You love to buy spices. Maybe you love cooking. You use them all the time. Whatever the case, while you might love buying spices, there’s one part that you don’t love: being left with a ton of spice bottles. If you’ve always stocked up on spices quite a lot that you often end up with a ton of bottles that you think you have little to zero use for, think again. Here are unique ways for you to reuse those bottles.
Fill Up with Loose Change
One way for you to reuse your spice bottle is to fill it up with loose change. Put one in the car, for instance. That’s one way to rack up a lot of loose change and fill up those spice bottles quickly. That said, if you’re always looking through your bag or pockets for loose change whenever you have to pay at the gas station or whenever you’re at a toll gate, then this spice bottle will come in handy for you.
Custom Spice Mixes
Another way that you could use spice bottles is to fill them up with custom spice mixes. Meaning, if you love mixing up cinnamon with something else, then you now have containers to put those custom mixes in. If you love coming up with different combinations, if you’ve always been fond of mixing spices together to create new tastes and textures, then put those old bottles to good use. You don’t need to throw them out once those spices run out.
Handy Containers
Some markets sell spices in plastic packs. You might want to go that route when you replenish your supplies. That way, you can still use the old bottles when you transfer those spices from the plastic packs. That’s also a much better way to organize your stock of spices. Instead of leaving them in plastic packs that might not be as airtight, you can put them into bottles that will help keep them fresh much, much longer. Some people think that one container is just the same as any other. But that’s not true with spices. You need airtight containers to keep your supplies fresh. Otherwise, the herbs will start getting stale way before it’s the expiry date.
Cinnamon Sugar Shaker
Who doesn’t love toast or pancakes in the morning? If these are your breakfast staples, then you’ll love a cinnamon sugar shaker. You can use an old spice bottle for that, too. Clean up the bottle and make sure the inside is dry before you put anything inside. Then, fill it up with sugar and cinnamon. That’s it. You know have your own shaker of this dessert favorite. If you have a sweet tooth and you often want to put cinnamon and sugar on nearly everything on your plate, then this homemade shaker will make it so much easier for you.
Q-Tip Dispenser
These bottles are also perfect as q-tip dispensers. If you often buy these in plastic packs, then you can use spice bottles as a handy way to keep them all together. The bottles are more aesthetically pleasing as well.
