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Mint
Tin Craft Ideas - Fun Crafts with Altoids
®
Mint Tins
Save your empty mint tins to make unique decorative boxes,
or a mini first aide kit.
Kit Bennett
I'm addicted to black licorice flavored Altoids
®!
The tins of strong mints
are everywhere; in my car, purse, desk drawer, or bedside
table.
I also have a habit of saving everything with the slightest
potential
of being reused, recycled, or recreated. The discarded
mint tins,
clearly fall into this category. Soon the pile grew to an
unmanageable tower. Time to bring out the art supplies, glue
gun and get creative!
These are just a few of my ideas to get your child started.
This craft will most likely need adult supervision. However,
if you do the painting first, the kids can finish the rest.
Try this with a scout troop, classroom, or as an Earth Day
activity. What a creative way to teach the concept of
"reduce, reuse, recycle!"
You'll Need:
empty, clean Altoids®
mint tins (of course, other brands will do)
acrylic paint
paint brushes or sponges
decorative options; ribbon, buttons, craft foam shapes,
pom-poms, photos,
magazine cut-outs, glitter glue, feathers...the
possibilities are endless!
Directions
First paint the tins using acrylic paint. If you are making
several tins,
you may want to use spray paint to save time (adults only).
After the paint is dry, it's time add your special flare. I
used a glue gun,
but glue dots, craft glue or even sticky backed craft foam
will do.
It's that easy!
Fill your new tins with barrettes, paper clips, earrings,
postage stamps, lost buttons or make a mini-sewing kit for
traveling.
Here is a small First-Aide kit for the car!
I used sticky-backed red craft foam to make the cross,
so no glue was necessary. Then, I filled the tin with small
tweezers, ibuprofen and bandages.
Related Links
Arts and Crafts for Kids
Earth Day Crafts
Boredom Busters
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