Ideas on how to reuse "Puff" Containers

Can you paint them or coat them in plain white, and then have Noah decorate them? They'd make great vases for flowers for Katie. Perfect Mothers Day gifts!! If he's not ready to do this yet, he may be when he gets a bit older.

You could use them yourself, for little tiny pieces in your workshop (nails, screws, etc.)

Punch holes in the top, and fill them with coloured sand or glitter, and have Noah shake them onto a piece of paper covered in glue. Great craft activity.

Storage for pencils or small paint brushes.

Can you tell I'm the daughter of a pre-school teacher? LOL

I like the paint brush idea! And the decorating / glitter-glue ideas.

As for garage...i have SOOOO many containers saved for just that purpose already. lol I'm a big fan of recycling and beyond that reusing things.

I know what you mean!! When Mom ran the nursery school she saved all of our boxes and stuff, and recycled them into craft supplies!!!

Here's another idea. Fill the cans full of different objects (marbles, beans, sand, tiny screws, peas, rice, whatever) seal them up with duct tape, and let Noah use them as various noisemakers. :) Different fillings will create different sounds.

Put them in the trash can?

hahahahahahaha just a jokin. I like the bowling pin idea.

Recycling bin at the least!

Maybe a toy bowling game for Noah? If you have enough of them, that is. :)

i actually mentioned that one above lol, Which is the idea i'm going with as of now, it will be so much fun if we ever do it

I saw that after I commented. :) Great minds, I guess! When my girls were little, I was always trying to come up with inexpensive ways to keep them occupied. Especially if it kept them fro watching too much TV.

I hear ya! Although i did show Noah "Yo Gabba Gabba" tonight. He wasn't all too interested though. But i could watch that show with him! its so creative...not to mention a ton of the bands i like have been guest stars. Its sort of the indie rock kids show lol. And it focuses on good lessons, not just random pretty colors like some of those kids shows.

I found this on Pinterest using coffee creamer containers. They are about the same size.
http://whynotdoityourself.tumblr.com/
You will have to scroll down the page a bit to get to them.

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If they are stackable, you can just use them as blocks. Kids like to build up and kick or hit the blocks down.
It you are artistic enough, you can use them with his train set as buildings or make a whole city.

Put rice in them and let Noah use them as musical toys. That's about the only idea I can come up with, other than for storage of little pieces of things or whatever.

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Use to store nails, screws, or small objects. Use them to store sugar or other ingredients you use alot to be able to open and pour. Like if you buy coffee in bulk, place in your smaller container.

Maybe you can use it as a storage for plastic grocery bags. Depending on the container, I usually reuse mine as a snack container.

Oh we used these ALL the time. In fact, I think I still have a bunch. Let's see......which ones do I still use....
* Bath toy. Not only will your kids love playing with them, but you can use it as a bucket for wetting/rinsing their hair.
* Basement hardware container. I use a TON of jars/bottles from when the kids were infants for things like nuts, screws, nails, heck I just used one this past weekend to hold my wirenuts while I was wiring up the new garbage disposal.
* I also use these types of containers for my knitting/sewing/crafting/beading supplies.
* Kitchen garbage bag dispenser. When my rolls of kitchen bags get smaller, they fall out of the box. I use these containers to store the kitchen bag roll. Leave the top off and put the end of the roll just off the top, and you can pull the trash bags out without a problem.
* Cable dividers/separators. Wrap up and organize your cables for your electronics/powered things with these. You can write on the tube and put all your ethernet cables in one tube, power cords in another, etc. Store them on a shelf for easy access. You can glue them together too. If you don't have many cables, you can use toilet paper tubes or paper towel tubes too. These bigger sizes are good for me because I have so many cables.
* preschool crafting projects. Kids love to build/make things. Things like these are fantastic for small kids - they've already been tested for things like chewing, when they get too gross or ruined you just throw them out without any guilt or wasting any money.
There are plenty more - I just can't think of any more right now.

Containers for nuts, bolts, nail, that sort of thing.

Piggy bank was the first thing that came to my mind. Loom on Pintrest

Are they recyclable? There are only so many bowling games one can use, though you seem to have lots of good suggestions.

they are, and thats where a few have gone already lol

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