Baby Jars - Don't Throw Them Away!

After washing them out and taking the labels off, baby food jars can be incredibly useful. I have used them for several different purposes, and there is very little you have to do to up-cycle them!

1.  Holding Jars for chocolate chips/mini marshmallows for your hot chocolate kit
2.  Lanterns - simply put a tealight in, or follow the following DIY tutorial
3.  Desk Tidy
4.  Mini Flower Jars
5.  Presents In a Jar

 How To Create

1.  Holding Jars: Simply place all your tiny food items in the jar and close the lid for freshness. I have used mine for chocolate chips, and a larger jar for mini marshmallows. Looks great on a corner of the kitchen counter for your quick DIY hot chocolate kit
2.  Lanterns: either place a tealight in the jar, or use PVA glue and tissue paper to decorate. Coat your jar in PVA, and place torn strips of tissue paper all over the jar. You can make the design more sturdy by repeating this process over your first layer.
3.  Desk Tidy: You can do the same as above for decoration, or cut out your favourite images from magazines and layer these instead to make a collage, then place pens/pencils/paintbrushes inside.
4.  Mini Flower Jars: Tie string around the top of your jar where the indent for the lid is, and hand up around the garden - fill with water and add flowers.
5.  Presents In a Jar: buttons, a DIY hot choc kit, mini presents... The list is endless - you just need to fill the jar