You can take metal coffee cans (labels off) and metal paint cans and you can actually adhere fabric to them with a heavy weight fusible. Once you've attached the fabric, you use mod podge or another similar product to go over the fabric and it is permanently on and you can wipe it clean. Kids love decorating them too and they are great to make teacher gifts (fill with candy or cookies) and you don't need to buy an expensive tin or box that will be thrown away.
There are also patterns for caddies that use coffee cans as the base.