Briergardner,
Humm, now I know that I cannot used metal cans to plant plants in because of our summer heat (It fries them--and I had tried that). If you have mild summers then I would say go for it. I lvoe using old containers for plants. Show us what you end up doing with them.
Lvoe, Jules

If you had a few other sizes of cans you could make a tin man out of them. They are awesome!! Jlily

Tin man (or men with that many!) was my thought also.
kathy

My hubs saved them for me for my marbles and mosaic pieces etc.

Here's a cute Tin Man I found that was posted here about a year ago. Are they silver color tin, or printed cans? Both would be interesting. Good find!

Please post pics when you decide! ~tenderlee

Here is a link that might be useful: {{gwi:139765}}

I've seen birdhouses made of them...here's a Birds & Blooms example. Jeanne S.

Here is a link that might be useful: Coffee can birdhouse

RAIN CHAINS!!!!! Type that in the Search this Forum box.

Can someone teach me to show links that have already been posted?

How about luminaries??? Or, can you mosaic on metal cans? I've never tried it, but you might be able to...that way you could probably use them as planters and not burn the plants up....hmmmm, not sure.