Empty protein containers

Does anyone have a good use for empty protein containers. After washing them out I've transferred some of my leftover paint from projects and wrote the info about the paint on the outside with a permament marker.I've also started to use some of the smaller ones as canisters for things I buy in bulk.  I have started to accumulate quite a few of them and would like to use them instead of throwing them away.

Mary

hey mary sounds like you are using them well...have you tried calling the schools and see if they would like them for kids craft projects? or the church's see if they would like them?? good luck!!

hugs

I use them for flour and corn meal and things like that.  I've also used them for my kitten's food and my sister uses my empties for dry good canisters as well. 

I have though about calling my childrens kindergarten teacher to see if she would need them for anything. Hopefully she would remember me the kids are 16 and 12 now.
I have two that I use for the pancake mix that I buy in a huge bag at Costco. I just write the mixing ratios on the outside with permament marker so I can throw the big bag away. I buy the large bags of Splenda at Costco too and one day I didn't zip the top of the bag closed very well and lost a lot of my precious Splenda on the floor. From then on I put in in one the containers too. Splenda is too expensive to waste and I can't live without it!

Mary

Hello, Mary-

My husband, JB, and my two sons are very much into cars and all mechanical/electrical/electronics stuff and have millions of little pieces that they save and store. 

They use my big protein plastic "jars" & lids to store their parts in, labelled neatly.  The lids keep the dust and moisture from corroding or gumming up delicate moving parts and they are all the same size so the shelves in their barns & garages look nice and neat and they can find what they need immediately.

They have even created a "master list" and have numbered the cannisters with the contents so they can go directly to the correct cannister and save time.

Nancy B

They sound so organized. Do they pick their socks up off the floor too? LOL.
My daughter and I LOVE containers. Sounds weird but we hate to throw little boxes and any kind of plastic containers.

Mary

lol..to be honest, I dont know because I only wash what's in the laundry hamper...I guess they learn years ago, if the dirty socks arent IN the basket, they dont get washed.

We are very into recycling...long before the trend was here..because my husband is from Holland and Europe has been recycling far longer than us in North America.

ack..we have a freezing rain storm warning!

Nancy B

They are great for storage uses!!! Good idea with the paint!

Hey Mary,

Mine have my grandkids names on them with Disney Fund 2010 written on them so any money they find it goes in and it will be for them when we go to Disney next year.     Hey it was cheaper than buying them each piggy banks!   

Maybe I should make one with my name and Pittsburg funds!!

Melissa    

Melissa,
For Christmas I got my son one of those banks that counts the coins as you put them in. Thats our Disney Cruise Fund. We may be booking a Thanksgiving 2010 cruise. You should come along with us. We'd have a great time together and the girls would LOVE it. Disney World was almost as expensive as the Disney Cruise . At least twith the cruise you get your choice of good food that is WLF and its all included. Don't have to worry about fast foods and eating on the run.

Mary