What to do with scraps-Ideas?

[Shellylucas]

The husband and I are trying to come up with ideas for the small pieces of scraps we always have. Anyone want to share with what you do with scraps I would say under 8"? What do you make out of that? We did make a couple bottle openers.

[acourtjester]

Since I like to turn clip art into 3D effected wall hanging I break the image into many small parts to attached to the total background.
Creating many small cut jobs and grouping many small parts (letters,of objects) on scraps is how I use them.

[hdfaster]

Here is something I enjoy cutting and handing out to veterans when I meet them.

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[Jack of all trades]

nice thanks.

[mrbuildit]

bottle openers.... I cut them and just pile them in a box labeled 5.00 your choice.

[jimcolt]

lizards of all sizes. A local art store and garden shop buy them by the dozens. Just scale them, paste them on your material between cuts to use up steel. the smallest sell for a dollar (about one pennies worth of steel). Jim Colt Hypertherm

[little blue choo]

Great idea Jim. Last spring I cut a bunch of butterflies and frogs. Put them in a bowl with a sign $1 each or 6 for $5. No finishing, just cut, acid dipped over night and let rust naturally. This spring I will cut a bunch of lizards also. The Frogs sold a lot better than the Butterflies.

Rick

[acourtjester]

They thought they were toads and they were looking for their prince

[Countrylane]

We've cut out words like dream friends believe and relax. Painted them black. Sell them or give away. Also cursive words - live love laugh and those I've airbrushed with a few colors and put magnets on the back for fridge magnets. Also makes a nice gift. Butterflies are nice. Bend the wings abit!

[steel 35]

Here is something I enjoy cutting and handing out to veterans when I meet them.

Thanks for sharing these! I will test this theory as well

[tcaudle]

I used to cut out shapes and smaller do-dads. Made things like bookends, wind chimes, etc. I even would find interesting "dropouts " from the cuts and save them in boxes. Then after 2 years I threw all but a few away! My freeform wind chimes did not sell to well. Ones with known shapes did better.
Sometimes scrap is just scrap

[little blue choo]

tcaudle, as I tell everyone around the shop, there's no such thing as a piece of scrap metal. People will come by and say do you have a piece of scrap I can use to build this or that. Well if you can build something out of a piece then I'm sure I can therefore it's not scrap. LOL

Rick

[ColoradoWayne]

I used to try to make things to minimize the scrap, but when I get busy my time is worth more than a $5 sale. When things are slow I make mancards and bottle openers out of the scrap, that I sell for $5 each. I do like the idea of doing some other small things like lizards and frogs and words because having a pile of $5 items brings customers to the booth, who then may buy a $50 item.