Baby food jars are great for storing small nails, screws and other items so that they are easy to see. You can put the jars in a old spice race to keep them together. You can also attach the metal lids to the underside of a shelf, the jars can then hang from the shelf and be seen easily.
I used to do this with the old all-metal lids. The new ones, with the finely-threaded soft cap lining, are hard for me to screw on securely, and I worry that they will come loose when I turn my back on them - especially if I put screws inside and secure the lids to the underside of a shelf, putting all that weight on those soft threads. Does it still work with the modern jars?
My daughter-in-law gave us homemade cocoa mix in those jars; they do work fine for that purpose. And I'll bet those Christmas trees are pretty! :)
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04/13/2005
We took the jars and made Christmas trees with them and put lights inside. Make with colored or white lights. Gave them as gifts and people loved them.