What do you use old sauce jars for?

LolaLemon

I decant a lot of my packet food into them like pasta, pasta shapes, half packets of mixes go in smaller jars, i cut out the label/instructions and stick it either inside the lid or on the jar so i know what to do when using again.
I also bought markers for glass from l*dl, now i can write the date they went in and know roughly how long to keep using/
Also use for gifts, bake bath salts paint the lid, tie on a little spoon and spong and makes a nice little gift.
Like others i store a load of odds and ends too, (and too much craft stuff!)

Gigervamp

If you're not saving them for anything in particular, why not just put them in the recycling?

DigForVictory

If you don't want them, please call a nearby primary school & ask. Odds on there will be a member of staff with you pronto!

It's still recycling, just more people get to have fun...

Ken68

Some great ideas here. I use mustard jars for replacement containers in a yogurt maker, and for dried herbs this coming summer.
I like the screw jar thingy.

GreyQueen

As someone with isshews about hoarding, and a particular love of glass jars, I have to be careful in this area.

I prefer jam jars over sauce jars for storage of herbs and similar kitchen bits and wash up the few sauce jars I use and get them out into the recycling on the same day.

I just recylced a jam-jar I was using as a pen jar, which wasn't idea as the eraser was in the bottom and hard to reach and the whole thing in danger of hitting the deck. Bought a 29p pencil case from the chazzer to do the same job and am much happier.

Such a relief not to be courting the risk of chasing glass shards over a chunk of my living room floor...............

Peanuts02

I use a Cranberry Jelly jar for my Fajita mix (screw top makes it air tight.) I have some really huge ones which I use for Lentils / pasta - tiny soup ones / Rice.
BUT I do have to be careful for hoarding but I gather them and go to the recycling center on a really duff day and aim them into the container (the one with holes to put things through - make sure no one is on the other side. Take out your annoyances
Oh remembered another use a jar for slips of papers for names that need work on for my Family History - pick one out and gives me a little project for an hour or two (don't tell hubby even 3 or 4 or 5 hours!)
Thanks for the tips everyone.

thriftymoo

I use them for storing just about everything. I've just sorted all my beads into different colours and put each into a jar, looks quite pretty as well as being useful! I used to keep my change for parking in a jam jar in the car too, it does rattle a bit tho!

Dick_here

Old sauce jars are a great place to store old sauces

Ken68

I put some mustard jars on Freecycle recently, snapped up by the scouts, beavers and rainbows. Had to ask what were the rainbows.lol

ralph_wilson

Put leftover wallpaper paste in one (plus a small brush) and keep it for touching up those wallpaper corners that always peel away after a few months.