What can I do with this empty Pringle's container?

Hillela G.
by Hillela G.
I just finished a delicious sleeve of Pringles ( movie night!). My husband reached over to throw it's container away, and out of pure, DIY instinct I stopped him, promising to come up with a better home for it than the garbage bin.
I'm open to suggestions. Thank you for your help!!
  25 answers
  • Chree Walker Chree Walker on Feb 02, 2017

    i cover mine with some pretty paper and put a chalkboard peel n stick label on them and use them to store spaghetti noodles and stacks of cookies.. also cover with holiday appropriate papers and use them for gifts of cookies and candies

  • Lyt14167538 Lyt14167538 on Feb 03, 2017

    Cut a little hole in the top, grab some pom poms or popsicle sticks or something that could be dropped through the hole and then give it to someone with a 2 year old. Kids love love love to put things in!

  • Ala17349057 Ala17349057 on Feb 03, 2017

    I use mine for soap molds and cut when hard.

  • Joan Joan on Feb 03, 2017

    Pinterest has lots of ideas to alter these cans - all pretty Joan

  • Grandmasue10 Grandmasue10 on Feb 03, 2017

    Wrap it in red paper; drip some hot glue around the top edge; put an led solar lite on top and you have a Christmas candle.

  • Zonski Zonski on Feb 05, 2017

    with a smaller sized one, this is what i did, using fluo acrylic paints which i poured onto portions of the white primed can (placed horizontally on table, that is sideways) and let run down the sides. Now it's a box for children's secrets :)

  • Frances King Frances King on Feb 05, 2017

    COVER 2 CANS WITH VELVET AND FROM T . MAKE A BASE OUT OF COVERED WOOD AND STORE BRACELETS AROUND THEM, OR IF YOU KEEP THE LIDS YOU CAN PUT SOME THINGS INSIDE,ALSO COULD BE USED AS A NECKLACE HOLDER,OR BEADS. OR TOYS CARS FOR KIDSTO PLAY WITH,SMALL DOLLS!

  • Dianebill2007 Dianebill2007 on Feb 05, 2017

    For a Xmas idea... I spray paint a tall can, any color you want, gold, red...Wrap it in yarn while going around the inside of the can; any color again. And then I use it to put all the cards I receive for the holidays as a display on a counter or table. Did this with the scout group's a few times over the years. Was fun.

  • Lyn Buerger Lyn Buerger on Feb 05, 2017

    Cut several to appropriate sizes, glue together and make a holder for pencils, pens, scissors, rulers, brushes, markets, pliers. etc. I have several and use them for sewing, office and craft table tools. I usually cut them at an angle so they are higher in the back than the front. (seem to hold tools better that way) and some are taller than others.

  • Lyn Buerger Lyn Buerger on Feb 05, 2017

    To add to the above. I've also made same displays from different sizes of PVC. Can be designed for anything that needs a stand. (tools, pencils, rulers, feathers, etc.) I glue a plexi scrap on the bottom to hold them together and put a bottom on the holes.

  • Kmmwilliams Kmmwilliams on Feb 05, 2017

    I cut a slit in the plastic lid and use it for loose change. Can be decorated or just left to appear as a can of Pringles in the cabinet. I save the tabs from soft drink cans for a local church in a Pringles can.

  • Valerie Jennison Valerie Jennison on Feb 06, 2017

    Wrap yarn around it for a nice container to hold knitting needles!

  • Pra10078353 Pra10078353 on Feb 07, 2017

    Cut a small hole in the top fill can with plastic shopping bags use as dispenser for them keep filling as you go

  • Carol Cole Carol Cole on Feb 07, 2017

    sorry , I use mine for crackers

  • Vio11141893 Vio11141893 on Feb 07, 2017

    I keep straws in one for my granddaughter. Put the lid on to keep them clean

  • Marilynn Marilynn on Feb 07, 2017

    I use them to keep all my art paint brushes in!

  • Rita Rita on Feb 12, 2017

    I have one for straws and one for latex gloves. I spray painted them.

  • Linda Fox Linda Fox on Feb 14, 2017

    I fill it with flour and keep it in the cupboard for making sauces. I mode podge brown paper on it and cut the flour label off the flour bag for decoration.

  • Kimberly Kimberly on Feb 14, 2017

    I use them to send cookies to my boys in the military. They are the perfect size to hold cookies, and the tube keeps them from being crushed or turned into crumbs. My boys like the tubes because they disguise the contents. Nobody wants to share Pringles. But everyone wants home-baked cookies.

  • JEWEL C JEWEL C on Feb 15, 2017

    Store knitting needles, crochet hooks and paint brushes. Cover with white paper and label the contents with felt tip marker.

  • Lee Lee on Feb 19, 2017

    I use them as candle molds.

  • Laura Laura on Feb 21, 2017

    I haven't done it yet, but I have a recipe to make my husband shaving soap (& yes he uses the old double blade type razor, barber brush & cup) and have been told that Pringles cans work great for putting the soap mixture in, let it set up and cut into round slices.

  • Dfm Dfm on Feb 24, 2017

    I use the containers for holding silverware/plasticware in the picnic basket

  • Judy Judy on Mar 05, 2017

    I glue several together in a pyramid so it will set on my work table and keep my markers in them. So easy to just pull out the color I need. I also put a strong magnet on the side and stick it to my fridge to hold pens and pencils.