1.There is an easy way to remove the labels from empty plastic containers, such as those that hold yogurt, sour cream, or buttery spreads. All you need to do is saturate a rag with nail polish remover {acetone}, wrap it around the container, and let it sit for a few minutes to soak. After soaking, wipe off all the graphics and you’re left with a clean white container to use as you see fit. Awesome!
2. Over at One Good Thing by Jillee, she uses these clean white yogurt and/or sour cream containers to hold homemade frozen yogurt that she passes on to her friends and neighbors. You could fill them with a variety of treats to give away or to store for later.
3. An empty gallon-sized juice container is perfect to hold homemade laundry detergent.
4. Use an empty prescription pill bottle to hold a travel-sized amount of shampoo, conditioner, and/or lotion when you are traveling.
5. This is genius! Put a couple dozen bobby pins in an empty pill bottle, and stash it in your purse for those away-from-home bobby pin emergencies that occur all too frequently. You or a friend will happy you have them!
6. Do you enjoy knitting or crocheting? You’ll love this idea: wrap your skein of yarn around an empty pill bottle. It will form a center-pull ball of yarn, without having to purchase an expensive ball winder.
7. Here’s a trick to help you remove your nail polish like a pro:stuff a couple of cotton balls into an empty pill bottle, then pour in enough nail polish remover to saturate the cotton balls. All you need to do then is dip one finger in the bottle at a time, soak for a minute and then twist to remove the old polish.
8. Decorate and use empty baby wipe containers to hold kids’ craft supplies. They are easy for little hands to get into, and will keep everything organized.
9. An empty baby wipe containers is also a great place to stuff, organize and store your empty plastic grocery bags.
10. Use an empty baby wipes container to make a genius traveling Lego box. This will keep the kids busy on long car rides!
11. The baking soda box isn’t all that great for storing and keeping your baking soda dry, so just use an empty mason jar. You can even punch a few holes in the lid to make a jar that will allow you to sprinkle it on things you are cleaning.
12. Pringles canisters and Crystal Light tubs make cute dispensers for storing straws and cupcake liners.
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