The New 5-Gallon Bucket Book: Ingenious DIY Projects, Hacks, and Upcycles by Chris Peterson

The New 5-Gallon Bucket Book

Why just reuse a bucket when you can reinvent it? The New 5-Gallon Bucket Book offers 30+ fresh ways to transform old buckets into practical projects.

Five-gallon buckets are common, affordable, and versatile—comparable to great inventions like the wheel and sliced bread. Beyond storage and transport, they can be repurposed for home, garden, or farm use. This book provides 60+ DIY ideas with clear instructions and common tools.

Explore projects to:

• Create home essentials like a shoe rack, trash compactor, water filter, or mousetrap.
• Boost self-sufficiency with a chicken waterer, egg incubator, nesting box, or bee feeder.
• Enjoy fun builds such as an air cannon, beanbag toss, drum set, or washtub bass.
• Get creative with bucket costumes, boat anchors, or music speakers.
• Enhance gardening via sweet potato starters, rolling composters, beetle traps, vermiculture bins, or walking watering cans.

Step-by-step guides, parts lists, and photos ensure easy, rewarding projects that extend bucket life and reduce landfill waste.