Turn a coffee can with a plastic lid into a bank by decorating the can and making a slot in the lid for coins.
Create desk accessories. Use two or three cans the same or different sizes. They can be separate or you can attach them. Decorate one for pencils, one for pens, and one for markers.
Coffee cans in different sizes can be used for a canister set. There are infinite ways to decorate them. One of the most interesting decorative ideas I've seen uses belt leather, sisal cord or string, and bridle rings.
Groups of cans in different sizes can be spray-painted and glued together, then mounted on the wall with a nail through the cans into the wall stud (or a toggle bolt if there's no stud). Use for storage.
Cans from hams have an interesting shape. With both sides removed and a hanger added, they make graceful lanterns, bird feeders, or whatever else you can think of.
Coffee cans make excellent planters. Cover the cans with any durable material, then punch six evenly positioned holes at the top along the rim. Knot the end of some heavy cord (rawhide strips or whatever else you have on hand) and make them long enough to hang as planters.
You might want to put a couple of hole in the bottom to use for drainage.
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