How to Make Bottlecap Magnets
Fridge magnets are both functional for posting pictures and notes in the kitchen and an entertain diversion for my 4-year-old. They regularly disappear, which means we need to find new ones or do without. Using a collection of bottle caps from leftover beverages of any flavor, combined with a hot glue gun and some magnets from the neighborhood science store, making more becomes a fun project with a functional result. Bonus points for taking thumbtacks and making new pushpins for a bulletin board using the same strategy. Deep Fried Kudzu shows you how to make bottlecap magnets and pushpins.
bottle caps, fun project, hot glue gun
Got an old hard drive around? In a few minutes, you can tear one apart and remove the two rare-Earth neodymium magnets that are used to read the data. These are extremely strong magnets, so strong you have to be careful not to pinch your skin when they snap together. With practice they are tons of fun, and they hold a lot of stuff on a fridge. I’ve done this myself and they have many uses (like getting a metal screw out from under the fridge).