What would be a good way to reuse jars?
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you could use it to put your pens and pencils or other things.
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You can always reuse jars just by filling them with different things as storage for laundry soap herbs sices you can use them in your office to hold paper clips pens pencils whatever
Why not find a great cookie recipe, and layer all the ingredients in the jar, tie it with ribbon and give a s a gift?
I have a small jar that a candle came in that I now use as a cotton ball holder.
In the south they use mason jars as cups. You can also use them to put pencils in. With a little decoration you could use them as small planters for starting seeds.
put creepy pickled things in them and store them in a basement or other evil-lair like place
fill them with things...use them as space savers...store foods in them...use them to help you save coins and money...use them artistically by paintin them, and maybe even sell them...make candies, put them in the jars and give them as presents...etc!
storage or decoration you can glue fabrics and such on the outside to make them appealing or put stuff in them like candy or money make a slit in the lid and put change in them like a piggy bank!
I use them for vases, piggy banks, to hold screws, nails and many other things.
If you can't think of a way that you *personally* can reuse jars, check with local churches, daycares and schools. They almost always need jars to make gifts with.
Here are a couple ideas:
Pencil holders
"Brownies in a jar"
or "Cookies in a jar" (all the dry ingredients stacked on top of each other)
You can make candles using the old jars
They can be decorative - fill them with sand or marbles
Use them to 'organize' an area. My dad uses old baby food jars for different sized screws.
If all else fails, you can join Freecycle and give them away. On your local freecycle, someone is always looking for jars, boxes, etc. :)
Good luck with those jars!
~Sherri
you can buy new seals and rings and can jams in them, you can put the lids on a board and fill the jars with nails and bolts, and other little things for the garage and screw them on the lids on the board. Really, your imagination is completely your own stopping point. I use my jars for dozens of things. I love canning fresh fruit and veggies, so those come in handy frequently, and I keep reusing them, so I don't have to purchase them.
Great gift idea....layer the ingredients to cookies, or brownies, or soup in the jar, and make the lid pretty with fabric, and label it, then give it as a gift to a teacher, friend, whatever. Good luck and God bless!!
I use them for crafts. And I also use them for extra spaghetti sauce when I make that or use it for chicken broth after roasting a chicken.
Wash them out and use them for other things. There are all sorts of crafts that you can do with left over jars. If you really can't find anything to do with them then you could always recycle them! =)
I love re-using jars for leftover food. Also, if I'm sending food with someone, I don't have to worry about getting the container back.
Smaller jars are also great for sorting small items in the garages such as nails and screws.
Hippies use old jars as water glasses.
Use it to contain things around the house or make thinks to keep in them. You can always makes bath salts, cookies, or some other spiffy thing to give as gifts in jars. You can also use jars to make things like rock candy.
you can use them as drinking glasses, flower vases, a pen holder, to sort buttons, beads, etc., and my number one idea for a jar is a lightening bug holder (holes in lid). :o)
Fill them with lightning bugs and use them as a lantern.
Keep screws or other easily lost items in small baby jars. Put ice in larger ones, them pour melted wax over the cubes to make cool candles to give people as gifts!
My idea is boring compared to all the great suggestions already given, but I reuse some for storing old grease drippings.
Or if you're crafty you could use them with tea light candles. I've used those colored flat stones you get at the store in a bag, put those about 1/2 way up in the jar, then put in the tea light.
Make homemade candles. Burn candles instead of lights. Also use mason jars to preserve food.
Give to a teacher to put names for drawing in. Put pencils/pens inside it. Put cooking ingredients into it. Give it to a recyling center in town. Put knick-knacks in it. Stuff like that.
oh, there are 1000's
storage containers
spice jars for bulk loose spices
vases (to keep or to give as a happy)
to hold homemade baking or drink mixes (chk out food network)
potpourri holder
candle holder
change jar (place one in each of the main rooms in your house for your loose change as a way to save for a biggie or for a charitable donation)
check w/ churches, schools, day cares etc to see if they need the donations to use for art programs
plant a windowsill herb garden (looks good, smells good and good for you)
use to keep odd shaped barrettes or hair ties in to keep drawers neat
as you can see, the uses are limited only by your imagination!
Good luck!
Glass Jars...
-Give kids (if you have any) paint and a jar and they'll have a good time making arts and crafts.
- Pen and pencil holder
- Put more food in them
- USE YOUR IMAGINATION!
pencil, crayon or toy holders
money holders
With can reused jars as
containers to put plants in
pencil/pen jars
you can put layered ingredients in them as girts for cookies, hot chocolate..etc
you can use them as cups
you can put jam in them
you can make coin jars
you can put pickled stuff in them
you can put other food to save space in storage...
there are endless possibilities, I hope these help!
Glass is being recycled all the time. To make new glass and to make asphalt roads.
You could use them to make homemade gifts. Make hot cocoa mix, put them in them. Decorate the jars. Give to family and friends....
As others have said, using them to save hommade mixes is a great idea. So is using them for pen jars/and planters.
If you have kids, you can use them to catch bugs and observe them. They are usually requested by middle/elementary school science teachers for use in experiments and such.
You can buy kits to make your own scented candles and reuse them that way as well.
I've even seen them make 'beach in a jar's on HGTV. Where you have some sand and seashells in the bottom, and then ocean water to fill it the rest of the way. Makes a great memento from a trip to the coast.
-joie
It depends on the size of the jar. I use baby food jars for everything from holding beads for crafting to nailing the lid to the underside of a shelf in the garage and using the jars to hold nuts, bolts, nails, etc.
Masson jars are good for drinking glasses, holding dry pasta, beans.
The restaurant size mayonnaise jars are great for using as a sun tea jar or as a piggy bank.
You are only limited by your imagination.
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