Do-It-Yourself: School and Office Supply Organizational Shelf

by Crystal on July 12, 2011

Savings Lifestyle shows you how to make an organizational shelf with baby food jars.

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CFS July 12, 2011 at 11:39 am

I have done this for spices with jars attached to a board under my upper kitchen cabinets. Very handy! You only use one hand for getting out and unscrewing the salt, pepper, oregano – whatever. Then spoon out with the other hand and your first hand screws the jar back into place. Much faster and space-saving than a spice rack!

Denise July 12, 2011 at 12:05 pm

If you have bigger jars, this is great in a craft room or garage as well; my husband has lots of jars filled with small nails, screws, bolts, nuts, brads…you name it. He loves his system, and the kids haven’t found a way to reach it yet…:)

Ann@StringerMama July 12, 2011 at 1:52 pm

I’m in the process of collecting the large peanut butter containers to do this same thing with for my school room – they will be perfect for stickers, glue sticks, anything I have around that I want to get away from little fingers but still have accessible! It just might take a while to collect and eat all of the peanut butter! Hmmm. . . I should make PB cookies! :0)

deb golden July 12, 2011 at 11:14 pm: Why don’t you just ask your students parents to start collecting these for you. Maybe send a note home in their backpacks. Be sure to mention it to your students also. Little people tend to remember those type things better than moms….

Holly July 12, 2011 at 1:54 pm

My grandfather used to have bunches of these out in our garage. He was born in 1892 and live through the depression so he never wasted anything and had it all very organized. Thank you for reminding me of him this morning, he was a great man.

Pat July 12, 2011 at 3:32 pm