15 Useful Ideas To Upcycle Milk Jugs
Awesome Upcycle Milk Jugs
Milk jugs come with a huge body and a tiny handle. Because of this unique shape, one may find it hard to think of any good way to upcycle this item. Worry not! We’re here to help. In this post, we have compiled some cool and useful ideas that might just help you figure out what you should be doing with it. Read on till the end of the list because you may never know where you’ll stumble upon the perfect idea that you need.
1. Recycled Milk Cartons For Storage
Hang up some milk bottles over this curtain rod! It’s that easy to make yourself some extra storage.
2. Fancy Planter
Grow some simple garden produce like shallots and herbs with this decorated little planter.
3. Window Garden
A piece of rod is just perfect to hold all these planters together! You can hang it up or take it off whenever you want.
4. Stationery Holder
A little bit of decoration transforms this normal milk jug into a stationery holder. You can make compartments in the jug with carefully-cut cardboard.
5. Garden Scoop
Make a cut at the end of the milk bottle into the shape of a simple scoop. Thanks to its sturdiness, it can scoop the soil quite well and durable at that.
6. Sandwich Box
Protect the softness of your sandwich with this home made container. A Velcro dot is used as fastener.
7. Milk Jug Skeleton
Something special and budget-friendly for Halloween. Checkout the tutorial link below. Really love the tealight candle they put inside. Truly brightens up the surrounding.
8. Milk Jug Ghost
This is probably easier for those who loves to doodle. Even if drawing is not your forte, don’t worry. There’s loads of patterns and creepy shapes online that you can print and cut out before gluing on these jugs. You can use battery operated string lights for this. It’s so easy to make and makes an incredible sight especially at night.
9. Tribal Mask
Make some decorative tribal mask as decor. They’re a nice idea for teen rooms. You can even put some tealight behind it so it’ll glow in the night.
10. Sprout Watering Can
Sprout is an attachment that is designed to turn your old milk jugs into a much more efficient watering can.
11. Milk Jug Drawers
This is a pretty grand project. A lot of gallon jugs are cut out into the shape of drawers and fills up this entire rack.
12. Magazine and Book Organizer
Who would’ve thought you can make a book rack out of milk jugs. You can glue them together for extra stability. Just adjust the length as to the space on your table.
13. Plunger Caddy
Hold your plunger or toilet brush in style with this caddy idea! You can fill the container with cleaning agent so it will disinfect your brush or plunger when not in use.
14. Night Lamp
This is a pretty cool idea to have an ambient lamp at night. By directing the light towards the jug, it turns the jug into a lamp shade. This idea is brilliant for camping.
15. Milk Jug Votives
It’s amazing to know that these pretty night flowers are made of milk jug cuttings. It’s gonna be awesome if you paste the foundation on a floating material. Then, you can place them on water and let it illuminate the night in style.
