Reusing Ceramic Soap Dispensers

By

thriftmeg

I'd seal the tops with a cork and hot glue and scatter them in my garden as ornaments. Or try drilling a hole in the bottom (after thoroughly cleaning and drying of course)add soil and say an ivy plant and put it outside as a mini planter.

By

Lily May

If you can clean it out good, you could hide your mouth wash in it.

By

Poor But Proud

You can often find other used ones and exchange the pumps. I sometimes find that dollar tree one's have the same type of pump, and even if it just sits over the hole without screwing down, it still works.

By

tahlula

I hot glued raffia that I tied around the top to cover the threaded part where you screw it on--and now I use it as a vase. You could also use ribbon. The mouth of the bottles are fairly standard sizes so you may want to get a bottle of hand soap from the dollar store and see if it fits.

By

Kaelle

You could make a air freshener reed diffuser out of it:

http://www.ehow.com/how_4535661_own-reed-diffuser.html

By

Polly G

I bought two ceramic elephants that had a cap in the middle of the back. I have no idea what was in them originally but I took a pump from an empty lotion bottle, cut the tube to fit in my elephant and set the pump cap on the threaded part. (pump does not have to screw on or fit tightly) They have been my kitchen handsoap dispensers for years.
Note: the tube should be cut on a slight slant to draw the soap.

My husband collects elephants and we have hundreds all over the house.

By

Beth

I found another pump that worked. I just bought a bottle of liquid soap and used the soap and pump, the plastic bottle went into the recycling.

By Edith (Guest Post)

How about a vase for one beautiful flower to go on your kitchen window sill, end table or wherever?