Mini container. 10 min project.

[Mick721]

I first saw this on Grant Thompson's channel on you tube (the king of random) and thought it was a great idea to upcycle some plastic bottle tops that would other wise be discarded.

Basically it's two bottle tops cut down and epoxied together to make a small water tight container for matches, tinder etc. The one in the picture is separated by a piece of plastic to make two compartments (also Grant Thompson's idea) perfect for potassium permanganate and glycerin.

 

[cranmere]

Brilliant! I'm off to turn out the plastics recycling bin.

 

[Madriverrob]

Great idea, me too ��

 

[tom.moran]

I watch his channel too, he has some good ideas. I've got a load of bottle tops waiting to be made into containers when I get my workbench :-D

 

[ozzy1977]

I first saw these last year, one of the Suffolk group was useing them good for all sorts of things.

 

[birchwood]

I have been making these for ages, but I have never heard of Grant Thompson.
I have salt and pepper in one, curry powder,cumin,spices,ibruprofen,baking powder in others. I made one from the larger bottle tops that holds an oxo in each end.
I find that the side of a 2 litre bottle is best for the flat bit in the middle. It becomes a bit addictive for a while - collecting as many different colours as you can.

 

[hiho]

been doing this for ages, use them for geocache containers

 

[Mick721]

I have salt and pepper in one, curry powder,cumin,spices,ibruprofen,baking powder in others. .

Never thought of that. Great idea!

 

[Quixoticgeek]

Really useful, Silverbirch of this parish kindly made me one that I use for salt and mixed herbs. Great idea.

Julia