Top Five Ways to Recycle Glass Jars and Bottles

Glass bottles:

Glass bottles of different shapes and sizes are part of our daily bought items in regular household why not transform these into wonderful decoration pieces to lighten up a room? How? It’s simple:

   Painted:

• Take an empty glass bottle/jar, and squeaky clean it.
• Get some glass paints and lead tubes
• Take your favorite motif/design or anything that inspires you
• Start painting!
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 Sand layered:

• Take an empty glass bottle/jar, and squeaky clean it.
• Get some colored sand or mix regular sand with paint( though colored sand works best).
• Carefully pour sand of one color than another layer after layer in the bottle
• And you have a vibrant deco piece!

Embellishment:

• Take an empty glass bottle/jar, and squeaky clean it.
• Get some confetti, ribbons, jewels, glitter and super glue.
• Start sticking stuff everywhere or better still make borders around it.
• Get a picture of your mommy, daddy, sibling, kids, friends or even pets, stick it inside the border.
• You have a personalized jar! Can be used to store personal tidbits.

    Scented and stuffed:

• Take an empty glass bottle/jar, and squeaky clean it.
• Get some potpourri or dried leaves and flowers
• Get you favorite scented cologne or perfume.
• Spritz the scent on the dried leaves/flowers/potpourri.
• Stuff it in the jar/bottle.
• Leave it without a lid if you want a slight scent around the room.
• Best for coffee tables/side tables.

Candle holders:

• Take an empty glass bottle/jar, and squeaky clean it.
• Take some acrylic paints.
• Cut out a stencil from cardboard of any shape.
• Place the stencil on the jar and paint around it with you favorite color.
• Let it dry.
• Once dried, give it finishing touches with glitter or another coat of paint.
• Place a small sized candle inside it and light it up
• DO NOT close the lid.