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Regular poster 374 posts DSteckler Regular poster 374 posts
DSteckler

Discovered" a great palette for mixing paints - plastic egg holders. I'm finding more and more egg containers that hold the eggs in 12 clear plastic "cups." The top and bottom sides are like a clamshell, and each are identical. One covers the upper half of the egg and the other, the lower half.

Take the eggs out and cut the two holders off the carton. Now you have twenty-four egg size palette's for mixing paints.

 
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Brent Ciccone Brentglen MRH Author 982 posts
Brent Ciccone Brentglen

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Keep the top part as it makes a good mixing palette. I also use the lids of yoghurt and margarine containers, just throw them away when the get too messy, there are new ones coming each week at our house! I also use them for glue.

Brent Ciccone

Calgary
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WaltP Regular poster 134 posts
WaltP

The plastic shields on new

The plastic shields on new purchases of track, figures, and doo-dads work great, too. Any plastic from blister packs. Plentiful and tossable.
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Eric Hansmann Eric H. MRH Contrib. Editor 907 posts
Eric Hansmann Eric H.

lids

I use plastic lids as palettes and small parts trays, Lids from yogurt and margarine containers are available in different sizes.

Edit:: I see Brent beat me to the punch!

Eric

 

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