28 ways to reuse glass jars

Why buy a lolly jar when a recycled glass jar achieves the same result?

Use glass jars to store lollies for personal use or tie a ribbon around them and hand them out at as gifts at parties.

Use a glass jar to grow your own sprouts for eating.

To sprout your own seeds you need a wide mouth jar, mesh and seeds.

Popular sprouts include alfalfa and mung beans but you can also sprout vegies like lentils, peas and broccoli.

Larger glass jars work very well as vases.

Use them to create floral displays inside and outdoors and to share cuttings with family and friends.

It’s easy to find jam in flavours like strawberry, apricot and raspberry.

It can be harder to find selections like fig, date and passionfruit and when you do find them, they are often more expensive.

Making your own jam is cost-effective and easier than you might think.

Check out our recipe for passionfruit jam here.

Use glass jars to store and organise nuts in the pantry.

The tight seal will keep nuts fresher for longer.

Ceramic pie weights for blind baking pastry are easy to lose track of. Use glass jars for effective storage. Make sure you label the jar clearly so no one confuses them with edible objects.

A fan of mosaic displays?

Use glass jars to collect fragments of ceramic, coloured glass, stone and so on, until you have enough material for a display.

Use glass jars to keep spare screws, nuts and bolts all in the same place.

You can either store them all together in a “junk jar” or use several jars and organise by item, size and so on.

It’s really trendy to serve smoothies in glass jars but it can also be really practical.

Fancy a liquid delight for breakfast but need to be out the door ASAP?

Pour your delicious concoction into a glass jar, secure the lid and go.

Depending on the ingredients, you could even make your smoothie the night before, making your morning even easier.

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