17 ingenious ideas for using empty food containers

If you have never cooked lemonade in a jar with the remnants of honey, you do not know life: D

1. Ideal salad dressing from the remains of mustard.

On the walls of the jar there was almost no mustard left? Do not rush to throw it away. Add in a tablespoon of vinegar, salt and pepper to taste, spices, garlic, shallots. Close the container and shake it well. Open and add 3 tbsp. l. olive oil. Close and shake again. Try and add seasoning if necessary. Done! The jar is full again. And not anything, but a delicious dressing for a salad.

2. A cup of yogurt instead of a dummy.

By the way, it's very convenient. How much yogurt was inside, you remember. The exact container capacity is indicated from the outside. And what else is needed?

3. In a jar with honey leftovers, you can make lemonade

Fill in a container of freshly squeezed lemon juice. Tear the jar well so that all the remaining honey is removed from the walls. Dilute with water to taste, add mint and decorate with a lemon slice. It turns out a delicious drink with an original serve.

4. Or make a sweet syrup.

If you do not like lemonade, you can make a syrup from the remnants of honey. Just add a small amount of water to the jar and shake it.

5. A half-liter bottle from the cola is used as a measure for spaghetti.

Take a bunch of spaghetti the size of a bottle neck - this is one full-fledged portion.

6. From an empty bottle of whiskey will get the most stylish dispenser for soap.

To do it, you need to pour the liquid soap into the bottle, and put the lid on the neck with the dispenser.

7. Jars of baby food = jars for spices.

Mom's always have a lot of them, and most jars are the same, so why not make an exclusive set of spice containers from them? To do this, you just need to rub the cover a bit, and then paint with a slate. When the coating dries, it is possible to sign the contents of the jars on a perfectly flat black surface.

8. A jar of peanut butter can be turned into a vase, a repository for sweets or small toys.

9. A beautiful bottle of liqueur or any other alcoholic beverage can be washed and used as a container for drinking water.

10. Empty milk bags are the ideal building material for bird feeders.

The simplest way is to cut out a hole in the sidewall, the "entrance", and from above in the bag, make two holes in order to fix the rope through them. If desired, of course, you can make a more complex design - with several entrances, outbuildings and other amenities.

11. If you cut a plastic canister, you will get a scoop.

Cut out the part with the handle and the scoop immediately you can start using.

12. It is not necessary to buy kitchen clothespins if there are old plastic bottles at home.

Cut the neck, thread the bag through it. Fold the edges of the bag onto the plastic and screw the lid. Brilliant, is not it?

13. You can make a compact watering can from a used plastic bottle.

Do a few small holes in the bottom - the ideal watering can for the garden is ready.

14. Glass bottles from under the cola can be turned into an original table set.

This will require a few plugs and lids with watering cans. Stickers from bottles can not even be removed. Cola in the glass is already considered a rarity, a few more years will pass, and you will be able to sell your set for a space amount;)

15. An empty tin is convenient to cut out the dough.

Ideally, the bank is coping with the task from the tomato paste. Its diameter makes it possible to measure and cut out ideal portions.

16. Tins generally very practical.

Color them with a multicolored or shiny paint and you will get beautiful vases that fit into any interior.

17. Do not throw out the tin lids.

Fill them with wax (to get it, pre-melt the finished candle), insert the wick, and you will get candles that look very much like those that are called floating and are sold in most supermarkets.