How to Make Soda Can Earrings

Making jewelry out of objects that you would normally throw out or recycle allows your craft to reach a more rewarding level. With recycled materials, you don't have to spend a lot of money on expensive beads or charms. Instead, your pieces have an inherently distinctive and innovative appearance. This also enables you to showcase a beloved beverage. You can use soda cans to make a variety of jewelry, including earrings.

Instructions

1

Rinse your empty soda can thoroughly with water. Place it upside down on a dish towel to dry.

2

Pierce your soda can carefully with your scissors and cut a slit up the side of the can. Cut away the top and bottom parts of the can. You now have a sheet of aluminum.

3

Cut four ovals out of the aluminum. Make them a variety of sizes: they just have to be a size that you are comfortable with dangling from your ears.

4

Pick up one oval with your round-nose pliers. Twist the oval around the pliers so that it becomes a cone or cylinder shape. Repeat with your remaining ovals.

5

Pierce the top of each cone with a safety pin.

6

Open the loop at the bottom of each fishhook earring base with your pliers. Push it through the hole in each cone or cylinder.

7

Place two cones on each opened loop. Squeeze the loop shut with your pliers.