Rainbow Whimsy Jars

I came across this on Flickr this morning while browsing through people's photos. I wanted some as soon as I saw them.

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Aren't they just the cutest thing?

I love all things rainbow, and the thought of little jars with color matched doo-dads just made me all tingly inside..ha!

My grandson has started on solid foods now, so I'm accumulated a small collection of baby food jars (along with empty formula cans that have pretty much taken over an entire cabinet). Also in my hoarders cupboard are a multitude of empty toilet paper rolls....thanks to all of the crafty things I've seen people make with them on Pinterest. I've been busted on several occasions taking these things out of the garbage after someone has thrown it away. Then I get the strange looks as I sheepishly open my cupboard and add something to my stash. When asked what on earth I need this stuff for....I give my people (daughter, husband) my standard answer, "Don't question me. I have plans."

Anyway...getting back on track. I have these baby food jars, which, when I have enough, is going to be expertly assembled into the most awesome magnetic spice thing-a-ma-jig anyone has ever seen.

But for now, I grabbed 6 of them and have begun to fill them with odds and ends that I found laying around the house this morning.

Here are the few little things that I found so far for the red jar:

I will be painting the covers, but I haven't decided on what color/colors yet. Not sure if black would look good, or if I want to paint each cover to coordinate with the contents.

I'm going to put these on a shelf somewhere in the house, and let the kids add things as they find them, and once these tiny ones are filled and I find bigger things to add, I will use bigger jars, but for now I think these are a good size to start with. Miracle Whip jars would be a nice size....and I'm betting that the Dollar Store would have jars as well that could be used.

This would be a cute on-going project for kids to do. They could fill them with little trinkets and things, then display them in their rooms. It would be fun too, to dump them out once they are full to see what treasures they collected.

So for now this is what I have...and as I fill these and learn how to take better stinkin' photos, I will post an update as to how they are coming along.

Comments are always welcome...and I hope everyone has a wonderful day!  :)


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