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Altoids Tin Projects - The Best of Instructables Volume 1

Projects from the gallery section of the ninth chapter of The Best of Instructables Volume 1.

Altoids (and candy) tins just keep on giving! From the mint / candy they have inside when you buy them, to the case you have left over when you're done. It's time to find a good use for that case! From clocks to Bar-B-Ques, there's always some kind of greatness that can be set upon that mint tin!

It's a mint tin modification extravaganza!
What can't you do with an Altoids tin?

Click here to order a copy of The Best of Instructables Volume 1 from the MakerShed!

Altoids Tin Emergency Candle by EaKLondon

The Ultimate Ipod Altoid's Case by dci

Altoids Tin Pocket-Sized Watercolor Box by jpmartineau

Altoids case made from old iPod Shuffle by courtney

MintyBoost! - Small battery-powered USB charger by ladyada

altoids clock by paper warrior

Altoids Survival Kit by yodasoda6

Bicycle Survival Kit ! by =SMART=

Minty Strobe by PKM

DIY bbq in action by ebqbbqmaster

Altoids Tin Guitar by jwilson27

Altoids Tin Speaker by matth3w

Altoid Guitar by bumpus

77 comments

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Aug 18, 2010. 1:48 AMfundash says:

I just built an altoids helping hands thing, should I make an instructable of it?

Dec 3, 2010. 8:52 PMRyutso says:

YES. God that would save me at least $13.

Jul 21, 2010. 1:58 PMihaveaweirdname says:

sorry for mybad english) has anyone trided the curiously strong creme de menthe ones they are good! and curiously srong

Jun 17, 2010. 8:27 AMUriel208 says:

i love altoids got 2 boxes with 10 in reach for 10 dollars at costco altoids are bomb. but somehow after so many altoids projects i cant seem to bring myself to throw away the tins haha!

Jun 6, 2009. 8:04 PM

pie popper says:

mine wasn't in here, :'(

May 24, 2010. 1:50 PMNicholas G. says:

What was yours?

Jun 1, 2010. 9:48 AM

pie popper says:

Mine was a sewing kit.

Apr 3, 2009. 3:43 AMjoypad says:

im just now having altoids for the first time. there not bad.

Apr 7, 2009. 9:05 PMjoypad says:

i live in australia so i need to go to a spealty shop to get them. there about $5 here.

Jun 1, 2010. 9:43 AM

pie popper says:

I can get them for like $1.27 (yes, i love it here)

Dec 13, 2009. 4:21 PM_Scratch_ says:

they are like $3 where i live and im in the USA!

Jun 1, 2009. 2:58 AMcoreyt says:

lemme geuss usa foods in victoria

Jun 3, 2009. 7:51 PMjoypad says:

no a place in chermside shops QLD

Dec 27, 2009. 2:41 PMsoupytacular says:

wow thats awsome, but im banned from chermside

Mar 2, 2011. 5:42 PMKanellos says:

Go to Amazon.com or Altoids.com and order a pack of 12 tins for about 20 US dollars.

Mar 8, 2010. 6:51 PMhellstudios says:

www.instructables.com/files/orig/FAM/QU6T/G68GYCF9/FAMQU6TG68GYCF9.jpg

haaaa.

Jun 4, 2009. 1:32 AMcoreyt says:

ok cos thats where i saw them and i was like awesome and my mum would think im really weird if i said you HAVE to get these i want the tin lol

Mar 8, 2010. 6:36 PMhellstudios says:

www.instructables.com/files/orig/FAM/QU6T/G68GYCF9/FAMQU6TG68GYCF9.jpg

Feels really good, man.

Apr 7, 2009. 12:19 PMgrodbottle says:

really strong though lol!

Apr 4, 2009. 7:05 PMjunits15 says:

try the fruit flavored altoids candies, there the best (I think)

Jun 1, 2010. 9:45 AM

pie popper says:

oh yes. the ones in a round tin? i got citrus one time. mmmmm

Apr 11, 2009. 7:10 PMDaRealNapstah says:

are altoids good? what do they taste like?

May 2, 2010. 5:45 AMEpicZombie says:

yes, they are very good.they are curiously strong tasting.

Apr 11, 2010. 7:24 AMCelt says:

They taste curiously strong.

May 2, 2010. 5:45 AMEpicZombie says:

you copyer!

May 15, 2009. 7:16 PMharley_rly says:

u should try to get some

May 13, 2009. 8:53 AMbaneat says:

They're great. Pop 3 at once for a real kick. Only wusses consume spearmints, Altoids are my favourite mint. You also get a great tin with them that you can use for tobacco etc.

May 5, 2009. 12:20 PMacetomato says:

when i had a witer green one it was so hot i cried

Jan 1, 2010. 2:22 PMMatt21497 says:

Really? I can somehow pop 4 at a time and not even be affected.

Jan 3, 2010. 4:04 PMHunter O. says:

One time I really needed some altoids but they were out of peppermint so I got cinnamon. Man, I popped about 3 in at once. I was begging for water and almost cried.

Mar 13, 2010. 8:26 PM

peace, love, art says:

the mini cinnamon Altoids are super scrumptious. they come in a tiny tin though.

Jun 12, 2010. 2:44 AMEarths_hope says:

normal cinnamon..... *cough* ..... ate five..... .....at the same time..... *HACK*

Jan 21, 2011. 2:37 PM1spartan95 says:

That's nothin'! My mum said when I was 2, after coming out of the store,she found me in the backseat of the car eating an entire tin of cinnamon altoids!!!!

Apr 20, 2010. 3:53 PM

rhaubejoi says:

I soooooo love the cinnamon ones, but I am so allergic to the cinnamon that it acts like acid on my skin and I can't taste anything or even eat or drink comfortably for 2 weeks!

May 9, 2009. 4:33 PMgordoa40 says:

of course...their motto is "curiously strong"