Uses for Bottle Caps
Because bottle caps can clog up sorting machines, many recyclers require you to remove caps from glass and plastic bottles before recycling. Rather than throw these caps away, consider saving them for reuse. You can use bottle caps, both metal and plastic, to create a variety of one-of-a-kind craft projects at little or no expense.
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Bottle Cap Magnets
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A simple way to recycle colorful metal bottle caps it to make them into magnets for your refrigerator. Purchase a small magnet from a craft store and glue it to the back of a metal bottle cap. Create several magnets out of caps that feature interesting colors and designs and attach them to your refrigerator or any metal surface for a decorative touch.
Bottle Cap Mural
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Use metal and plastic bottle caps to create a mural. A piece of cardboard or poster board can serve as the base. Group caps in similar colors together. Arrange them out on the cardboard to create abstract shapes or pictures of people and animals. Secure in place with glue. This project works well for an elementary-aged art class to teach them about art and recycling; have students collect bottle caps at home for a month, and create a collaborative class mural.
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Bottle Cap Picture Frame
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Add a personalized to touch to inexpensive or old picture frames with colorful metal bottle caps. Collect caps in one color and design, or go for a variety for a more eclectic look. Glue them to any picture frame with a flat surface.
Bottle Cap Christmas Tree
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For a fun kids' Christmas craft, create three-dimensional Christmas tree ornaments from bottle caps. Cut a piece of construction paper into a Christmas tree shape and glue seven metal bottle caps, flat side down, to the paper. Fill the cap with glue and let kids decorate with beads, glitter and other adornments. Punch a hole in the top of the construction paper and attach a loop of yarn. Hang the bottle cap tree ornament on your Christmas tree.
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