Help!

Posted on October 22, 2009 by crazydaisy

baby-foodOkay, so this has absolutely nothing to do with scrapbooking. It might have to do with crafting, but that really depends on you.

My baby, Cooper, is eating baby food these days. I’ve been buying the organic baby food and on the label of every jar it says “Please recycle.” So, I feel super bad every time I toss one of these jars. I know, silly …  but I do!

So, is there some sort of fun craft I could do with these? I’ll be feeding him food from a jar for at least another four or five months, so it would be fun to come up with a creative way to reuse the jars. Maybe I could turn them into a gift of some sort or even a toy for Shelby (my five-year-old) or something I can use to entertain Coop.

Any ideas? If you can’t think of one, then ask a friend. Please leave a comment and help me! In fact, how about I offer up a prize. I’ll randomly select a winner from the comments and send them one of our cool new grab bags. So tell a friend. I’ll pick a winner Monday night (Oct. 26).


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14 Responses to Help!

  1. JJ says:
    October 22, 2009 at 8:49 pm

    I guess I didn’t run into that problem because I’ve been making my own (super easy, and sooooo inexpensive when you have a food processor).

    A friend gave me a bunch of the jars though – and I use them as spice jars. They seal so well that they keep all the moisture out of my spices. Love it.

  2. Tara says:
    October 23, 2009 at 6:33 am

    What I used to do (when I found a wee bit of time here and there) was just whip up my own applesauce or veggies and then freeze them in the jars I’d used. It seriously takes no time at all to do a pot of applesauce, carrots or sweet potatoes, puree them and then fill up the bottles.
    The bottles are also a really nice size for jams and jellies.
    If you find yourself overwhelmed with bottles at some point and can’t come up with enough fun things to do with them, take them to a local school. I know that our kindergarten classes are always looking for them for crafts. I’ve gotten a few for mother’s day done up with tissue paper as tea light holders.

  3. Marcy says:
    October 23, 2009 at 6:57 am

    My first thought was to use the jars for little tools for your husband: screws, nuts, etc. But thinking about it… What if you glued (or screwed) the lids permanently underneath a shelf and filled the jars with little scrapbook items: eyelets, beads, sequins, brads… It would be very colorful and a great use of unused space – just unscrew the jar from the lid and use the items.

  4. Trace Geworsky says:
    October 23, 2009 at 7:36 am

    Im always on the lookout for affordable crafts to make with my daycare kids, and you can use those jars to make fun little Halloween globes.
    You adhere a skeleton/witch/ghost/etc to the inside of the lid.
    Fill the jar with water, halloween confetti, and then seal the jar..Its something that kids could be entertained by for hours.

  5. Brianna T. says:
    October 23, 2009 at 8:23 am

    I saw this the other day online. A baby jar pincushion.

    http://www.craftpudding.com/2009/03/tutorial-baby-food-jar-pincushion.html

    Super Cute!

  6. crazydaisy says:
    October 23, 2009 at 11:52 am

    Tara, thanks for the comment and welcome to the Crazy Daisy blog. Tons of great ideas. My daughter Shelby is in kindergarten, so I’m going to ask her teacher if she’d like them! I know I’ll have plenty to go around!

  7. crazydaisy says:
    October 23, 2009 at 11:52 am

    Brianna! I love, love, love this idea. It’s beyond cute. Thank you so much for sharing.

  8. Debbie says:
    October 23, 2009 at 12:11 pm

    So I know this isn’t really a craft, but you could use them on a spice rack or something like it and hang it on the wall in your craft room and use it for great embellishment holders.

    Oooh, you could put really brightly colored to small for baby toys and use it as a way for baby to look at and shake and rattle all those fun brightly colored thingsd that are not supposed to be touched by little ones. (Just amke sure the jar is screwed on really tight.

    Or you could make a mobile! Adhere issue paper with mod podge to outside of jars and on the inside of the jars put those little battery operated tea lights, drill holes into the tops of the lids and string with wire and make a mobile that doubles as a very interesting night light! Ohhh I wish I had more of those jars now.

  9. crazydaisy says:
    October 23, 2009 at 12:18 pm

    Debbie, welcome to Crazy Daisy. Thank so much for the comment. I love the idea of making a brighly colored rattle with the jars. I’m putting that one my list of must do!

  10. crazydaisy says:
    October 23, 2009 at 12:24 pm

    Trace,
    My daughter loves snowglobes, she actually collects them. So this would be a great idea of a craft to do idea with her. We could do some as gifts for her friends.

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  12. Shanda says:
    October 25, 2009 at 2:34 pm

    When we were little my mom took my baby brothers old baby food jars. She bought a box of Crayola Crayons and melted at least 10 different colors. We picked the colors we wanted and she poured them in as layers making sure to include the wick before filling it up to the top. She decorated the lid with ribbon, fabric and lace. We had our own votive candles complete with cute lids when they weren’t in use. I bet you can add some scented oils in the wax to make them smell.

  13. Jackie L. says:
    October 25, 2009 at 7:46 pm

    My idea is the snow globes too ! We went away to a resort for March break one year , and the girls made these snow globes. Take the lid off and the kiddos can glue anything standing up on the inside part of the lid; trees, snowmen, skeletons, turkeys…..then fill the jar part with glitter or confetti and water. Glue around the rim, screw the lid on and voila ! Snowglobes ! I still have mine.

  14. Olivia says:
    October 26, 2009 at 1:20 pm

    Ok, so these aren’t my own ideas, but they have been super efficient! I got them from a sight called The Frugal Life – thefrugallife.com
    Most of the ideas mentioned above are listed, but there are a few that I especially like; such as making planters for flowers and herbs (this is great for me because we live in an apartment, and the winter months are coming); making potpourri jars to hide throughout the home (using potpourri oil and cotton balls with holes poked in the lid); and storing spools of thread (punch a small hole in the lid, put spool in jar, thread through hole in lid, and screw on tight). Another idea included making a birthday goodie jar for the kids to take home!
    I love that site – there is soo much to enjoy! I hope this helps!