Upcycled Aluminium Herb Signs

When you first plant your herb garden sometimes it's difficult to differentiate between the coriander (cilantro) and parsley; these little signs can help and add something to the garden.

Step 1: Ingredients

• Cans (I rescued these from the recycling bin at my flats - my neighbours drink exciting looking beer)
• Old newspaper for resting cans on
• Not the 'good scissors'
• Stick glue
• Sharpie
• Old pen
• Sticks (these are from a local takeaway but also icy pole sticks)
• Backwards printed names I have included a PDF of some that I printed at 100%

Step 2: Cut the Cans

Use the 'not good' scissors to take off the top and bottom and flatten the cans a bit by running against the edge of something like a bench.

Step 3: Pressing Matters

• Glue the name you want to the wrong side of the can
• Use the old pen to press down along the letters
• You can have it all as dots
• Or you can just put dots at the important parts of the letters, remove the paper and then use the printed name as a guide to join the dots in solid lines.

Step 4: Cutting and Folding

• Add a little box at the bottom of the name
• Cut around the whole thing including the outer 'boxes' drawn underneath and remove the paper
• Fold the 'tabs' over before putting them around the stick, this will make it a bit harder to put the stick in - but it will hold better

Step 5: Finished