Although grocery stores are much more convenient than when everyone attempted to grow their own food, we’re often left with containers and bottles and many people, with an understanding of the environmental impact, prefer not to waste things when they can help it. Luckily, it’s possible to repurpose things like a ketchup bottle, here are some surprising uses instead of throwing it away.
1.Repurpose a Ketchup Bottle as a Toy
While some are glass, others are plastic squeeze bottles, which makes repurposing them a little easier. For example, a ketchup bottle makes a great squirt toy. They’re flexible, sealable, and can squirt water for several feet.
2. A Ketchup Bottle as a Vase
Another interesting use for the ketchup bottle is as a vase. This will likely work better as a glass bottle than plastic. Additionally, you can paint or add stickers to make it personalized.
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3. Creative Crafts or Gifts
Conversely, a decorative glass ketchup bottle makes a great gift for people who collect decorative vases or regularly enjoy fresh flowers.
4. Use Ketchup Bottles for Decoration
The holidays are a time for loved ones and giving. As such, a repurposed glass ketchup bottle can make an easy, affordable, and adorable decoration. For example you can use white and red paint to make a Santa bottle or white and black paint to make a snowman. Next, add some fairy lights to illuminate your creations. You’ll be surprised by the results, and guests will be astonished by your creativity and resourcefulness.
5. Ketchup Bottles for Other Condiments
Another great way to recycle your old Ketchup Bottle is to use it for other sauces. For example, the plastic squirt bottles are a perfect way to store dressings and sauces, while the squirt top makes them easily spreadable.
6. Storing Beauty Treatments
Conversely, a plastic ketchup bottle is a great way to store lotions, body wash or hair products, ensuring a squeeze top instead of a pump or a product that you have to scoop.
7. Use Ketchup Bottles for Paint
The squeeze top ketchup bottles are a great way to promote creativity and ensure less mess or clean up. Simply, fill them with your child’s favorite paints and watch them create a masterpiece with pops of color and texture. Additionally, you can twist the top tightly close to store the paints until the next use, preventing them from drying up and minimizing the clean up process.
8. Plastic Bottles Make Bird Feeders
While glass ketchup bottles are great to use for some crafts, those made of plastic can be repurposed as well. Firstly, drill or poke some holes throughout the bottle. Secondly, add birdseed for your preferred species. Lastly, sit back and enjoy the sights and sounds generated by the birds who come to visit and eat.
9. A Toy Replacement
Another great way to repurpose a ketchup bottle is to give them to your kids and their friends for a bowling party. They can spend the first part of the party decorating their ketchup bottles. Next, they can enjoy snacks, cake, or other activities while their creations dry. Lastly, the kids can line up the bottles when they’ve dried and use them as bowling pins for hours of affordable and resourceful fun.
10. Use them for Batter
Plastic ketchup bottles with a squeeze top will make mornings more fun. You can fill them with pancake batter and create abstract art, animals and characters, or letters, shapes, and numbers.
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