Diane
Blasdell
N.Y.
USA
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Posted - Nov 07 2009 : 6:38:03 PM
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I use mine as ashtrays when smoking friends come over. They have to smoke outside and toss the tin in the garbage when they are done. I hate the smell of an ashtray.
I am surprised at how many good ideas there are above this post. But then this is the farmgirls so I shouldn't be.
Hope all your days are Sunnydays.
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Bonnie Ellis
True Blue Farmgirl
278 Posts
Bonnie
Minneapolis
Minnesota
USA
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Posted - Nov 07 2009 : 6:46:49 PM
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On the farm we used them to put nails, nuts and bolts into.
Bonnie
grandmother and orphan farmgirl |
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Roxy7
True Blue Farmgirl
442 Posts
Robin
Denver
CO
USA
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Posted - Nov 07 2009 : 6:52:10 PM
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| I have made pinkeeps. I have also made recipe card holders. You use plaster of paris and a fork. You hide the plaster with some cool junk and hide the can under fabric or lace. You put the recipe card into the tines of the fork which sticks up. |
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Moodene
True Blue Farmgirl
124 Posts
Nadine
Devers
Texas
USA
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Posted - Nov 07 2009 : 7:06:37 PM
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Here is the project I worked on with the tuna can..took me 1 hour and 30 mins..all made from scraps...and plus a piece of blue jean hem too..
Farmgirl #801,finally! |
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
3499 Posts
Linda
Scranton
PA
USA
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Posted - Nov 07 2009 : 8:26:37 PM
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adorable!
Linda in Scranton, PA
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