Mar 05 2009
13 Uses For Recyled Glass Jars
- Containers or canisters in the kitchen - Large ones are useful for holding flour or sugar. And they can also hold wooden spoons and utensils. Smaller ones can hold tea bags, coffee, dried beans, matches, etc.
- Containers for office use - Mayonnaise size jars make terrific pencil/pen holders. Baby food size work for paper clips and rubber bands.
- As decorative objects - I once filled an antique glass jar with potpourri and added a lamp kit to the lid … turning it into an interesting lamp. I’ve also layered different dried beans in quart canning jars to display in my kitchen.
- For use in the bathroom - They can hold Q-tips, cotton balls and Epsom salts.
- To hold homemade gifts - Play dough for the kids. Bean soup mixes. And dry ingredients for cookies or cakes.
- For kid items - Terrific for craft items … such as glue, glitter, crayons, ribbon, and stickers.
- Family or individual banks - They make an easy container to toss change into. You can individualize them for different savings goals.
- Food - We have used the large ones to store bagged dried beans, rice, brown sugar, powdered sugar, and other bagged or bulk purchased food items.
- Gratitude - Every Thanksgiving we write what we are grateful for and put the papers in our gratitude jar. Then we take turns pulling out the collected slips of paper to read.
- Seed Storage - In the fall (after I’ve dried the seeds I’ve collected from my garden) I store them in small glass jars.
- Keepsakes - I’ve saved ticket stubs, greeting cards, and other small items in them.
- Gag Gift - I read this one somewhere (don’t remember where) but it was funny. After coming back from vacation, label them warm air from “?” or cold air from “?” Silly I know … but funny nonetheless!
- Nature collections - When my boys were young we would have multiple jars filled with their collections. One would have the rocks they collected. Another may have had the bugs they were brave enough to pick up. Still another had their “sticks” or acorns that were precious to them.
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lovely suggestions for using glass jars…liked the 12th one…lol..i’ll too label them as “air from…”
gazal
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Great TT. I’ve done ‘em all except 11 & 12, but I’m gonna do 12. Want some air from the Appalachian Mountains?
#9 I’ve done year round. I’ve also done God jars. I used a BIG pickle jar. Wrote my prayers. Put them in the jar to “Let them go.” If I took it back and didn’t trust God with it, my sponsor had me get my prayer out of the jar and carry it with me.
I was constantly pissed at that woman. lol
And then there is catchin’ fireflies in Mason jars.
And drinkin’ sweet-tea outta mayonnaise jars.
(Gotta love the South. Even highfalutin folks do this.)
I hope and pray things go well for you and Craig in recovery. I’m sure you know this, but you are both very blessed. Even on your worst days. The anniversary of my husband’s death is in May. The closer it gets, the harder it gets. I hate this disease. I hate how it destroys families. I hate my daughter doesn’t have a dad now. Unfortunately, I find truth in “You don’t know what you got till it’s gone.”
I’m grateful for my recovery. It could have been me. It almost was me…
I appreciate your support of my blog.
Roxie
These are great!
Great uses! I make prosperity and witches’ bottles with mine, and another blogger recently commented at my place that she uses hers to store homemade incense! Happy TT!
Great tips!!
You are so creative!!