Help I'm drowning in bottle tops

[Petshrinklj]

I've been keeping plastic bottle tops as the recycling firm here will only take bottles without lids on. Ive Been keeping them as I'm sure I could do something fun and crafty with them. Anyone any suggestions? Ta my dears :)

[blue bear]

Punch holes in them And do threading, maybe a hungry caterpillar?

[loocyloo]

I have stuck numbers on some of mine; a blue set & a red set.

I've just bought some glittery alphabet stickers from baker ross to do the same :D i'm going to do lower & upper case.

there are some in the sand pit and water tray ...
initially I had them in the tuff spot along with some sand to make patterns with!

some others I stuck foam shapes onto and they get used for printing.

I heated up a metal skewer and used that to make holes in the lids so they could be used for threading.

I have the rest in a big tub and they get used for sorting and posting - down wrapping paper tubes, into pringles tubes with holes cut in lids, into a mini swing bin, filling buckets and baskets and bags ( used as money in role play ) I have red, blue and green, plus a few purple and orange ones! ( not sure where they came from! )

to be honest, I find I have milk bottle lids EVERYWHERE!

[teacakepenguin]

I used a load of mine in the bottom of plant pots when we planted some flowers earlier in the year :)

[MessybutHappy]

Oooh! At long last I have an excuse for eating pringles!!!! Yay!!!

[kimnolan87]

I have too have been saving lids of all varieties and had some ideas when I started collected, but then nothing ever got done with them!!! Thanks for some fab ideas ;) xxx

[Katiekoo]

My daughter has me collecting them to make a peacock costume! I have no idea what she has in mind or how to make one, good idea for using up bottle tops I guess?!?

[Katiekoo]

Idea :idea:
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[k1rstie]

My school collects milk lids for the air ambulance, but you need something like a ton for them to get £25.


I recycle mine at my local military museum, where they use them for the weight in plastic bag parachutes. Whenever we go, I just add my bag to their pile!

They also drill holes in them and put socks through them to make vehicles.

My kids put holes in a load, and threaded them onto string and made a long caterpillar thing that is very tactile and good or counting.

[bunyip]

I've been keeping plastic bottle tops as the recycling firm here will only take bottles without lids on. Ive Been keeping them as I'm sure I could do something fun and crafty with them. Anyone any suggestions? Ta my dears :)

Lush shops will take plastic bottle tops for recycling. The plastic (type 2) is the same as many of their containers. They also trade in 6 of their standard pots for a free face mask.

.........which is why the bunyip has such baby's-bottom-soft cheeks. :)

[Stapleton83]

We have used them for sticking numbers and letters on.

Used them as stampers for painting.

used them instead of pretend money when we have been playing shops

A CM friend saved hers up and then made a massive dragon or dinosaur out of them ...

The world is your oyster or should that be bottle top

Sam x

[butterfly]

I've written a whole ebook about ways to use milk bottle tops!

[Petshrinklj]

Idea :idea:
Category: Bottle Caps Exhibit - My simple Bali life (http://www.shierley.com/1/category/bottle%20caps%20exhibit/1.html)

Wow! Lol I don't have that many Hee Hee

[Petshrinklj]

They also drill holes in them and put socks through them to make vehicles. .

Do you have a photo or could you decsribe some more please. Trying to picture socks and bottle tops looking like a vehicle. It sounds like something I'd like to try but can't work out how it works. Ta :)

[Petshrinklj]

Thanks everyone for your great ideas. I think we will have a bottletoptastic afternoon. :)

[VeggieSausage]

Colour sorting, old tubs, paint the bottom a particular colour and then get children to sort the tops into each colour......

[JulieA]

I've written a whole ebook about ways to use milk bottle tops!

Have you, Butterfly? How did I miss that?