21 Uses For Mason Jars
1. Dry Ingredients – store noodles, dry beans, cereal, flour, sugar, etc.
2. Canning – in a given season, we can beans, tomatoes, pizza sauce, spaghetti sauce, salsa, and jam
3. Homemade (almost) ANYTHING: sauces, dressings, syrup, honey, pickles
4. Leftovers – do you get sick of eating melted plastic? Heat up your food in this jar!
5. Grow seeds
6. Vase – looking for a country look?
7. Drinking Glass
8. Homemade pancake mix – just shake it up to “stir”
9. Gifts In A Jar – ever seen those beautiful layered soups or cookie ingredients in a jar? Try your own!
10. Light – you can buy attachments for a mason jar
11. Bathroom supplies – store your cotton make-up removers in a jar or even your toothbrushes
12. Coin jar
13. Homemade hot fudge sauce
14. Hair accessories – bobby pins, twisties, hair bands, etc.
15. Q-tips
16. Pencil holder
17. Dried spices – whether bought or grown and dried in your garden
18. Scrubbers – don’t want wet scrubbers lying underneath your sink? Contain the water!
19. Candy – it will soon look like a candy store!
20. Paint – don’t want to save a large paint can? Keep the extra paint and know what color it is!
21. Craft supplies – buttons, markers, ribbon, embellishments, etc.
I hope these practical ideas have you thinking about how you can use a mason jar in your own home!
What are your favorite uses for a mason jar?
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Really enjoy reading your blog. You includes so much info. Thanks! Sending sunshine and smiles your way. Gentle hugs(I have fibromyalgia). Arliss's Mom Kathryn
I love mason jars and have so many in different sizes, the small ones are awesome for storing paperclips or rubber bands, the normal size I use for vases and pen jars like you. So many handy uses…thanks for the other ideas, I never though about using them for extra paint. I have so many cans with just a little bit left over, this would be perfect.
Samantha
I like the idea of storing paperclips and rubber bands in the smaller ones! GREAT idea Samantha! Mason jars sure are a handy item to keep around the house – and different sizes! Thanks for sharing Samantha!
My mom recently told me that once I get moved I can have her mason jars…YIPPEE!! I will have space to keep them and want to use them for some food storage and gifts. I LOVE your ideas! I'm thinking Hot Fudge sauce for Christmas gifts in a basket… and Yes, I will e-mail you some details on my move and why…I'd love to share my story 🙂
That is a sweet item to inherit! Hot fudge sauce as a Christmas gift? LOVE IT! I also can't wait to hear more of your story Teresa! Thank you 🙂
May I add my favorite? I put sand into the bottom, about 1/4-1/3 of the jar, and press a votive candle into the sand. Beautiful, beachy look for the back porch table, especially five or six lined up down the center. (Another quick tip: If you use a small candle that isn't a votive, when the wax melts, it'll melt into the sand and not onto the glass!)
I LOVE this idea Mary! I bet that is gorgeous as you line them up on the table – what a great idea! And a great way to protect the jar by having the wax melt onto the sand. I am going to have to remember these ideas Mary – thanks for sharing!
I like pre-making my salad in mason jars and then taking it to work for lunch.
Latanya – I have seen that done and have always wondered how long they stay "good"? What a GREAT idea! Do you make them in advance for the week? Just wondering your thoughts :). Thanks!