Part 3: Hair

In this photo you can see a flower in my hair! This is a tin flower made out of a Sprite can! These surprisingly un-sharp hair piece looks great and works very well as party favor! Here's how to do it: Using an X-acto knife, make 2 parallel slits at both ends of the flat part of a Sprite can (or any soda can, really). Then, use scissors to cut in a circle around the can on the X-acto marks. Then, cut a square from that cylinder(HINT: Children's scissors work perfectly with soda cans!). With your scissors, cut the tin so that you have 5 skinny strips still connected at the bottom with less than a centimeter of tin. Those will be the petals. Curve the petals inward so the blank side of the can in facing inward. Using a round, skinny object (pencils are handy) wrap the un-cut part of the can around the object and tape securely. Now that you have your flower, take a bobby pin and slide the flower onto it and VIOLA! You have an elegant recycled hair ornament!



Also note that my earrings are made of recycled buttons! Just glue them to metal posts that you can buy at your local craft stores.