Organize with Baby Food Jars
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My cupboards were absolutely overflowing with empty baby food jars, and I didn’t know what in the world I was going to do with them all. I love containers, and I couldn’t just throw away these perfect little jars! I also hate throwing things like this away because I feel like I should be recycling it instead. I wish we could recycle glass here in Utah - I feel so guilty every time I throw a jar away.
I tidied up my office supplies with my spice rack a few weeks ago and just last weekend decided to use my jars to organize a section of my craft room. I discovered that the Gerber 3rd foods jars fit perfectly in an 8 1/2 x 11 drawer organizer (top picture).
Previously that drawer pictured on the left was overflowing with little odds and ends, some in plastic bags, others scattered. I sorted everything and filled up my baby food jars with decorative rocks, word magnets, super glue, mini clothespins, jewelry making supplies, ribbons, walnut ink crystals, and art erasers. As you can see, the drawer is the perfect size to fit 11 of those larger baby food jars.
I did this same thing with a second drawer in a little chest that I use for my sewing things. This drawer now holds my mini anorak snap tools, elastic, mini spools of thread, sewing machine needles, presser feet, and repair tools.
Now that my craft room is a little more organized, let the creative juices flow!
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That’s exactly how I always feel about glass containers - whether they’re baby food jars or the beautiful glass bottles used for a lot of the lotions at Bath & Body Works. It used to be a matter of not wanting to “waste” anything or throw something away that was so pretty, but now it’s a matter of wanting to do my part to protect the earth by reusing and recycling.
Also, as someone who’s daughters are all long out of the baby food stage (they’re into McDonald’s and Arby’s now!), I can say there’s somehting special about using containers that I know once held my babies food!
I guess it’s a Mommy thing, but it’s pretty sweet. - Joi
Thats sweet too wanting to hold on to them
Great idea!
Its a shame that in our modern times we have gravitated towards almost plastic only containers at the cost expense of glass ones
Now we find out the health problems that may be occurring due to chemicals leaching out of ” inert ” plastic. On top of that plastics cause a tremendous amount of trash that never goes away.
I guess that the same waste problem should of occurred with glass containers - but it never did. I guess glass can be crushed but my suspicion is that the glass containers were used elsewhere . I never came across complaints of too much crushed glass.
Here in Canada people used glass mason jars to pickle cucumbers etc for pickles. The problem became that although the glass company made and sold the glass mason bottles , the company that sold the rubber sealing rings ended production and sales of this product necessary for their utilitarian use.
I use and Collect Baby food jars too! I love using them
I’m doing a project that requires small baby food jars (Glass) with lids.
Anyone interested, I’d be happy to pay shipping…needed 2.5 oz and the round one a size larger. I’d take approximately 20 - 30 - mostly smaller ones needed.
My kids are all grown up, but not married and with no grandkids I have no source yet…
Thanks,
Nancy