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I love these tiny toolboxes (as Father’s Day gifts), made from Altoids tins, that Natalie posted next door on CRAFT. If the mint tin seems a little… er… impractical for holding tools, there’s also a project on the same page for having kids color artwork for lids on mint tins to hold nuts, bolts, screws, etc.

There is one application for a toolset that would fit in such a tin, the emergency field soldering kit project we featured in The Best of Instructables (which can also be found here). I made one of these. Haven’t had a call to use it yet, but it’d sure look cuter to show up on the scene with the kit housed in one of these red boxes.

Surprise Dad with the Smallest Toolbox Ever!

3 thoughts on “Mini mint tin toolboxes”

John Reese says:

June 12th, 2012 at 12:44 pm

Use rivets not screws or use bolt & acorn nut so no treads show or cut. I used 1/4″ plywood to make holder for the tins, with label on front for the contents.
SShold says:

June 18th, 2015 at 11:13 am

I cannot seem to find the instructions to make these. Can you help?
1. sophiacamille says:
  
  June 18th, 2015 at 11:27 am
  
  Hi there. It is the last link in the post: http://alphamom.com/family-fun/holidays/surprise-dad-with-the-smallest-toolbox-ever/