Reuse Household Items for Storage and for Piggy Banks

Reuse Household Items for Storage and for Piggy Banks

Intro: Reuse baby wipes containers, plastic jars and glass jars for storage and your coins.

It is easy to find containers for saving money, holding hair accessories, school supplies and food items around your home. Some containers can be reused so that you can save money in more than one way and to practice green living.

Make Your Own Piggy Bank

Be encouraged to save both bills and coins because the quantity adds up over time. Dollar bills can be saved for bus fare, and quarters can be saved for laundry. Of course, the money saved in the containers can be deposited into a savings account, and that is additional savings.

The main thing with reusing jars or cans for piggy banks is to clean the container thoroughly and let it dry. Also be sure to use containers that coins or a folded dollar can fit in and also be removed safely. I use a variety of containers that consist of metal, glass or plastic. The containers are a variety of eight-ounce apple cider bottles and plastic jars with covers that can screw off.

• Plastic Piggy Banks: I like using the plastic Koolaid canisters, and I slit a hole in the cover for ease of adding the coins. Baby wipe containers with the pop-up lid can also be used as a piggy bank.
• Metal Piggy Banks: I also use metal containers like a Milo can that has a flat push-on metal cover. With a knife, carefully jot a hole that is big enough to fit a folded dollar at the original bottom of the can. This will now become the top of the can where the money can be pushed in. What was the top with the metal cover will be the bottom of the piggy bank where money can be taken out when needed.

Reusing Jars and Other Containers for Food Storage

Plastic and glass containers that can be reused to store dried foods like rice, macaroni, flour, cornmeal and so on. The same rule applies to wash the containers properly and ensure that they are properly dried before adding food items for storage.

Lisa Devoto in her article, "Reusing Used Household Items for Sustainable Living", shares that "Glass jars are perfect for storing soup, sauces, dry baking ingredients, candy, and dry pasta or rice." I use the Ovaltine plastic or glass bottles to store my dried food items. Glass jars are good for storing homemade preserves once the covers can be closed tightly. These jars, however, must also be thoroughly washed and dried before adding the preserves.

Reuse Baby Wipes Holders for Storage

I find large baby wipes containers that usually hold 64-72 wipes to be very useful. Parents can reuse by purchasing the refill packages. After your baby no longer needs baby wipes, the containers can be used for storing pencils, pens and hair accessories. This is another container that should be cleaned so that any residue from the wipes does not remain to damage the items to be stored.

I have also used wipes containers for holding other little miscellaneous items like batteries and cellular phone accessories. I also find them useful for storing costume jewelry, especially the heavy bracelets and long necklaces.

We have different containers in our homes that we can reuse such as glass jars, plastic food containers and baby wipes holders. Reusing items not only saves money, but it also helps for a greener lifestyle. You can save more by finding containers that you can use as piggy banks to save coins and dollar bills making recycling and reusing - a win-win situation.