With a movement piece and hands from an old clock or a craft store, you can easily turn a cast iron pan into a clock. Drill a hole in the middle of the pan. On the side that normally rests on the burner, glue on numbers with epoxy glue. Place the clock movement on the side you would normally cook in, feeding the central mounting shaft through the hole, then place the hands on the side that rests on the burner. Hang the clock on your wall.
Make a sturdy wooden frame to suspend your pan. Tie a small piece of rope to the handle and to the top bar of the frame. Use a wooden stick or drumstick to strike the pan. The sound is sharp and able to be heard for quite a distance. If you do not have the tools to make a frame, any wood shop will be able to make one for you.
Some folk artists clean and paint the back or inside of a frying pan. You can use a variety of themes, such as landscapes, portraits or flowers. Art is not a science; use your imagination to create a painting on a frying pan. Be sure to clean all grease and oil off your pan first so the paint will stick.
Using a cast iron pan as a crucible -- the part of a furnace where metal is melted -- you can create pewter castings such as chess pieces, jewelry and plumb bobs. For small castings, a 4- to 6-inch diameter cast iron frying pan makes an ideal crucible, which usually sits on top of the coals. You can have the crucible in a fixed position and use a ladle to remove the molten metal, or make it removable, so you can pour the molten pewter from the pan. Making the furnace requires an advanced degree of metalworking, therefore a metal shop can advise you on how to make a small melting furnace. To melt pewter, according to metal caster Mike Firth, the furnace must reach 585 degrees Fahrenheit. As with any hobby involving high-temperature casting, always seek the advice of a qualified casting professional before starting out.