When I was baking the other day I wondered why salt comes in an easy-to-pour container, but nothing else does. Someday I’m sure this will change, but until then, I decided to make my own. You can use this for sugar, spices, flour, baking soda, or any other “granular” ingredient. This makes it easier to pour into measuring cups. It’s especially helpful when using just a small amount of the ingredient (Cake in a Mug, anyone?). Plus, it makes me happy when I see it in my cupboard. Here is what I did:
What you will need: salt container with an easy-pour spout, scrapbook paper (you can also use wrapping paper or fabric), alphabet stickers.
1. First you will need to empty the container. You can either pour the salt somewhere else, or wait until you use it all. If you need to get rid of the salt quickly, you can use it as a cleaning product see Using Salt to Clean), add food coloring to it to make salt art instead of sand art (see Salt Art Craft), or make play dough (see 3 Recipes for Making Homemade Play Dough).
2. You can easily remove the metal spout part of the container to empty out all of the salt. You can clean it out with water and then let it dry if you would like.
3. Cut the scrapbook paper so that it’s height measures the same as the height of the salt container. Then wrap it around the container and tape it in place.
4. Using the alphabet stickers, label the container.
5. Use a funnel to fill up the container with the ingredient.
That’s it! You can reuse it over and over. I hope this was helpful!
This funny because I just cut the top open on my salt box because I hated that it was the only container that I couldn’t get a measuring spoon into for scooping it out!!
Haha, that is funny!
What a wonderful solution to such a common problem! Very creative and so pretty, too!
Thank you, Laurie!
Hello. Angie, this is Genius! I’m seriously getting stingy with my recycling, here’s another item to add to that “Must Keep” list. Pinning so I don’t forget. So cool!
Thanks, Becky! I’m glad it was helpful for you. I’m also big on recycling. If you’re interested, here’s a guest post that I did on upcycling for The Frugal Girls: http://thefrugalgirls.com/2013/01/easy-upcycling-ideas.html. Have a nice day!
Great craft idea. But I must say, I literally scrolled the page up and down for like 3-4 minutes! It was just too fun watching that worm go up & down. Am I easily amused, or what! LOVE IT!
Haha, I’m so glad you like it! Somebody left me a comment a few weeks ago that they didn’t like it, but I decided to leave it up because I’m easily amused too
This is so smart! Practical and way prettier than the salt container!
What a clever idea! Thanks for linking up with us this week!
I never would have thought of this idea. I am not creative like this, but this is definitely a good idea. It also sounds time consuming as well?
Thanks! It’s actually not very time consuming at all…I’m not one for time consuming crafts! It took about 10 minutes