Repurpose Household Jars, Containers, & Baby Food Jars: Make Your Own Spice Rack
Monday, January 04, 2010 Posted by Jolly Mom
At the start of every new year, I like to get rid of things around the house and get organized. I start in the kitchen. Specifically the pantry. I'm always amazed by how much expired food I find in there--especially spices! Last year, I came up with a really cool way to store my spices using baby food jars, a baby food carousel, and labels. I blogged about it then, but I thought it was time to bring it back for those of you looking for new and easy ways to get organized in the new year.
All you need are baby food jars that have been thoroughly cleaned and food labels removed. Once they are clean and ready to be filled, you will need to figure out a way to label the spices contained within each jar. I used spice labels from Mabels Labels, but you could even print your own using a simple word processing program.
If you have kids, you may already have a baby food carousel, like this one or any other you have or can find. They are very affordable {the one at Babies R Us is $7.99} and work perfectly for this project! Here is how mine turned out:
It totally organized my spice cabinet! Now, I can easily get to all of my spices and can actually see everything. Plus, it looks cute too!
All you need are baby food jars that have been thoroughly cleaned and food labels removed. Once they are clean and ready to be filled, you will need to figure out a way to label the spices contained within each jar. I used spice labels from Mabels Labels, but you could even print your own using a simple word processing program.
If you have kids, you may already have a baby food carousel, like this one or any other you have or can find. They are very affordable {the one at Babies R Us is $7.99} and work perfectly for this project! Here is how mine turned out:
It totally organized my spice cabinet! Now, I can easily get to all of my spices and can actually see everything. Plus, it looks cute too!
January 4, 2010 12:40 AM
I love it!!!
January 4, 2010 10:01 AM
We use Graham's old baby food jars for Matthews tool bench! He stores all his nuts, bolts, and small items on a shelf.
I also use them for my homemade sugar scrubs!
January 4, 2010 2:00 PM
I love it! I use baby food jars to make candles! And to store buttons in!
January 4, 2010 3:29 PM
I love this idea. I want to make one too. Although...I would need more spices and herbs! I have a few basics...but nothing like what you have!
January 4, 2010 9:08 PM
i love this ieda! and my goodness it looks so profestional like a off the shelf ready purchase honestly when i clicked on the link after seeing it in the newsletter I was thinking wow i'll be putting my entry in for this when it becomes a giveaway thinking it was a product review! I'm a granny with no use or need for baby food but i will make this soon I just love it! great job you did. you could easily make those as gifts in your own family and they would be thrilled to get them. thanks for the share.
January 4, 2010 9:49 PM
This is so perfect! You should link this to the Coupon Teacher's Thrifty Thursday blog carnival. I also remember reading on Twitter someone looking for a way to organize their spices. Check out #pantry. You are so creative. Thanks for sharing.
January 4, 2010 11:47 PM
SO cute! I absolutely love it. :-) And my shelves could definitely use some organization...
I added this to my Creative Moms Blog Hop here:
http://kindredspiritmommy.com/photography-tips-creative-moms-blog-hop/
January 5, 2010 12:00 AM
I HAVE to do this...everytime I open up my spice cupboard it all topples onto me. Even though we do recycle EVERYTHING I feel funny about throwing out all of those old containers. THIS looks great! Be cute to have kids trace and stick pretty contact paper on the tops of jars. A spinner too....Yay...I am loving this idea. Have to find someone with a tiny one to get jars. My kids are tweens, teens, and twenties!!
ejrichter60 at gmail dot com
January 5, 2010 8:27 AM
SO cute and GREEN!!!! sharing on FB!
Angie
one4earth
January 5, 2010 1:31 PM
I have 32 spice various sizes and shapes of herb and spice bottles (I just went and counted them) taking up an entire bottom shelf of a large upper kitchen cabinet. This would be so much nicer and I could gain back some cabinet space in the process. Thanks I never knew about this carousel.
January 5, 2010 2:04 PM
I should of kept my son's baby food jars for this. I'm an art teacher, so I kept them to hold paint.
They work GREAT for my Color and Design Theory class! I didn't have a lot of jars because I made a lot of my own baby food.
January 5, 2010 10:00 PM
That's a great idea, and you are right, it does look cute.
I really like Felicia's idea, too!
Too bad, I don't have anymore baby food jars... :-)
January 6, 2010 12:00 AM
Way cute!! Great idea! You're so crafty! Speaking of crafty, where's that embroidery post? =)
January 6, 2010 12:33 PM
Love it! I knew all these cute little baby food jars had good uses ;-)
January 12, 2010 1:11 PM
What a great idea! I love being able to re-use things instead of buying new. Great for the environment and great for the wallet too!!
January 12, 2010 3:34 PM
Cute idea!
January 14, 2010 6:21 PM
wow! That looks really nice! Very organized and i love it!!
January 20, 2010 11:09 AM
These look great. I love having a large collection of ORGANIZED spices on hand!
April 29, 2010 11:18 PM
How adorable! What a great idea and I bet they stay so fresh! I think I have to try this.
Robyn
Mom All Day
http://momallday.blogspot.com/
September 16, 2010 9:43 PM
great idea to recycle and save money
January 25, 2011 9:23 AM
What a great idea! I love this. These would be great gifts to give.