Introduction: Make a Coin Holder Out of a Lip Balm Container
Hello again folks. Long time no instructable. Well today we will be making a simple and very effective coin holder. It's easy. This one holds Quarters but it can also hold Nickels, Dimes, and Pennies but I find that Quarters are more important. This one fits Quarters just right. But in the end, it's what YOU wanna put into it. The best parts of this are: it's cheap, easy, effective, AND has a screw on top so the cover will not come off easily! Brilliant! Let's get started.
UPDATE!: This "cointainer" can hold up to 15 quarters. I recently tested it out. Enjoy!
Step 1: Scoop Out the Stuff
Ok, so I have here a beige/tan blistex container called: Daily Conditioning Treatment (DCT) SPF 20. This happens to be a medicated lip balm that I bought once. I didn't realize it would be medicated so I no longer used it. Sorry but I hate having mint feeling on my lips...soooooo...decided to one day do something with this container that I am no longer using.
So here is how we do the scooping:
Take tissues and start scooping out the lip balm. This took 3 or 4 tries in order for all the stuff to come out. then take another tissue and just get all the last remnants.
Step 2: Wash the Container
Pretty simple here: just take soap and water and wash the container. Make sure you get all the lip balmy/gel-like goodness out of there. Feel it with your hands so you know that you washed it properly and that it's not slimy. Cause hey...who wants that?
Step 3: Complete!
Alright. Just dry the thing and you are done. Start inserting coins (whichever ones you want) or other stuff and start enjoying.
Step 4: Do Note the Following:
1) This container I have works best with Quarters but like I said, you pick what coins you want to put into it.
2) The BLUE lip balm container (like the Blistex Medicated) DOES NOT, I repeat, DOES NOT fit Quarters. So if you are to do this instructable, make sure that you get the one that I have listed in the picture: Daily Conditioning Treatment: DCT Blistex SPF 20.
3) This is perfect for those laundry days when you need Quarters handy.
4) I'm not sure if this is water-proof or not but looks pretty air tight.
***For those asking why would I want to water-proof coins***: it is not to water-proof coins although it might be very waterproof or it may not. I'm not sure on the water-proof part BUT you don't have to limit this to just coins or quarters. you can put other stuff in it.
5) Blue lip balm containers = perfect for pills (aspirins, medications, etc.) or other things (whatever you can think of).
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6) Beige/Tan lip balm containers = best for coins (like my instructable) but can also be used to store pills or other stuff.
ENJOY!!
13 Comments
14 years ago on Step 4
I do like this tut!
14 years ago on Introduction
This is great. I also find that using quarter-size prescription medicine bottles works well too!
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
Yes. those work just as well. I used to use them before I decided to convert a lip balm container into a coin holder. ;)
14 years ago on Introduction
might I ask what significance a waterproof coin container might have? as far as I know, the liquid doesn't exactly harm them...
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
as for the waterproof part, I said that because you don't have to only hold coins or quarters in it. you can find other stuff to put in there.
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
ah. ok. well, i guess that makes sense. But this is called "Make a Coin Holder ..." so... you get my point?
14 years ago on Introduction
yes, i find putting quarters in quarter sized things, nickels in nickel sized things, etc. very convenient. but i wouldn't make an Instructable on it.
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
that's fine but I felt like making an instructable on it anyway...cause hey you never know what ideas people can get from others ideas.
14 years ago on Introduction
I got a few of these empty containers in a set at Big Lots once. I had no idea what to do with them but now I do. The set also had travel shampoo containers too, which are great for storing alcohol for alcohol stoves for camping.
14 years ago on Introduction
Quarters are fairly water-proof themselves, so it probably wouldn't matter too much unless you plan to hold non-coins. But then you' d have a completely different I'ble all together.
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
I was under the impression that coins were generally very weather proof. When was the last time a coin was reduced to an unusable state by water?
14 years ago on Introduction
M&M minis tubes are perfect to hold quarters for laundry day!
14 years ago on Introduction
Stash box!!!