Re-Purposed Baby Food Jars

I’ve discovered many uses for the new plastic baby food containers with resealable lids — I never throw them away!

1. Great for holding ranch dressing in my husband’s lunch. Makes veggies more appealing for my picky non-vegetable eating husband.
2. I keep some in my sewing box to hold pins, buttons, and other small things.
3. Good for freezing small amounts of wine for sauces or other purees for cooking. They aren’t great for long term freezing, so I place the containers in a freezer bag.
4. They’re great for making larger ice cubes or frozen fruit juice for my 2 year-old.
5. Fantastic for holding hair ties.
6. Great for Cheerios in the diaper bag and trail mix for me (holds perfect amount for snack size, and prevents over indulging).
7. Of course good for toddler portioned left overs.
8. Poke holes in the lid, add a little grass and they keep a lady-bug or a roly-poly bug happy for a little bit (until mom releases them into the wild when her 2 year-old moves on to something else).
9. Fantastic for saving seeds in for replanting (with wet paper towel).

When I first discovered them I had no idea how many uses I would find. I now make my own baby food, so to re-use the containers makes me feel better when I do have to buy them. They’re also made of recyclable material so when they have seen their last days in our home, they will be used to make something else!

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