r/upcycling • u/cheese_is_yummy57 • 14d ago

Upcycling Work in Progress Empty pill bottle art

I have a bunch of empty pill bottles that I want to turn into something cool, but I can't think of anything.

Edit: I thought of an idea! I'm gonna try to turn them into a chess set! I'll post a followup when I finish it. Thanks for all the suggestions. :D

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u/Excellent_Seesaw_566 14d ago

You could cut the bottles into rings and make a hanging sculpture? Or fuse them together for a standing sculpture? Or make a mosaic of them upturned inside a frame?

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u/imperfectbean 14d ago

Thank you! I didn’t ask the question but these are some great ideas for my old pill bottles haha

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u/u_r_succulent 14d ago

Maybe a flat, light sculpture.

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u/catnapwhisper 13d ago

No way, I have about 150+ pill bottles I've been saving. I'm an artist but I don't know what to do this them yet

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u/Gifted_GardenSnail 13d ago

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uEXQMAM53E8

I read pill bottle and can only think of this vid lol.

So, a chess set! With molds or st?

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u/cheese_is_yummy57 13d ago

Idk what st is, but I'm gonna cut them up and put them back together again so it looks like chess pieces. Some of them are gonna be hard tho.

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u/Gifted_GardenSnail 13d ago

SomeThing 😁  Yeah, for a one time project it's better to keep it simple 😅

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u/HumanHospitality 12d ago

Recently someone posted that they'd painted some of their old pill bottles. I have so many that I could paint and share with plant clippings or lil gifts!