What to make from baby food cans - 15 ideas

Perhaps, in every house where there are small children, many jars of mashed potatoes are collected. You can safely send them to storage, discard, hand out, but it is better to make something useful out of baby food cans. We present to your attention a selection of the most interesting ideas.

We use on the farm

It is not worth littering the space in the house when there are empty cans from under baby food at hand. Use them to store small items.

• • Storage of various trifles. It is convenient to store small objects in glass jars: beads, beads, buttons, cogs, nails, bolts. Through the transparent wall you can clearly see what lies inside. For convenient use, you can make holes in the lids and fasten them to a small board with screws. Jars with small things are screwed to the lids and can be hung up as you like.

• • Spice containers. Fans of spices and various loose additives will certainly appreciate the idea of ​​using jars from baby food. In the lids very easy to make holes for any spice. Containers with the same decor look stylish: you can stick a label, fabric, paper, beads, sparkles, twine on the lid and glass. And there is another option to decorate jars with acrylic or to make masterpieces from them using polymer clay.

• • Needle box. Making it is quite simple: you need to cut a piece of foam rubber to fit the size of the lid, cover it with a beautiful cloth and stick it to the top. The jar itself can be decorated with decorative elements: lace, ribbons, beads, rhinestones. Inside, it is convenient to store threads, buttons, a thimble, and on top - needles and pins.

To quickly get clean jars without labels, you can use a hairdryer and a sponge with vegetable oil. First, the area with the sticker warms up, and it easily falls behind. Then the remaining glue, if any, is wiped with oil with one motion of the hand.

4 ideas for playing with children

No matter how parents would like to surprise their children with a new-fangled expensive toy, often kids give preference to simple household items - cups, spoons, pans. Do not hesitate, a toy from a can of baby food will certainly interest your little one.

• • Jars with sound. The game is suitable for children under 2 years old. Banks need to be completely painted over and filled in with various objects. For example, put sand in a yellow jar, small pebbles in the gray, voiced coins in the red, a plastic toy in the orange, buckwheat in the green, etc. First, the child will turn his head, determining where the sound comes from, and then guess what is inside. When he becomes older, with the help of such a toy it will be possible to learn colors.
  • Sensory toys. The development of the child occurs also through touch. Touching with your fingertips various objects to the touch, the baby knows the world around him. Sensory toys stimulate the brain areas responsible for speech and thinking. Making them out of jars is easy. Fill them with cotton wool, cereals, sand, flour, salt, coins and let the baby study. Of course, under supervision.

• Sorter. Many babies like to insert one item into another. Make a slot in the lid of the jar under the beans, put a plate with beans next to it, and your child will occupy himself for a long time.
• Lovely animals. And you can make a series of fabulous toys out of baby food cans. Ears of colored paper should be attached to the lid, paws and tail (hare, bear, fox, wolf) on the sides and bottom, and a face should be painted on glass.The eyes from beads or coffee beans will look original.

We use for decor

The undoubted advantage of jars from baby food is the same shape and size. From them you can make a set of original home decorations.

• Candles

Jars are very easy to turn into decorative candles. In the lid you need to put a thick thread and pour it with melted wax. Inside, you can put sparkles, shells or drip a pattern of colored paraffin. The very same jar will find application in the role of a candlestick. Tape it with a pattern, and the light from the flame will sparkle with mystery.

• New Year's toys.

A round lid from a can of baby food is an excellent basis for a Christmas toy. Make a hole for the thread in it and color.

• Snow souvenir.

A jar cleaned from a sticker needs to be filled with various small objects: plastic snowflakes, pebbles, shells. So that they do not move, you should use super glue. And you can leave the filler mobile - as you wish. At the second stage, sparkles, glitter or cut rain are poured into the jar, and it is filled to the top with water. It remains to decorate the lid, and possibly the jar itself. A fabulous winter souvenir is ready! And in a similar way, you can make an aquarium for a toy fish.

• Holders for decor for the holidays.

From cans, stable original coasters are obtained, which will decorate any holiday table. You need to make holes in the lids, fill them with sparkles and put the chosen decor: numbers on sticks, initials, funny pompons, flowers.

Interesting dishes in jars

And why not use baby food banks for their intended purpose? Try to roll food in them.

• Jam.

Harvesting in small jars of baby food is a great idea for those who eat a little jam. For many in large banks, it hangs for a long time in the refrigerator and sour.

The undoubted plus is that you do not need to roll up such containers with the machine. With a tightly screwed cover, they are tight. The only thing is that you need to sterilize the jars and pour the jam hot.

Not all cans of baby food are suitable for seals, but only those with tightly screwed lids. Most of the reviews praise jars of the Grandmother’s basket. But “Agusha”, “FrutoNanny”, “Gerber” can sometimes let in air.

• Winter blanks for children.

The presence of a large number of empty cans of baby food is a great reason to start making mashed potatoes yourself. Homemade blanks are no worse than purchased ones. Choosing vegetables and fruits for mashed potatoes on their own, mothers may not worry about their quality.

• Sorbet.

In small jars it is convenient to freeze and serve berry dessert to the table. Any seasonal berries and fruits are suitable. In a 500 gram recipe, 30-50 grams of sugar and 50-150 ml of water are taken. Further, the mass is boiled or whipped in a blender, poured into containers and after cooling is placed in the freezer. It is stored up to 6 months.

• The original presentation of sweets for the children's table.

Instead of a classic cake, children can be served with puff desserts, arranged in 3-4 tiers. Layers of ice cream, chocolate, cherry syrup with sprigs of mint look beautiful. Most importantly, there is such a treat very convenient, you do not need to cut anything.

Baby food cans can and should be used to good effect. At a minimum, it’s convenient to store different trifles in them: seeds, coins, beads, spices. And you can turn them into a stand with a beautiful herbarium, plant cacti and do a lot more. Show your imagination or use the suggested ideas!