Five cash-saving ideas for upcycling your glass jars, pots and bottles
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IF you have a glut of glass jars, pots and bottles, here are some smashing ideas.
They can be used to organise your bits and bobs or create eye-catching items for your home.
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Jars could also be the starting point for summer crafts, and a way of creating low-cost presents others will love.
PUT A LID ON IT: If you have a stack of glass dessert pots, turn them into see-through, stackable storage.
Did you know the lids from Pringles are the perfect size to fit the tops of Gu desserts?
You can also buy sealed bamboo lids, from £4.99, pudding potlids.com, to transform the glass dessert pots into smart storage.
CREATIVE WITH COLOUR: You can get a pack of eight glass paints from The Range, £2.99, and use them to transform glass jars and pots.
It is the perfect activity to keep the kids busy during the summer holidays.
They can create pretty vases and colourful pen pots from jam jars or tea light holders from glass pots. These could even be gifts for friends and family.
BRIGHT IDEA: You can even use them to create your own candles, with soy candle making kits from Amazon for less than £10. Find other brilliant ideas at gudesserts.com where there is a whole page dedicated to the 'ramekin reuse revolution'.
BOTTLE THE MAGIC: You may have seen mini lights that turn an empty bottle into an indoor lamp. Hobbycraft have bottle lights from £3.50, so you can turn an empty bottle into twinkly indoor or outdoor lantern.
You can use any bottle, but the pretty blue glass of the Baron Amarillo Rias Baixas Albarino wine, £8.99 from Aldi, will look amazing. And you get to enjoy a tipple too!
Home whizz praised for the genius way she upcycles her old coffee jars, and it's SO easy
MATCH OF THE DAY: Group matching pots together for the smartest storage.
Pretty jars are perfect in the bathroom to store cotton wool balls and hair bands.
Use ones with matching lids to store seeds and spices in the kitchen for perfectly organised pantry-style storage.
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