My Up-cycled Baby Food Jars

When it comes to crafting it helps when all your things are organised and easily accessible right? I've touched on how I've organised the colourful craft box for the girls and now I’d like to share with you my up-cycled jars I've recently re-purposed for storing all my buttons and beads so they can be seen and located easily. 

If you've read my post on my rings then you’ll know what a scatter brain I am at times or perhaps it’s down to baby brain? Whatever the reason my memory as to the location of things can be tested and I'm all for making life that little bit easier so we can get on with the good fun stuff i.e. crafting. One of the ways that we can make things easier on ourselves is by storing like with like and having see through storage.

Now I've made a conscious effort to keep the babies off shop bought meals and actively encouraged eating together. My hubby does the cooking in this house and no meal is complete without vegetables. This has easily led to our babies being able to join in meal times with only a handful of jars and pouches being invited to dinner.

We usually use jars in this house for the disposal of fat that comes from cooking up our own meals from raw ingredients. However, there are a million and one different uses for the jar such as drink vessels and for holding little tea light candles. I thought these baby food jars would be suitable for storing little craft items in and I’d have a little fun by adding plastic animal figurines to the top of the lids. 

To make this simple and easy craft you will need jars, paint, glue and plastic figures. Start by washing out the jars so they have no remnants of baby food left over, leave to dry and then add paint to the lids. There are a whole range of paints out there so pick the one that is suited to your needs. Once the paint has dried, pick up the plastic figure and apply some glue to the feet and set in place. Alternatively add fake grass to the lid before setting your figure to the lid. You could also paint the figure too if you wished.

Have you done any upcycling recently?