Tab chainmail

Although you can purchase chainmail from a dive or sporting good store, why not put all those empty soda cans to good use and create your own with the tabs? The supply you will need most is time as it will take approximately 1,000 or more...

Here's one {of many} things that've been happening since I last updated you guys on my battle Tauriel costume... My pop-tab shoulder chainmail pauldrons are 100% finished (with the help of some donations from friends)! :D As you can see, they're a general diamond shape, with some slight shaping at the upper top for the shoulder so they'll lay better. Each piece is made of (to my best approximation) ~175 tabs. Now, you might be wondering why I didn't just make the chain mail out of metal…

POP TAB CHAINMAIL - headpiece TEMPLATE - if change in size necessary then maybe expand/contract at the seams (or add a skull cap inside); clipped ends point up! Top seam (unclipped) tabs alternate; also unclipped is the row under the chin which is straight when laid out but bows down when raised; string goes three times around the face.

Pop tab chain mail

aluminum tab(s) ---> purse - via https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=334664636613729=a.318196928260500.78766.102106566536205=1

POP TAB CHAINMAIL - headpiece TEMPLATE (continued) Blue - sides: 26 rows of 10, yellow - chin: 1st row unclipped and 6 rows of 8 & 7, orange - neckline: 8/7/4, green - back: 1st row: 5 and then 20 rows of 6 & 7 followed by 8 tabs past the shoulder line to drape onto back

What you do with too much time and a lot of soda tabs.

Don't just throw out your used aluminum cans, recycle or reuse them! What can you make out of a beer can? A whole lot! Soda cans can be reused for crafts and all sorts of purposes!