A nice sturdy tripod is great, but there are times you need a tripod and just want to use a mini tripod. You can make several different styles of “tripods”. I have made one that is just a bottle cap with a bolt going through it. Another one I’ve made has bendable legs you can wrap around things or just set them up as a regular tripod. I’ve also made one with string.
Bottle Cap Tripod by origamimavin
Bendable Tripod by fishin4daze
String Tripod by shoeBlade
All of these tripods are cheap and easy to make. These are meant for small point and shoot cameras and are not recommended for huge dSLRs, although I am sure that if you used stronger materials they would be more structurally sound.
