In 2000, Snapple partnered with the Starlight Children’s Foundation for its summer “Twisted Cap Tricks” under-the-cap promotion and cross-country tour. The tour stopped in 33 cities between the Golden Gate and Brooklyn Bridges to raise $100,000 to fund Starlight’s work to support seriously ill children and their families.

The tour featured Wendy “The Snapple Lady” and her sidekick Jasen Magic, who brought dance contests, magic shows, and Snapple cap creations to each pitstop.

The under-the-cap  “Twisted Cap Tricks” contest gave away 8 million prizes and 101 silly ideas for how to repurpose your Snapple caps.

If you have any of these caps and are interested in selling or trading for them, please contact me at: chris@snapplecaps.com

References

• Snapple boosts ‘per capita’ income by rejiggering summer promo prizes. Brandweek. Gerry Khermouch. April 17, 2000.
• Snapple & Starlight Children’s Foundation put a new twist on giving with the national Twisted Cap Tricks Tour.  Business Wire. May 12, 2000.

#	Twisted Cap Trick
1	String together several strands of Snapple caps and hang them in a doorway. You'll feel like you're living in the 60's.
2	Attach a dozen Snapple caps to each other. Use as inexpensive ice trays.
3	Use four Snapple caps as skateboard hubcaps.
4	Poke holes in the cap and use this bottle as a enormous salt or pepper shaker.
5	Lose your air hockey puck? Use a Snapple cap.
6	Put cap in your cappuccino because otherwise it is just a puccino.
7	Use this cap as a dimmer knob when you've lost your existing one.
8	Cover the make and model of your car with caps. Be the first on your block to drive a "Snapple mobile."
9	Set a cap outside as a weather indicator. If it's wet, it's raining. If it's dry, it's sunny. If you can't see it, it's foggy.
10	Lost your bathtub drain plug? A Snapple cap is the perfect size.
11	Use caps to make snowshoes for your pets.
12	Put 83,000 caps in a canvas bag for new-age bean bag furniture.
13	Carry cap with you and put it under an uneven restaurant table leg.
14	Use your cap as a nifty snowboard for your hamster. Be careful.
15	Use cap as a soap dish when your soap gets too small for the regular dish.
16	Missing a knob on your dresser? Use the cap. Fixed.
17	Use a cap as a water dish for your pet hamster.
18	When you have a major mailing, a cap full of water and a napkin is better than licking.
19	Fill a cap with wood chips; make a snack bowl for termites.
20	Put caps over your eyes during the scary parts of horror movies.
21	Make decorative holders by nailing caps to the ends of your corn on the cob.
22	Dangle a cap from a string and hypnotize people.
23	Use cap as tip jar for really bad entertainers.
24	Prop cap up on its side with a toothpick. Pull toothpick with string to catch small bugs.
25	Glue two caps together (flat sides), let dry, then wrap a string around the middle - a Snapple yo-yo.
26	Glue caps all over your suitcases to find them more easily at the airport.
27	Let's party. Use cap as a party tray for your favorite action figure.
28	Use caps as manhole covers in your very own micro-city.
29	Teach your dog to fetch caps and then attach caps to your remote control, your keys, etc.
30	Four Snapple caps make superb chinchilla snowshoes.
31	Give cap to a child and say, " When I was a kid this would entertain us for hours."
32	Draw hands on a cap and make a watch that will be correct twice a day.
33	Toss cap on the floor and yell "Stay." You'll be pleasantly surprised at how fast it learns.
34	Put caps under your pillow every night because someday the Tooth Fairy will be sleepy and confused.
35	Replace the cymbals on those mechanical monkeys with caps.
36	Use caps as knobs for your stereo. S=quiet, E=loud.
37	Put a cap in the glove compartment of your new car so the rattle reminds you of your old one.
38	Disco nights. Glue glitter on caps, add hooks, wear as earrings for a night out.
39	Pretty birdie. Paint inside of cap silver, hang in cage as a mirror for your parakeet.
40	Use Snapple cap as finger cymbals when belly dancing.
41	Glue Christmas bulb to cap and make a lovely night light.
42	Tie caps to strings and hang in your doorway as a cheap burglar alarm.
