I live in the Aurora/Naperville area
depends on what kind of art you want to makeyarn, needles, ribbons, plastic canvas, paint, brushes, canvas, paper, pencils beads, wire, tools glue, glitter just to name a few things
contact a metal recycling plant ,you would probably get more money if you kept the entire can and take it in that way I know for awhile people were collecting the tabs but everyone I talked to did not know were to send them in more of an urban legend same as collecting the silver paper{foil} from cigarette packaging apparently it to was suppose to be worth something.
