I love Tin Cans

I am always saving Tin cans,and once you wash them well they look nice and shiny.
I just use hot soapy water to remove the sticky glue left behind from the labels and some baking soda it's an abrasive and helps remove that gunk but sometimes I need help from my wire sponge or what ever those things are called.
I have used them for flower vases at birthday party's, pots for plants,lanterns for the outdoors during the summer. I mean the possibilities are endless,so I always keep at least a couple bags with these babies and they range in sizes too,which I love. Recently for the winter I have no flowers up here on the Mountain but my mother in law has some rosemary that I cut and just put it in water and it smells and looks great,plus I like to stuff my whole chickens with an onion and some rosemary and make some rosemary oil.
I know it's easy to just throw away in the trash but trust me,next time just save a couple and see what you can use them for.

Upcycled Tin Cans

Next time before throwing out a soup can think about the ideas you can do with them. I usually put the medium to larger size cans aside. I usually just run them through hot soapy water and add the blue dawn soap to remove the labels. But there is always sticky glue left so my trick is to use household items. All you need is equal parts cooking oil of any kind and baking soda and just rub the cans and let it sit for a few minutes. At this point I go do other things like fold laundry and then i come back to them. Then I just use a wire sponge or regular sponge. The oil helps losen up the residue and the baking soda acts like an abrassor and this works well with glass jars too. These tin cans I let my daughter paint and she planted her own flowers in them. It's a way to teach her a little responsinility by watering her plants daily and keep her busy.