400 uses for deli cups . . . ??!!
 

Okay, back story . . . I sent a PM to Lore once upon a time explaining a stupid mistake I had made last Spring. I ordered 400 deli cups in anticipation for the upcoming hatching season. Got the cups in and organized etc. You may or may not know the drill. Anyway, eggs started hatching, started separating baby snakes etc. Was wondering why the deli cups were getting excess condensation inside a day later . . . NO HOLES!! :eek1: Are you freaking kidding me?!?! I ordered 400 deli cups with NO HOLES!! Luckily I had about 200 cups left from the previous season so was able to 'survive' for the week it took to order in new cups WITH holes! So, long story short, what are some of your ideas for 400 deli cups with NO HOLES?!?! The wife used about 50 over the course of the summer to make ice chunks for the camping coolers, but what else?!?!

Just another misadventure in this thing I like to call LIFE!! :)
D80

What about using them to store things like craft beads? Or you can use them to store frozen mice between meals...

I do like the ice cube one... Hmmm... if you take them outside, and there is still snow, you can use them to form small snow bricks to build a snow fort or an igloo...

Ok, you could make candles out of them by using old sheds (or if you are twisted enough small frozen pinkies) and clear candle wax or the gel candle stuff they sell.

They'd make great little forms for holding plaster of paris that you can then imprint with hands, feet, or leafs and then paint and sell them later. lol

Jenn

Send them to me :)

I am going to be breeding Pyxie Frogs in the future. They can potentially produce 5,000 tadpoles and they ALL need to be seperated because they are cannibalistic.

Other than that... incubate small clutches of eggs, food storage, eat Mac n' Cheese out of them.
That's what I'd do anyway.

Buy a hole punch and punch holes in them?

Are they the 8oz deli cups? I use those for water dishes with all of my yearlings. They work great...but then you've got the lids....but I've got that solved too. Take all the lids and draw numbers 1-10 and Jack, Queen, King and make your own card deck. :sidestep:

Water bowls, send them to stangs to pucn holes in them...etc.!:santa:

I bet you could make something yourself to hole them up.. Something as easy as a cheap wood ruler and then put some small nails all the way through and use that as a hammer.

I always buy deli cups with no holes in them as they are cheaper. I purchased a small soldering iron at Home Depot and put my own holes in them, and I can make the holes as small or as large as I want with no sharp edges.

Cheesy wind chimes?

:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:

make hides by painting them
solder or drill holes to house hatchlings
put under the dirt in your garden to hold water/moisture
sale on e-bay
use for small leftovers
put nails, screws, nuts, bolts, washers in them
treat them as legos and make a killer "deli-cup" tower
nail/screw to fence posts for bird feeders (tiny holes in bottom for drainage)
sale to breeder(s) at your next expo
throw in dumpster.

galen

You DON'T want to know my opinion :grin01:

BUT I am the proud owner of my very own deli cup now :) Don't ask what I do with mine :sidestep:

I am just glad you found out what a deli cup is!!! :rolleyes:

Go on, i'm intrigued, what do you do with yours Elle.... :sidestep:

I've used them for mixing little bits of paint and epoxy when I'm building models and rc planes.

Very interesting! What is it about these deli cups? :shrugs:
Maybe I don't want to know? TMI :cheers:

I think you answered your own question.. TMI has to be it!... :sidestep:

3 words: Build. A. Fort.

You know you wanna...

LOL!

handy chip dip cups

if popping bubble wrap is therapudic... Imagine what stomping deli cups could do for ya! :grin01:

2 deli cups, a piece of string... walk around in public with a friend and talk to eachother through them.

Save them and use them to horde all the Thanksgiving Day leftovers you can!

Clap them together Monty Python coconut style and prance around like you're riding on a horsie.

Use them to make fun Jello Jigglers.

Given time I could come up with much more... ;)

Poke a hole in one, tie a string to it, and suspend it for a cheap kitty toy. Then do the same to the rest of them and sell them for lots of money on Ebay.

I am so excited that this thread has gone further than I ever thought it would!! I don't feel like such an idiot now for making a such a hair brained mistake. I know I don't have the patience to poke holes in 400 cups, so I am really having fun envisioning some of your wonderful ideas!! :crazy02:

Thanks, and keep them coming! :grin01:
D80

PS. Hmmm, contest idea? Post a picture of your best deli-cup idea in action . . . :cool:

LOL! That would be an awesome contest... however my favorite of my suggestions would involve posting video :grin01:

Fill them up with different amounts of water and use them as a giant Xylophone...

Giant Jello shots...

Target practice.... Pull!

Sell them on EBay as display cases...

Paint them green and hand them out as St Patrick's Day hats...

Toss them in the yard, call the media, and tell them you were the victim of a drive-by deli cupping...

Hand them out to street performers to hold their change...

Open a Potato Salad & Cole Slaw stand in front of your house :grin01:

Better check the zoning laws first!

Put some greasy American pizza in them and send it to Elle.. ? *lol* :sidestep:

Leave them on a shelf close to your hatchlings as a reminder to order deli's with holes..

Start breeding Betta fish..

Paint them red and hang a gold tassle off them, and sell them to the local Shriners as surplus hats..

Donate them to the local Elementary school, so the Kindergarteners can use them for finger painting..

And the beat goes on...

Regards.. Tim of T and J

Go to an empty parking lot or someplace very remote. Put it on the ground. Fill it half way with powder chlorine that you use for a pool. Fill it the rest of the way with brake fluid. Quickly cover with the lid, then run 20 ft away and watch the chemistry magic unfold before your eyes!

Bundle them in groups of three, and sell them as "Shell Game Kits".

regards,
jazz

Did someone say Potato Salad? :eek1:

regards,
jazz

We use them as water bowls....Weston goes to Lowe's buys PVC pipe coupling things..???? they work as the base, then just put in the deli cup....and then we can dispose of them as we need to.....little lazy but it works for us!

LOL! OMG... that was Hilarious & Amazing all at the same time! Dayum... those are some bendy chicks. :eek1:

A few more that occurred to me today (it was slow at work) :grin01:

Fill them with small rubber snakes, frogs, etc. Make battery operated mobiles and sell them on Ebay, what herp lovin' Mama wouldn't want one of those for her new bundle of joy!

Fill them with aspen or sani chips, mark the lids with a ? and set them on your table at the next expo. Watch them disappear.

Construct the world's tallest free standing deli cup tower. Call "The book of records" people, not the brewers. :cheers:

That's totally going to give me nightmares now.

You could use them for.....erm......stool samples? :sidestep: :grin01:

Do you go fishing? You could use them to breed flies and to keep maggots in. :shrugs:

I thought of a couple more...

Use them to store your rock collection (or start a rock collection! lol)
Give them to the neighborhood kids and say their specialy designed mud cake forms.
Tie them to your feet as use them as mini-stilts - sell them to people as such.
If you have guppies, use them to hold the fry to prevent the bigger fish from eating them.
Or, you could string several of them together and hang several strands of them from doorways like the beaded screens/curtains.

Jenn