4 Ways to Recycle Your Baby Food Jars

If you have a baby, then you have tons of these jars laying around. Perhaps you have been throwing these away, not knowing that these can be used for other things rather then filling up our landfills. We all know you can store things like nuts and bolts in them. Lets face it, you can only handle so many nuts and bolts sorters. Here are some great things you can also do with these jars.

Fish in a Jar

This is a great cold weather project you can do with the kids. They love making these. You could also do it as a classroom art project. Paint the back side of the food jar blue. Have the children cut out a small fish from something that is water proof. You can even find some small plastic fish at your local craft store. Let the children decorate there fish as they wish. Then poke a hold in the top of the lid and through the fish. Place a piece of clear fishing line through the fish and through the jar lid so it looks like the fish is hanging there. Make sure the fish is not touching the bottom of the jar. Fill the jar with 3 parts water and 1 part clear oil. Add a little super glue to the threads of the jar before placing the lid on there. This will keep little kids from opening. Let dry and enjoy your Fish in a baby jar.

Spices

Do you ever find that you have all kinds of homemade spices. Something you like mixed up that they do not sell. Or maybe you grow your own spices. If this is the case then you need somewhere to store them. You could buy a spice rack our you can make your own. I find that a small lazy Susan holds all your spices on the counter very well. They work a lot better if you have taken the labels off the baby food jars. The easiest way to do this is by soaking them in soapy water for 30 minutes or so and slide them off. Dry very well, so your spices don't stick to the inside of the jars. Either using a marker or a label maker, mark what spices are in the jars. Place them all on the lazy Susan and you have a wonderful spice holder.

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