Day Thirty - Dalek Kan

I'm just going to come out and say it. It simply isn't possible to make a 2 foot tall realistic dalek out of 76 coke cans (and, see picture below, a couple of Adnams).

I always planned for Dalek Kan to be the last day, but seeing as I remembered that there are 31 days in March there will be one more thing tomorrow.

 It is also nigh on impossible to get a good picture of what basically amounts to the shiniest thing in existence.

A close up of the whisk

 

Looking up the Dalek's skirt (oo er) before the base was added.

Day Twenty six - an impromptu non-christmas wreath

I was no end of miffed today because I have spent the last two days trying to make a less cutesy version of these but they kept collapsing. So chucked together from spare flowers that I have lying around, a white and silver wreath that is trying very hard not to be christmasy. I think the ribbon should have been pale blue.
Proper one tomorrow, I promise.

Day Twenty three - A wall hanging heart thingy.

It has been a while since the coke cans have made an appearance.

 

Ah, tweeness.
I think there should really be three of these dangling in a bunch at different heights, but I couldn't be bothered to make them today. Curling the petals made my fingers a bit sore.Also, I really couldn't get a good picture - the silver flowers are lost against the white frame, be assured though, they are all individual and perfectly curled!

Trivia: Spending more than 5 minutes on the Cath Kidston website makes my eyelid twitch. It is the visual equivalent of trying to breathe in Lush.
Materials: Coke cans, old pillow case, stuffing, beads

Day Nineteen - A metal gift bow

Because nothing says Merry Christmas I love you, like a razor sharp gift bow. Just joking, it isn't sharp edged really.

Tho I am not sure I can see the benefit of having an indestructible bow - if I reuse it every year, am I really doing my bit for the environment? Is there a massive landfill site somewhere full of one-use gift bows??

Trivia: This is another idea from the aluminart book of which I spoke previously.
Materials: one coke can.

Day Thirteen - Greek Woven Football

One for the boys. Beer and football. Football made from beer!

The holes match the pentagons on a football, tho you can't really see that here. In fact, yep, this is pretty crap. Look, go back and look at yesterday's, yesterday was cool. I've spent most of the day with my mind on something else, I'm tired.

Poppy Trivia: I drank the beer.
Materials: Beer.

Day Eleven - Mood Monitor Man/ Emotion Totem

I've been thinking for a whileabout a little coke can man with which you can show your mood by turning his facial expressions around. This gawky little fella is the prototype. I know he doesn't work, I think it would be better if he was square and had an open top head. Also I probably should invest in some eye stickers, it is hard to draw on cans. Once he is perfected I think he'd be cute on your desk. I was considering trying the above modifications today, but every surface in the house is sticky after yesterday, the guinea pigs feel neglected and I have to work out how to cook brisket, for dinner tonight. (As well as tidy my cupboards in an attempt to locate my yorkshire pudden tin.)

Glad I have tomorrow booked off from work!

Trivia: those are his shoes at the bottom, not boobs. He just has a very short body..
Materials: 2 coke cans

Day Eight - Wreath (because my house needs another wreath)

There isn't too much to say about this, other than I did start it a while ago. It probably *could* be done in an evening, but you'd have to work pretty solidly on it. I don't think it serves much of a purpose, but I suppose someone with a garden might like a weatherproof year-long wreath. Or perhaps I should Christmas-ify it.

Trivia: I made the first half of this while watching Blackbeard's Ghost. That film is brilliant, you guys should watch it.
Materials: 27 coke cans. Bottle of wine (for me).

Day Six - wall basket

When I first started with the cans I got a lot of my inspirations and ideas of how to use them from a company/book called aluminart. They had some great  ideas. They also spent a lot of their time making absolute trash that no one would ever want. Such as, for example, a frame made of the pull tabs of a can being glued  over a photo. I have made one of their projects today and it is not good. I may well make more from them throughout the month, if I need to. I remain unabashed.

Materials: one coke can, some flowers, for show.

Day Two - Cokebots

These little fellas are terrified of Dalek Kan, they just want to dance at the maypole peacefully. By the way, hopefully this won't be the last you will see of the cokebots this month.

Trivia: These were *not* inspired by these so called canbots and if I ever do get around to selling them I *won't* be charging $1100 (I'm thinking £2.50 max)
Materials: Each bot is one and a half coke cans, and two paper fasteners.