Take an old can, jar or bottle...

bottles and cans in baskets

Recycling is good for the planet, but reusing is even better! Save some glass bottles or tin cans from the recycling collection, and turn them into useful and attractive items.

Stylishly simple vases

Create a whole collection of cases with a lick of paint
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Two-in-one

Show off a summer dinner party menu - and some flowers
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Light up

Quick and easy outdoor lighting
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Not just for jam

Add labels and covers for stylish storage
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Pretty piercing

Holes in a tin-can lantern cast patterns of light and shade
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Perfect for plants

Decorate a can and use to pot a plant
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More creative transformations...

...take an old coathanger

...take an old jumper

...take some old crockery

...take an old tea-towel

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