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Today is National Pie Day (the less-cool cousin of March 14’s Pi Day) and, to celebrate, we’ve compiled 10 fun and easy pie-tin crafts from the Popular Science archives.
What do a hipster chandelier, an amateur telescope, and a living-room jet engine have in common? You can make each one with an ordinary pie tin!
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![woman looking through a vintage telescope](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/KKW73OPGCHHVLH5ED76QQPLX2Y.jpg?strip=all&quality=85)
![person making a DIY flash reflector with a glue gun](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/OJTJX7O2BPN4KJ3QCDUH6ROK74.jpg?strip=all&quality=85)
![DIY chandelier pieces](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/DEE6FIDBUC7MMHNZJBSRAUHLJ4.jpg?strip=all&quality=85)
![woman putting her umbrella into a wooden umbrella stand](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/L7N7XNWV5SDLDXJLLGDRNQ7IQ4.jpg?strip=all&quality=85)
![trouble light mounted on a wall with a metal pan](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/I4KEUJE4J4BLGCM7VQDP4LX6CI.jpg?strip=all&quality=85)
![ice cream container on a pie plate in black and white](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/XB6C4WGK3VP7WQYAUKO57BY2X4.jpg?strip=all&quality=85)
![candle cone and a pie plate in black and white](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/ELSTPRO4IXBKW7O3S2SAZC64MI.jpg?strip=all&quality=85)
![Lady-Susan pencil holder in black and white](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/NZQSM6FCDLJMLOL7DUQ6X7OR44.jpg?strip=all&quality=85)
![painted pie tins on a wall](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/N4ZCBBGNI5QI6FLD3AI5L24AIA.jpg?strip=all&quality=85)
![DIY hallway ceiling lamp in black and white](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/7Y2JIVDSLA66F5VIMNXADQKP6Y.jpg?strip=all&quality=85)