Lots of ideas to creatively recycle tin cans in the garden: discover them all here

Canned foods, tins of paint or treatment fluids for wood, and many other products are often contained in metal / tin cans of various sizes (tuna cans are a classic): once emptied we throw them away like any other aluminum or metal waste in general, but we could also recycle them in many creative ways, even for the garden.

Tin cans, in fact, can become very useful storage containers for tools too, or planters / plant pots to decorate according to your taste. Or they can become colorful and amusing creations to be used as small sculptures with which to revive our vases and flower beds. Check out the ideas below:

Using a magazine rack in which you will insert a number of painted cans, you will create a useful storage item to keep with you when you are taking care are of the various pruning and repotting chores you have to do in the garden.

Something similar can also be achieved by gluing (or securing with nails) the cans to a central wooden support: it could be a board with a handle but also a cylindrical object (like old handbag handles) ... use anything that is comfortable for you to grab and hold!

You can nail them to a pole and fill them with soil and succulent plants, such as sedum, echeverie and similar - use plants that don't grow too fast and don't need too much soil or abundant watering.

And of course, you can customize these projects by painting each tin with your favorite paints - they can be brightly colored or even left as raw metal (or even painted with a metallic paint).

Cans are cute even when painted with polka dots, and can decorate fences, balustrades (bannisters) and even the railings on balconies.

You can also easily turn them into hanging pot plants.

Hanging horizontally (or rather, slightly obliquely), they become useful feeders to feed birds (and other wildlife) in the garden.

They can also be used to create a so-called "insect hotel" - just fill them with sticks (bamboo segments or bits of wood with plenty of nooks and crannies for the insects to nest in, is best for this purpose).

Decorated with paints or decoupage and mounted on top of each other, you can create a unique wind chime to be hung outside.

A project for which you can also take advantage of the help of the children could be to paint them yellow and black to make them into little bees with which to decorate the flowerbeds.

Or create some cute red and black ladybugs (ladybirds).

For those who have a little more crafting skills, you can open them and cut them to make metal flowers which can then be painted.

And how about building a tin man who stands amongst the plants in the garden?

Would you like to decorate your home with recycled cans?