43	Glue cap to a cork to give your wine bottles a "classy look."
44	Glue a bunch of caps to your hat and pick up radio signals.
45	Quality check your bagels. If the hole in the center is bigger than your cap, you're getting ripped off.
46	Two caps attached to your thumb and index finger. Presto . . . castanets.
47	Attach many caps to your car bumper with string and drag them as you drive. Now all you have to do is get married.
48	Ever wonder where to put things that are slightly smaller than the inside of a Snapple cap? Now you know.
49	Lose your game piece? Need we say more.
50	Showerhead isn't working? Punch holes in cap. Presto! A new showerhead.
51	Drill a hole in cap and use your new colander to slowly drain a spaghetti feast - one strand at a time.
52	Drivin' and stylin'. Introducing the Snapple cap hood ornament.
53	Here boy! Name your dog "Snapple" and use cap as a dog tag.
54	Use caps as replacement cymbals on your tambourine.
55	Attach feathers to cap and use it as a badminton birdie.
56	Attach green pipe cleaners to caps and make a bouquet of "Snapple flowers."
57	Stick the cap in your rented car so you can find it in a parking lot.
58	Use a cap as a rain gauge in Death Valley.
59	Offer cap as a hardhat to construction workers with tiny heads.
60	Put cap on your car's dashboard. If it keeps ending up in the back seat, you're braking too hard.
61	Snapple caps make great squirrel nut serving trays.
62	Glue pin on back and wear cap as brooch.
63	Use cap as a really big ball marker for miniature golf.
64	Tune in. Use caps to make replacement knobs for your radio or television set.
65	Use Snapple caps to replace expensive Italian tile in your bathroom.
66	Cap makes a lovely serving tray for small hors d'oeuvres.
67	Caps make good coasters for really thin drinking glasses.
68	Glue caps on your bathroom walls for that funky bohemian look.
69	Use caps as shingles to roof a birdhouse.
70	Need a third eye? Just paint one on the cap and tape it to your head.
71	Put self-portrait inside cap, then use as monetary system on your own island.
72	Put cap in your wallet like a badge and pretend you're the Snapple police.
73	Fill cap with water and open a pool for ants.
74	Glue four caps around the base of a microphone and interview people saying you're from the Snapple news.
75	Glue to your doorknob, and every time you go in imagine you live in a Snapple bottle.
76	Fill cap with cement, attach chain, use as an anchor for your model boat.
77	Carry caps when hiking. Use to spell "SOS" message in an emergency.
78	Caps and crazy glue make for an interesting tile or mosaic project.
79	Glue cap under bishop in your chess game and rename the piece "the tall bishop."
80	Hey cowboys, take it easy on those horses. Replace your spurs with Snapple caps.
81	Fill cap with water, put in freezer and open a skating rink for fleas.
82	Bring cap to Mardi Gras and exchange it for cool beads.
83	Collect enough caps of 2 different colors and play "tic-tac-toe."
84	Put a picture of a loved one inside cap and say "hi" to your new Snapple frame.
85	Use hundred of caps to make a dress that will be the envy of all Hollywood designers.
86	At a football game, try a cap toss instead of a coin toss.
87	Get more caps. Learn to juggle.
88	Get a bunch of caps and use them as poker chips.
89	Glue a magnet to the cap and stick on refrigerator. That's a Snapple magnet now.
90	Glue caps to a large surface and make a mosaic.
91	Using Snapple caps for children's artwork leaves more macaroni for lunch.
92	Back hurting you? Just take a few caps, tie them together and you have yourself a back massager.
93	Use caps in a movie theater to leave a trail to make it back to your seat.
94	Save money on spoons by attaching Snapple caps to popsickle sticks.
95	Collect a bagful of caps and shake it. Groovy sound, huh?
96	Fill waterbed with Snapple caps for thirst-quenching dreams.
97	Put a magnetized needle inside and you have a Snapple compass.
98	Glue Snapple caps to a stick. Now you have Snapple garden markers.
99	Use cap as garnish when you run out of parsley.
100	Save roses. Start a parade using floats decorated entirely out of Snapple caps.
101	Put Snapple caps in your workout shirt to look more muscular at the gym.