Comments on: 10 Ways to Reuse a Glass Jar

By: Megwxn

Megwxn — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:46:00 +0000

you can use enamel paint to cover the old lid. It will dry shiny like the original, but without the words!

By: lynn

lynn — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 21:21:20 +0000

nuts, peanuts, popcorn, granola, chex mix, garden seeds and a cpl tools, like twine if he gardens,

By: lynn

lynn — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 21:18:23 +0000

I have a pickle lid in a bag of baking soda, week 4 now, I tried vinegar and bk soda together too. the dishwasher a few times, I want to use that big jar!!!! maybe a different lid will fit it

By: rae

rae — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 18:19:41 +0000

great ideas! did you mention the star lanterns there? is that glass etching? i love them and would love to make some!

one of my favorite blogs, wee folk art, shared a mason jar cover to insulate (and protect) your drinking jars. it is wet felted. here’s the link:
http://weefolkart.com/content/mason-jar-cover

By: HomemadeMother

HomemadeMother — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:57:58 +0000

Love all these ideas. I re-use glass jars instead of plastic tupperware to store leftovers, pack food in lunches for my husband, on-the-go snacks for myself and the kids.

By: Lise

Lise — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:32:53 +0000

Being the Pacific Northwest (where everyone’s motto is “reuse, recycle, reduce”!), we reuse a lot of our for hundreds of things. Most recently, I have been getting requests for my hand poured candles made in the small glass baby food jars. A big seller here! Decorate it up & they make great baby shower gifts. We also have started doing wedding-themed & seasonally themed ones too. Seems to be a big hit! We even offer a “recycling discount” for customers who bought a candle, used it, & bring us back the jar to reuse.

By: carrie mistretta

carrie mistretta — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:33:17 +0000

I have made cake in a jar for solders over seas… u just clean out the jar’s really good and pour half way with cake batter when you have them all filled put in a cake pan add some watter to the bottom of pan and bake at 350 till you can poke a knife in and pull it out clean. most the time i dont send icing but some times i do when i get the personal cakes you microwafe i dont use the icing that is with it so i will send them with the jar!
I have also gave home made bath salts in the smaller jars and cookie mix, I store all of my nuts and left over spinkels . I love my Jars!

By: Abbey

Abbey — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:56:39 +0000

My mother and grandmother also have a “gravy jar”, actually when I moved out on my own one of them (I think it was my grandma) actually gifted me an old jar specifically for making gravy!

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:31:24 +0000

Maybe a bean soup jar… aka layers of dried beans, dehydrated onions, garlic, spices, etc… most everything you need to make a bean soup or split pea soup.

Like these:

http://www.allfreecrafts.com/giftinajar/soup-mixes.shtml

By: heather

heather — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:26:11 +0000

Maybe fill it with a non-sweet baked item like potato latkes? or does he like donuts? Make italian donuts (called Zeppeli I think they are spelled).They are not sweet, just have powdered sugar on them if you want to add it at all. If I think of anything else I will reply again.

By: alice

alice — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:57:40 +0000

hello

ive got a very large glass jar that i would love to fill with something as a present for christmas ( trying to make all my presents this year to save!) but my problem is that its for a 30 year old man who doesnt like sweets. i would love any ideas!

thanks

By: Kim

Kim — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:15:41 +0000

I like using the classico jars for pudding shakers.

By: Yvonne

Yvonne — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 07:51:11 +0000

Baking soda can work on some odors. I am currently soaking the lid to an apple juice bottle in some baking soda as we speak. Hoping it works. I want the bottle for a water bottle. I have to drink water out of something with a lid or my cat helps himself. I think there was another household solution to getting out the smells, but it hasn’t come to me. I was searching for it when I came across this. Good luck with the pickle smell. It is very resilient. I know I have gotten some to be practically scentless, yet that garlic dill smell sure does linger.

By: Dee

Dee — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:05:28 +0000

Both my daughters have jars with the sand and shells we found at the beach.

My sister (when she was younger) did something with a jar that used masking (paper like) tape torn into small pieces. She pasted a picture on the outside of the jar and then used shoe polish to color the pieces of tape (she used brown) and then covered the whole jar with the tape. It made it look vintage like. My mom still has it and looks good even after 25 years.

By: Heather B.

Heather B. — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:13:43 +0000

I attend Humboldt State University and many students use their glass jars for transporting water, tea, coffees, smoothies, etc. I have also seen a few students use them for their lunch, like they would a plastic tupperware container. Now what’s really awesome is some clever students even have knit covers for theirs so they won’t have to worry about them breaking! It’s all about making the world a better place and you can see all that firsthand here at HSU. :)

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 26 May 2009 18:40:36 +0000

Hi!

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Thu, 21 May 2009 22:11:59 +0000

I love the recycling of the jars. Does anyone have suggestions as to how to get the odor out of the lids? Especially lids from pickle jars – even the dishwasher does not eliminate it.

Thanks.

By: Christine

Christine — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 07:34:02 +0000

Put potpourri inside, and cut out a small piece of fabric (great for old favorite shirts you hate to just toss) ontop for a lid, and wrap it with a tight rubberband or ribbon. These are great gifts for most anyone who loves scented decorations.

By: April

April — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:10:23 +0000

These tips are for multiple sizes of glass jars with lids. Baby food on up to large.

You could use them for terrariums, fish bowl, children’s small toy pieces, cotton balls, Q-tips, store little leftover pieces of bar soap until you melt it together to make a new bar, leftover pieces of candles to melt and just pour back in and add a new wick.

As for the piggy bank, you could paint it, turn it on it’s side and add legs and a snout, etc.
You can always poke holes in the top and catch fireflies.

Decorate or paint lid, give as gifts filled with pre-made baking or soup mixes.

Dog treats that come in those resealable bags that don’t actually reseal, you can out in them. You could even decorate or paint it with the dogs name, bone shapes, the word treats.

Decorate for holidays, fill with jelly beans, candy corns, peppermints, decorate lid and set out. Or the guess how many game and win the jar of candy at a party.

To store Chuck E Cheese tickets if saving up for something big. Or leftover tokens. (small baby food good for this)

I filled some with colored noodles, different colored layered beans and put them on top of my kitchen cabinets as decoration.

Marbles, dice, game pieces- spices/herbs, homemade hot chocolate mix. The list goes on and on!!!!!

By: 'Becca

'Becca — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:59:30 +0000

Great ideas! I’m going to link this article to mine linked behind my name, where I rave about how wonderful glass jars are for storing leftovers, and also give some ideas for re-using other things.

Tiph wrote: “Also, you can use glass jars as drinking glasses… they make a great alternative to plastic cups which leach things into your water. (an good idea for adults, obviously!)”
Actually, I grew up drinking from glass jars, and although I was a clumsy kid I didn’t break them all that often–they’re pretty thick–and when I did, it was a good lesson in why to be careful, which helped me learn to avoid spilling drinks. My son has been drinking from glass since he was under a year old; he’s more graceful than I am and has NEVER broken a glass or dish by accident, only the 2 times he got mad and threw one!