Everyone knows that recycling your glass bottles, jars, and cups is a good idea, but how many people think about upcycling the occasional glass container instead? You don’t necessarily need to wash the bottle and stash it away from crafting every time you enjoy a beer in your favourite arm chair, but bigger bottles with interesting colours and shapes or jars of a size that you think will be useful are often great DIY opportunities.
Check out these 15 awesome ways to upcycle glass containers of all kinds!
1. Wine bottle pendant lamps
2. Chevron painted pencil holders
It’s amazing how some all-surface paint and a simple pattern can transform a boring old drinking glass into a bright, useful container.
3. Painted mason jar brush holder
Painting a mason jar might not sound like a labour intensive DIY project, but
4. Decorative drink bottles
Have you ever seen small Starbucks drinks for sale in convenience store fridges? Those little glass bottles are the perfect size for making little decor pieces.
5. Chalkboard message glass jars
Painting a strip or shaped area of chalkboard paint on the front of a glass jar lets you label the jar according to what you put inside. This is a great way to sort craft supplies by size and colour, for example. Check out how it’s done on
6. Beer bottle candle holders
It takes patience, care, and a few special tools to cleanly and safely cut the top of a glass bottle off, but if you can manage that carefully, then you can also create these awesomely kitschy candle holders designed by
7. Drinking glass planters
Sometimes a simple little plan just needs a simple little planter to call its home. A small drinking glass decorated with lace, like this one by
8. Firefly mason jar lights
Putting string lights into a mason jar might be one of the easiest DIY projects in the books, but
9. Wine bottle marble art
Have you ever seen those beautiful shiny marbles at the dollar store or crafting stores that have one flat side and one rounded?
10. Scalloped storage jars
Painting glass is fun, easy to do, and it looks totally chic when you’re finished.
11. Glass jar map lantern
12. Sea glass bowl
13. Canning jar and chicken wire lanterns
Are you throwing a rustic wedding celebration complete with cowgirl boots under the dress and dinner in a cleared out barn? These mason jar and chicken wire candles by
14. Ombre Glitter Glass Magnet
This project is a littler different, but it’s still made from glass and it’s so pretty we couldn’t pass it up. Follow
15. Wine bottle hummingbird feeder
Can you think of other upcycled glass projects that didn’t make our list? Tell us about them in the comments section!
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