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Maybe you’ve seen this on Pinterest, but never bothered to find the source. Here’s one of the many tutorials out there. Now you just have to finish burning a candle.

So there are dozens of things you can do with those little aluminum boxes, including decoupage. It’s a cute way to store buttons, or disguise contraband. Directions here.

Now you can heat up a cup of old coffee with the help of discontinued candy. Maybe you could grill a burger, over time — learn how to do it here.

Transform them into a little painted box to store all of your essentials, like your pincushion. Also uses scrap wood (but maybe you can find a way to just use the fabric-covered cereal boxes). Directions here.

Because if you actually have clothespins lying around, they’re probably broken. How-to here.

Don’t trash it, sew in a zipper instead. Directions here.

Just in case you need to make your own flashlight one day. Directions here.

Celebrate the Game of Thrones premiere with your very own goblets. Maybe even made from Game of Thrones official beer bottles. Directions here.

This project isn’t exactly practical, but it’s pretty. Directions here.

Baby break your favorite salt shaker? Take your revenge by using their empty food jars to replace it. Directions here.

Option two: knockoff Anthropologie Jars. Using chalkboard paint.

Once you pop, the fun don’t stop…especially with the help of a little lace. You could also decorate with washi tape. Or paint them black. Originally here.

Grown ups can color, too. Directions here.

Maybe grown ups can color and drink AT THE SAME TIME. Then use the empty bottles for almost sophisticated soap dispensers.

Not sure what you’d store in these things. Maybe crafting supplies. Maybe sugar and flour? Directions here.

For those of you with small children, or with friends with small children. These shirts on The Cheese Thief, who used this tutorial.

With the help of toilet paper and some isopropyl alcohol, you can make sure you’re never stranded in a cold car again. Directions here.

It’s hard not to buy too many paper cups, because you never want to run out during a party. Now you can make something pretty with him.

Or whatever vase-shaped trash you make. It uses dollar-bin duct tape, directions here.

Now you can do something useful with those ads for overpriced shoes. Directions here.

Our only problem with this: we don’t have a car. How sad. Directions here.

Organize your craft supplies, tools, cat toys, or whatever’s lying in a pile on your floor with this tutorial.

You should click on this just for the beautiful instructional graphic this blogger made.

You know you want gold-leaf bears with flowers sticking out of their heads. Directions here.

Bake a pizza in this zombie apocalypse-ready oven (no word on how well it performs, though). Directions here.

Or cards. You don’t even need the gift tag puncher, just a pair of scissors. Learn how to do it here.

You could plant little flowers in these if your desk is already super organized. All you do is spray paint the cans then glue them together — originally here.

You’ll just have to drink a lot of wine. No problem, right? Directions here.

Knitters will especially appreciate. Directions here.

So you’re digging through your attic and find old cassette tapes. It’s like making a yarn pom pom, but shinier — find out how to here.

Why you’d be throwing away good forks is a mystery to us. But since you insist, we vote you turn them into bracelets instead. Directions here.

Because after making beer bottle goblets, you’ll have lots of extra bottle caps. It’s a little complicated but pretty all the same.

So you’ll never be lost (iPhone batteries only last for so long). Directions here.

You probably want ones that haven’t been used. Directions here.

Turn it into an erotic photo holder, instead. Because for some reason you spent money on that so-called novel.

By artist Franco Recchia, and not a DIY. But awesome anyway.

Hang it outside your window so you can see the hummers up close. Directions here.

Grow your own little herbs for yummy food, directions here.

Or really any cans. The bright colors work well with the succulents, though. Originally here.