4 Pasta Canisters from Recylcled Target Containers for $4

As I’ve mentioned in previous blog post, I’ve been attempting to reorganize the pantry. In addition to storage items that I already had, such as a few Ikea canisters and a collection of wicker baskets, I recently added the following to meet the storage needs in the pantry:  glass containers that I purchased at Hobby Lobby when glassware was half off in the weekly ad, a few recycled Target containers that I used for storing pasta and my DIY  Canisters From Rcycled Holiday Tins that I posted about a few weeks ago.

Today I want to share with you my pasta canisters from recycled Target containers.  Target has great plastic canisters in their Archer Farms grocery line.  Snack food such as popcorn, nuts and trail mix can usually be found in these containers.  The problem is that the popcorn is usually $5 each and the nuts and trail mix are $10 each.  Unless I have an actual need fro those items (which I rarely do), I’m not going to pay that much money for the plastic container when I can pay $3-4 a piece for glass canisters at Hobby Lobby or Ikea. 

Lucky for me Target happens to sell the same popcorn and nuts in their holiday section.  The only thing that makes these items “holiday”  is the festive label placed on them at Christmas time.  Other than that, they are the same items found in the grocery section.  However, that festive little label is also what makes them go half off the day after Christmas and 80% off three weeks after Christmas, which is exactly when I bought mine. 

I bought four containers of holiday popcorn on clearance for $1 each, and in addition to several evening snacks for the hubs, I walked out of the store with four perfectly good canisters for my pantry.J

Once the popcorn was finally consumed, I soaked the containers in water for several hours and took off the paper labels.  To get the remaining stickiness off of the containers, a little Goo Gone was all I needed.

So next year, when Christmas snacks go on clearance, ask yourself if you have any use for the container the snack is being stored in.  You might just find it worth your while.J

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Labeling Glass Canisters

          
          I’ve been working on organizing my pantry this week, and I’m in the process of making new canisters.  Before I post the new ones, I decided to write a post on the labels I put on the old ones.  This was a really simple idea that helped the canisters pop a little.

            I got these glass canisters at Ikea when I got my first apartment years ago. I didn’t do a lot of baking when I was single.  No need to make a pan of brownies for myself, right? These canisters were a great size for a single gal.  They were inexpensive, so that was a plus.  They also looked nice on my counters without cluttering up the space.  To spruce them up a little, I simply applied some scrapbook stickers to label the canisters.

            Now these canisters have been around for six years and have been through three different house moves.  They’ve held up pretty good considering, but the stickers have started peeling off a little.  I could easily fix the sticker issue, but I do a lot more baking now that I’m married.  I find myself having a lot more flour and sugar to store….especially around the holidays.  It’s just time to face the facts and get larger canisters for my baking needs.  In doing so, I’m repurposing the Ikea canisters for some different baking ingredients.  I used to never have these ingredients on hand, but  they somehow keeping popping up in my pantry;)  The Ikea canisters have become their new home. 

 

          Stay tuned to my blog this week, because I should be posting my new canisters in the next day or so.  They are all most finished....and have to tell ya that I really, really like them!

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