Petticoat JUNKtion
Upcycle aluminum cans like soda cans, and beer cans into quirky vases using spray paint.
HOW TO UPCYCLE ALUMINUM CANS INTO VASES
I started my upcycle project with these beer cans but soda cans or any aluminum cans will work just fine.
My inspiration for this project is the Pretti.Cool Soda Can Vases from West Elm. They are made out of concrete, and the cost is $45 per vase for a total of $225 for all five vases.
The aluminum cans are a whole lot lighter than concrete, so I filled my cans with sand, only about halfway full. The weight of the sand should keep the cans from tipping over and since the cans are only half full, the sand shouldn't spill out if they do tip over.
After I filled the cans with sand, I crushed them with my hand. They crush easily and you can make various crimped and crumpled shapes just by squeezing different areas of the can.
These are the three cans I started painting. After I painted them, I pulled more cans out of my recycle bin and spray paint colors from my stash and decided to go with an all-out copycat project of the West Elm Vases.