How to Reuse Soda Tabs

Step 1: Hang a picture Use soda tabs as hangers for your family portrait or other pictures. Screw a soda tab to the back of the frame and your picture is ready to hang.
TIP: Make sure you wash the soda tabs before using.
Step 2: Use as a button Replace the lost button on a pair of jeans by sewing on a soda tab. It will make a unique statement.
Step 3: Make a belt Accessorize your favorite pair of jeans with a belt made of soda tabs. You can make one by connecting about 115 soda tabs with ribbon that is about ⅓-inch wide.
Step 4: Make a suit of armor Make your own suit of armor. Cut the tips of the tabs with tin snips and weave the tabs together.
Step 5: Create home decor Create an animal out of soda tabs and wire for a wall hanging or coffee table decoration.
Step 6: Crochet Crochet soda tabs together with your favorite yarn to make a one-of-a-kind necklace.
Step 7: Challenge your creativity Challenge yourself to come up with more creative ways to recycle soda tabs! Get your family involved by holding a contest to see who comes up with the most ideas.
FACT: Students in Utica, New York collected more than 88,000 soda can tabs in one year for recycling to benefit a children’s charity.

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