How many times have you cracked open a bottle of beer or soda and automatically thrown the bottle cap out? Well, don't! Those tiny pieces of metal can be recycled and used to create so many cute things. Not only will you be helping the environment by saving your bottle caps, but you'll have a bunch of new products that you have created all by yourself!
1. Mini Candles
Wax can easily be melted and then poured into the caps to make a super cute mini candle. Melted crayons can also be used in place of candle wax to create tie dye or rainbow candles! See the full tutorial here.
2. Bottle Cap Earrings
These earrings give off a very vintage vibe. Punch a small hole into the cap so the hook for the earring can be attached, then string beads onto the hook as well for an added design. Find out how to make them here.
3. Chic Table Top
If you and your roomies have a lot of extra bottle caps lying around, this is a perfect project for you to try! Find detailed instructions for this DIY here.
4. Wind Chime
All you need for this project is bottle caps, twine, and a metal fruit basket. What a perfect decoration for outdoor parties in the spring and summertime! You can learn exactly how to do this here.
5. Adorable Magnets
This is definitely the easiest and most useful way to use extra bottle caps that you may have. Small magnets can be purchased at a craft store, and glued to the back of the bottle caps to create fridge magnets. Find the full tutorial here.
6. Cute Canvas Clock
This craft would look great in a dorm room in your apartment's kitchen. Paint a canvas your favorite color, then arrange the bottle caps to take the place of the numbers on a clock. To make this cute clock, follow the instructions here.
7. Crafty Necklace
This necklace gives off a vintage vibe that is so in right now! Simply paint the inside of the caps your favorite color. After the caps dry, use jump rings to attach the bottle caps in any design you chose. Then attach the arrangement to a chain, and wear it out to make a major fashion statement! Find detailed instructions here.
8. Wall Decor
You can create your own work of art by using bottle caps arranged on a canvas. The bottle caps could be arranged in an outline to represent your home state or any symbol that means something to you. Your work of art is sure to get tons of compliments! Find more inspiration (and instructions) here.
9. Mirror Frame
Turn a boring mirror frame into an eye catching work of art! Using leftover bottle caps to outline the border of a frame makes for a more appealing piece of room decor and a more exciting look in all of your mirror selfies. The bottle caps can be attached with super glue to the frame of the mirror. Click here for the full tutorial.
10. Convenient Bottle Cap Coasters
The arrangement of bottle caps into triangle and square shapes makes for convenient coasters and awesome conversation pieces. The bottle caps can be arranged and glued together using super glue or a hot glue gun. Find full instructions here.
11. Canvas Checkerboard
Checkers is a fun game to have on hand when you're bored in the apartment with your roomies. It can be super competitive or just a fun way to pass time. Paint a canvas as a checker board and then use your extra bottle caps as game pieces. For the full idea click here.
How will you use your leftover bottle caps, collegiettes?
