Baby Food Jars

[irisheyesmiling78]

I have some glass baby food jars that I would like to be creative with and recycle. Does anyone have any suggestions on what they do with theirs as far as little gift or treat type holders?

Thanks,
Jen

[jutta]

My demo gave a cute BF jar filled with one yard pieces of ribbon roled up. Her hubby decorated the top of the jar to lok like a daisy by using the large oval punch. The lid had a piece of ribbon tied around it.

Jutta

[irisheyesmiling78]

Thank you for responding...that is a good idea.

[Robin]

I'd also love to hear some responses. They don't have to be stamping related either. I have a 9 month old and eating lots of baby food and i can't part with the jars because i just 'know' i can do something with them

Robin

[BethanyPaull]

BF jars would be about the same size as some jars I use (from Ikea) to store shorter pieces of ribbon, buttons, Dew Drops, etc.

[steph772]

i saw a while ago where someone made those little suet cakes with bird seed and pb and put them in there, and gave them as little gifts.

you could use them to hold paint when your kids are using a few dif colors also.

[craftsrlb]

my kids and I made gum ball machines out of them...cut a foam cup bottom off, about the width of the jar, decorated the cup and the jar with stickers, put gumballs in the jar, flip upside down and there you have it.
I have made candles in them too....you can get glass paint to make them look pretty, then I use regular parafin or candle wax melt in a double boiler, add some scent (usually 1 party lite tea lite) fill the jars, add wick, let dry, burn.

[WAXYO]

how about embellishment storage? you could do something like this, where you screw the lids into a board and then unscrew the jar you need:

Baby Food Jar Storage

Or, thinking back to my kindergarten days, turn them upside down and make snow globes out of them?

[samswindle]

They could be decorated and used to hold bath salts.

[basurok]

I like them for storing craft items...especially micro beads. No static! ;)

[jutta]

I'm also thinking that it would be nice to get one with some M&Ms in it, as a small thanks or just because gift. Make a label or use one of those hot monogram stampers to personalize it. Make a "drug label" for vitamin C (chocolate, of course!). Fill with conversation hearts for Valentine's day, and so on....

Jutta

[blueheron]

Decorate them with designer paper and fill them with:
*stamping embellishments (buttons, brads, small ribbon scraps, etc.)

*Household things like rubber bands, screws, thumbtacks, paper clips

*Cut a slot in the lid and use it as a small "wish" jar for children (fills up faster than a piggybank and could be used for saving up for ice cream, or a special treat)

*strips of paper on which you have written (or typed) thoughts for the day or humorous fortunes that can be chosen at random.

*Homemade refill mixture for blender pens

*"special" rocks, pebbles, or sand that you and your child/children collect from walks or family trips

*touch up paint for each room in your house

[KFontin]

Back when my boys were in Cub Scouts we used baby food jars to make snowglobes....glued a little figurine to the inside of the lid that would be ok in water, put water in the jar and maybe some glycerine, added glitter or "snow" and then screw the lid on with a little glue added. The snowglobe sits upside down on the lid and you can shake it to make it snow. But that's if you have some kids to make them with or for! They were fun.