Tin can star
Materials
Three 42-oz. aluminium cans
Aluminum take-out food containers
Instructions
1. Clean and dry cans. Then, carefully cut off each can's top and bottom and uncurl the remaining piece of aluminum, flattening overnight under a heavy book if necessary.
2. Make basic origami stars using flattened aluminum instead of paper (just be careful of the sharp edges). You can view an animated diagram of the pattern and folding technique at origami-club.com/en.
3. Use one of the flattened 42-oz. cans to make the biggest origami star. Use the aluminum take-out containers to make stars that get gradually smaller as you layer them. I used three stars for stacking.
4. Use another 42-oz. can to cut out the flat base star.
5. Coil the third flattened can into a cone shape. Use a dab of nontoxic glue to seal the overlapping edges.
6. Hold the smallest origami star with its center point facing away from you. Place a dab of glue inside the point. Put the next biggest star inside the smaller star, glue next center point and attach a slightly smaller star, and repeat, working toward the smallest star.
7. Place the stacked stars on the base star. Add dots of glue where stackers touch the base star's surface. Make rays from thin strips of tin. Glue these to the back of the base star.
8. Carefully place star on tin cone, using a tiny dab of glue. Tin cans come in every conceivable color and pattern — have fun mixing it up.
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Comments
I have been employed for 17 years by a wonderful company that makes aluminum beverage cans. During our quality testing procedures we must often cut apart cans. I would like to stress safety and the need to wear some type of safe gloves when cutting apart aluminum cans. Thankfully, I can count the number of times I have been cut performing such tasks. We have been provided with thin, form fitting kevlar gloves that protect the hands. These gloves can be found at most home improvement stores and.... More
We make similar wreath ornaments like #3, and we use the rings from our canning jars, as well as plain bracelets from the thrift store.
And we have made similar ginger bread men like in #4. And we also use plain brown cardboard to make cookie looking ginger bread men and ginger bread houses.
We still make the red and white, cranberry and popcorn garland which after the holidays, are taken outside and strung on a tree in the yard for the birds.
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