Crafts To Make With Pull Tabs From Soda Cans

Crafts To Make With Pull Tabs From Soda Cans<br /><br />Pull tab crafts are a fun and easy way to reuse something that is normally thrown away. You will need quite a few pull tabs to begin with so start taking the tabs off before you recycle the cans themselves. Asking friends and family members to do so as well will help build up your pile quickly. Once you have all the pull tabs you think you will need, you are just about ready to get going.<br /><br />Pull Tab BraceletsOne way to reuse pull tabs is to make bracelets out of them. For this all you will need is pull tabs themselves and colored ribbons. You will need twenty to twenty five pull tabs for each bracelet, depending on your wrist size.<br /><br />Now choose two different color ribbons and cut a long strand of each. Now all you have to do is thread one color through all the openings in the pull tab tops then thread the other color through all the pull tab bottoms. Tie a knot in each end but do not trim the extra ribbon as you will need it to tie the bracelet onto the wrist. Of course this craft can be expanded to make a necklace or a choker.<br /><br />Recycled jewelry is a fashionable statement and a good way to get new accessories without spending any money. They also make great gifts for birthdays or holidays.<br /><br />Pull Tab ClutchesAnother way to reuse pull tabs is to make a clutch or wallet out of them. The process is the same as the bracelet with the ribbons and threading but you will need considerably more than you did for that project. And another difference is that you will want to tie rows together to form the shape of a rectangle. You also have the choice, however to play around and make all kinds of shapes that you tie together to make a more unique bag.<br /><br />For this project you will also want some kind of material for the lining, perhaps a torn old piece of clothing that you can not donate? As well as a small zipper if you want the top to zipper close. You will also need sewing thread to sew the ribbons onto whatever you are using for a liner for your clutch. Once that is all done, all you have left to do is add your optional zipper.<br /><br />Picture FramesPull tabs can also be used with a little bit of glue to jazz up an old, outdated picture frame.<br /><br />Toy SnakeIf you have children, a pull tab felt snake might be your choice. All you will need for this is some green felt for the snakes skin and a little bit of red felt for the snakes tongue and some googly eyes which can be found at any craft store.<br /><br />Once you have all the supplies, you line up your pull tabs in a slightly twisted fashion like a real snakes body. Then all there is to do is loosely thread the felt through the tab openings. Once done with that, apply the eyes and attach the tongue and you have a toy felt snake for your kids or for a gift for other children.<br /><br />Pull tabs are a versatile supply for crafting, from jewelry to fake chain mail for those into fantasy play there is some way for anyone to utilize a often over looked item.