The Mom I Want to Be

Make a bird feeder, reusing the can and the lid (scroll down on link for instructions).

 

Reuse a can and lid to make a bank. Both sizes of cans would work for this craft.

 

Reuse a 200g size Pringles can to make yourself a pinhole camera.  This is a great science project.

 

Make Pringles Can Bird Castles using both sizes of cans.

 

Make a Pringles Can Mailbox

 

Make classroom treat containers using empty Pringles Cans and other supplies.  One school year I made these for an entire class. They loved them.

 

Decorate a 200g Pringles can with red felt, and other supplies to make a Santa for the holidays. You can also make a cute reindeer this way.

 

Make a Pringles Can Nutcracker for the Christmas Holiday. Make several, fill them with nuts and give as gifts.

 

Reuse a small (50g) Pringles can and lid to make a pencil keeper craft

 

Make homemade kaleidoscopes using directions on the link provided in resources below.

 

Kids can make a silo out of a Pringles can

 

Use empty Pringles cans (200g) to store paint brushes, storing the brush side up in the can.

 

Use an empty Pringles can to mail cookies to someone, or use the can to give cookies as a gift. You can be as creative as you want by decorating the can when hand delivering your packaged gift.

 

Use an empty Pringles Can (200g) to store cooking thermometers in. Line the inside with a piece of thin foam or felt. You will be able to locate them easily and keep them safe.

 

Donate empty, washed and dried, cans to schools, scouts, preschools, and other organizations.

 

If you have a S.C.R.A.P. store in your area, donate your Pringles cans to them. Scrounge Centers for Reuseable Art Parts are non-profit.

 

Additional Ideas (some repeats) at Artists Helping Children