I’ve been collecting pill bottles for unknown reasons. I WANT to do something with them, but I just don’t know what. I have beads, but don’t really need containers. hmm… argh.

I also know that there are a lot of crafts that you can do with prescription bottles AND film canisters (since they are basically the same shape and such.)

SO! I looked up pill/prescription/pharmacy/medicine/drug bottle and film canister crafts on Google as well as asking peeps on Twitter and DIYscene, and this is what I’ve found:

Tutorials:

• Thread Cutter: CraftStylish
• Stealth Key Hider: Zakka Life’s Blog
• LED Birthday Candle: MakeZine
• Gag Gifts: eHow
• Making a submarine: Garie Sim
• Grouch in a Can: Kaboose
• Tooth Saver: About
• Finger Puppet Duck: About
• First Aid Kit Necklace: About

Tutorials for Christmas:

• Medicine Bottle Snowman Ornament: All Free Crafts – hmmm…
• Grinch in Chimney Ornament: About

Tutorials for Halloween:

• Jar-o’-Lanterns: Martha Stewart: Although we aren’t using jars, you could still totally use your pill bottles for this! A variation could include adding some kind of material on top for a hat or hair, or even a head on top, as a free-standing figure.

Inspiration, Ideas, and Photos:

• Some vet’s offices take empty pill bottles to cut down prescription costs – Absidy
• You can also use them for plant starters when planting season comes around – Absidy
• Pill bottle chandelier – Found by MTCoffinz
• You could also make doggie poop bag holders with some of the pill bottles – DingoGirl66
• You can cover the pill bottles with fabric/beads/paper/etc and make a necklace small case – Noadi
  
• You could put something noisy in the pill bottles and sew them into something for a cat or dog toy! Hey – you could sew them into a toy made out of a tie!!! – TheSaraInitiative
• Sewing in Circles: CraftStylish
• Melt them and make jewelry: Garden Web
• Craftster has a pretty awesome thread on pill bottles
• There are endless amounts of storage options for little things, such as beads, barbie shoes, paperclips, etc.

YAY FOR RECYCLING TRASH!

When I figure out what I want to do, I’ll post my results in this post. Woot!

If you know of ANY other examples or tutorials, please comment below so I can add them to this list. Thanks!

Photo Credit: Charles Williams on flickr