Crafty Uses For Plastic Baby Food Containers

By

hoovmoov

Here are some from a first-grade teacher.
For the Teacher: organizers for desk (paper clips, etc)

Music: have students experiment with sounds by putting various objects in to shake

Science: grow a seed in water and watch it sprout
make a miniature biome! they could make one for each biome and have a collection
poke some holes and have a bug catcher
put spices in and use for sniffing and identifying smells

Math: use for sorting, balance, use to teach all +-x and / with manipulatives

Social Studies: make a bulletin board with a classroom world map and showcase crafts from around the world inside while pinning the containers to the country on the map

Art: 3D Christmas tree ornaments
endless uses, especially for paints for groups to use

Misc: send one home with each child at the beginning of the school year and have them put something inside to tell about themselves to the rest of the class

By

rosefroggie

When I was doing my Early Childhood education degree I had to find projects for a class and we had to have like 50 projects. I came across a baby food jar project that you put water, some glitter, and a dollar store figure on the top of the jar. Then something else (to make the water stay clear). I don't recall that product but if you put those all together it makes it look like a home made snow globe. The thing is the children love to pick the figure's and the glitter. Make sure you help them with the glitter though, they tend to be a bit messy. Oh and use clothe or something on the button (which would be top< of the jar), Or Valvet would be the best, red, green, white, black, they tend to end up being Christmas presents.

By

crazyliblady

A number of thoughts come to mind.

1) jars for storing glue, paint, glitter, etc. that you might use for creating your crafts
2) jars for making up premade cocoa or tea mixes, etc. to give as gifts or sell
3) storing safety pins, beads, buttons, paper clips, tacks, etc.
4) jars for putting honey in to sell or give as gifts

By

tennesue

"Google" kids' crafts sites, or DIY kids' crafts. There must be something there. If not, if your church has a bazaar or Fall Festival or something, sell them by the "5"s or some # for people to buy to fill up themselves. Like the other poster, I'd love to find small matching storage containers. Good luck...everything I can think of costs too much or has too may steps that deal with glue.

By

leopardstripes

I make handmade jewelry, and boy, do I wish I'd kept more of those containers, from when my littlest was still a baby! They're great for storing special beads, and they stack really well- I store them in plastic shoeboxes, from the dollar store, sorted by color / type of bead / findings, etc. Don't know how well they'd work as the basis of a craft (though there are some really neat ideas here), but they're swell, for storing bits n' pieces for crafting other things! :o)