Make Something for Nothing...how to Re-purpose Your Old Soup Tins...

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by Juneolsen
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Make these cute soup tin lanterns in a day....providing you have all the necessary tools,this DIY wont cost you a penny....visit my blog for the full DIY tutorial....
Make these cute repurposed soup tin lanterns in 5 easy steps....
Age the tins by spraying with bleach and leaving out in the sunshine....
Make up a paper template to drill small holes in the tins....
Add wire handles....
these would look lovely on the mantle piece or in a window indoors, or dot them around your garden for a summer party...
they really look lovely when lit after dark...
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  • Rhonda Rhonda on Aug 04, 2013
    I have been saving cans for a year now to make some of these and they are already aged but the tip on freezing water I did not know ..... I am now ready to try making some! Thanks!
  • Meem Kaplan Meem Kaplan on Aug 17, 2013
    I'm wondering about little solar lights in them. Then they could be out amongst the greenery in the yard.
    • Frank Hocker Frank Hocker on Jun 08, 2015
      @Meem Kaplan Last year I put my small solar globes in them it's great this I have to try thanks
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