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Happy Breakfast Club Day!

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It was actually yesterday, but you know how these calendars work.  Things to do today: 1) ponder the error of your ways; 2) take a moment to dance a little; 3) have a snack; 4) enjoy a makeover (if applicable); 5) be specific when describing the ruckus. 6) Don’t forget about me.

30 Uses For A Tin Can: Day 30 "Stilts"

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You know you've always wanted to do this!

30 Uses For A Tin Can: Day 29 "Amplifier"

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Project that sound!

30 Uses For A Tin Can: Day 28 "Target"

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Line 'em up and knock 'em down.

30 Uses For A Tin Can: Day 27 "Spittoon"

'Cause it's better not to spit in the corner, that's why.

30 Uses For A Tin Can: Day 26 "Shower Head"

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Ok, maybe you're out camping and want  need to take a shower. Here's a shower-suggestion: Heat water by hanging a water bag or container in the sun. Might want to plan ahead with this step. Dip water out with a can with holes poked in the bottom. Shower.  Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

All We Want For Christmas

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Our neighborhood has been waiting ever so patiently to have pot holes repaired. Cones have been in place for so long that someone decorated this one for the holidays.

30 Uses For A Tin Can: Day 25 "Megaphone"

For you Black Friday shoppers out there, cut off the both ends of a can and use it as a megaphone to get your voice above the crowd. I'm staying home, like I do every year. Ya'll have fun.

30 Uses For A Tin Can: Day 24 "Thanksgiving Decoration"

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30 Uses For A Tin Can: Day 23 "Rocket Stove"

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30 Uses For A Tin Can: Day 22 "Reflector"

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I gotta try this!

30 Uses For A Tin Can: Day 21 "Telephone"

Remember back in the day when we used to tie two cans together with string and listen to one another yell across the yard?

30 Uses For A Tin Can: Day 20 "Toe Smasher"

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Ever drop a can of Cream of Mushroom on your foot? Some people's lives are forever changed by the unfortunate disasters that occur on canned food aisles.

30 Uses For A Tin Can: Day 19 "Pen/Pencil Holder"

Doesn't take much explanation. Lots of cool ideas on YouTube, though!

"Freedom Blade" by This Will Destroy You

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Music for a Friday. Wondering if any musician friends out there want to try some post-rock . . .

30 Uses For A Tin Can: Day 18 "Nail bin"

You know, something to keep all those loose nails in. Like Dad used to.

An Early Fall Walk

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30 Uses For A Tin Can: Day 17 "Lantern"

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30 Uses For A Tin Can: Day 16 "Joke"

What do you call a grumpy tin can? Tin-can-querous Bah-hahahahahaaaaa!

30 Uses For A Tin Can: Day 15 "Grease Disposal Unit"

Pour your left over cooking grease into a tin can. Don't pour it down the sink! My grandfather used the stuff to start fires.

30 Uses For A Tin Can: Day 14 "Flower Pots"

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30 Uses For A Tin Can: Day 13 "Fishing Reel"

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Might as well use another can to hold yer worms.

I Lived

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Embrace the suck

30 Uses For A Tin Can: Day 12 "Finger Slicer"

Some days, it's bound to happen.

30 Uses For A Tin Can: Day 11 "Drums"

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'Cause sometimes you gotta bang on stuff (we've decided to allow for plastic cans in this entry)

30 Uses For A Tin Can: Day 10 "Cup"

Once upon a time, a young youth leader whose name rhymes with "Derek" forgot many essential camping supplies . . . like cups and plates and utensils and pots and pans . . . Oh, we had plenty of food . . . Just no way to cook with or eat . . . or start a fire, which got started anyway thanks to a cigarette lighter and some pine straw . . . Guess you had to be there. Folks do get thirsty.

30 Uses For A Tin Can: Day 9 "Anchor"

Fill the can with cement and set a metal eye loop out the top by which one would secure a rope.  Let harden. Secure the knot well. Drop, with confidence

30 Uses For A Tin Can: Day 8 "Chipmunk Nest"

Got the idea on a camping trip, only the can was Pringles and the chipmunks ate their way through the can--and the Pringles. Anyway . . . might as well give 'em a place to lay their weary heads.

30 Uses For A Tin Can: Day 7 "Candy Dish"

Or something like one, anyway (see Day 2: " Ash Tray ") Try not to mix your candy with your butts. And don't eat too much candy 'cause that's where it'll go. To the butts.

30 Uses For A Tin Can: Day 6 "Decorative Candle Holder"

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30 Uses For A Tin Can: Day 5 "Bird House"

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30 Uses For A Tin Can: Day 4 "Bird Feeder"

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30 Uses For A Tin Can: Day 3 "Ball Toss Game"

Stand them up in a pyramid and throw stuff at 'em. Like at the Fair. Only you get to win. Every time. 

30 Uses For A Tin Can: Day 2 "Ash Tray"

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30 Uses For A Tin Can: Day 1 "Armor Plating"

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