Things you can do with baby food jars

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Things you can do with baby food jars

Don't throw away your old baby food jars. Try some of these ideas to

recycle or re-use them.

 

Christmas Tree Centerpiece

CANDLE HOLDER IDEAS:

Hanging Candle Holders w/ Copper Wire

Starch & Tissue Paper

Raffia Bow - Especially the little Earth's Best labeled jars...

Fill with a tea light or candle wax and wic. Wrap a raffia/other bow

around the rim. Give as gifts or use as place setting decorations.

Adorable! Contributed by Lisa Gilleland

 

Fish in a Jar - Paint one half of the jar blue so that if you were

looking at the front of the jar all you would see is the blue from

the other side. Cut out a fish shape and decorate as you wish. Then

poke a hole in the top of the lid and through the back of the top of

the fish. Put a piece of fishing line through the fish and back up to

the lid. Make sure it isn't touching the bottom of the jar. Tape the

line to the top and you have an adorable fish in a jar. Contributed

by AmaRudy

 

Envelope and Stamp Licker - Take a baby food jar. Cover with

wallpaper to match office or work area. Glue a peice of sponge inside

of lid, Fill with water. Cover lid with material to match and go

around the edges with ribbon. Works great. Makes a great kids gift to

give to working parents or Grandparents. Contributed by B.C.,

insanewife

 

Silly Christmas gifts

 

Homemade Gel Air Fresheners

 

Make a hanging " bitty thing " organizer - Nail several jar lids onto a

2x4. Nail the 2x4 to the bottom of a shelf over your craft bench.

Fill the jars with nails, pins, bitty things you have lying around

and screw them onto their lids.

 

Use for paints and powders - Especially nice when mixing unique

colors.

 

Teddy bear gift jar - Tear up a small teddy bear - the baby food jar

will become his belly, so keep the arms, legs and head intact. Glue

the parts on the jar and fill with M & M's.

 

Store spices - Especially great when mixing your own - be sure to

label the jars!

 

Sewing storage - Separate buttons by color or size and store each in

their own jar. Great for storing other small things - safety pins,

straight pins, snaps, etc.

 

Snow globes - Glue a small object to the inside of the lid - a

plastic figurine, flower, etc. Add glitter, beads, or foil confetti,

etc. Fill the jar with equal parts water and corn syrup, add food

coloring if desired. Seal the lid onto the jar using a watertight

sealant - the kind used for aquariums, or the stuff found in the

plumbing section of your hardware store. Put a bead of sealant on the

threads of the jar and on the inside threads of the lid. Close it up,

leave overnight to dry. Kids love this!

 

Seed storage - Good way to save seeds from the flowers in your

garden. Add a label (with a picture of the flower).

 

Gift ideas - Decorate the jars and lids: Paint with PermEnamel

paints, cover with fabric, attach wooden shapes to the lids, make

clay decorations for the lids. Fill with gift items: bath salts,

homemade coffee/tea mixtures, potpourri, small candy, etc.