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Hi Sheri,

Check out Freund Cans. Their web site is: www.freundcontainer.com.
Telephone number is (800)363-9822. 

These very helpful folks have all types of cans and you can buy them
empty. It used to be possible to buy them sealed at both ends and still
empty and I used these as a basis for making a whole bunch (400!)of
historically accurate 1880s cans for an exhibit we did at Greenfield
Village years ago. In any case you can still get the cans and seal them
yourself with a hand can sealer. These would be metal of course but
they'd be very light and would work fine for your needs I'm sure.

John Bowditch
Exhibits Director
Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum
Tel:	(734) 995-5439
FAX:	(734) 995-1188

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Does anyone have a resource for purchasing fake metal cans (made out of
plastic or other lightweight durable material)? We're producing our own
canned fake foods, like  beans and tuna (with generic labels). I've
found
real size fake cans (but they're sold in a fake food set at Learning
Resources/Lakeshore and we're only interested in the cans). We've also
found cans that are miniature. We're looking to purchase cans in mass
quantities.

If we can't find somewhere to purchase them, we're looking into
producing
our own forms. Any ideas are welcome!

Many thanks!
Sheri
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Sheri Cifaldi
Director of Exhibits
Stepping Stones Museum for Children
Mathews Park, 303 West Avenue
Norwalk, Connecticut 06850
203 899 0606, ext 234

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