Making Tin Can Toys

A practical manual showing how to convert discarded tin cans into durable toys and useful household items using simple tools, basic metalworking techniques, and inexpensive materials. It explains selecting cans for particular parts, hemming and folding edges for strength and safety, soldering fundamentals and practice, and assembling components to make locomotives, trucks, boats, lanterns and decorative pieces. The text includes tool recommendations, step-by-step methods, and design suggestions that make projects suitable for schools, hospitals, and hobbyists, while emphasizing creativity, resourcefulness, and sound construction from readily available waste materials.