How to Make a Baby Food Jar Organizer

Tidy up garage shelves and tables with this hanging organizer made from baby food jars. Fill jars with nuts, bolts and washers for easy access. The baby food jar organizer also works well in your sewing room or in the pantry to hold buttons, nails and other small items.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Baby Food Jars
• 2-by-4 Boards
• Drill Bits
• Pan Head Screws
• Screwdriver Sets
• Variable-speed Drills
• Drill Bits

1. Take a shelf off its hooks or out of the shelving unit if possible.

2. Place the shelf on your work surface.

3. Turn the shelf over, making sure the underside faces up.

4. 

   Place a baby food jar lid on the shelf with the top of the lid against the shelf.

5. 

   Screw two ½-inch pan head screws through each lid into the shelf.

6. 

   Leave a 2-inch space between the lids.

7. 

   Continue mounting lids to the underside of the shelf.

8. Return the shelf to the shelving unit in its proper position (the lids will be on the bottom of the shelf).

9. 

   Fill the jars.

10. Screw the jars into the lids. The jars will hang down from the bottom of the shelf.

Tips & Warnings

• Make sure lids fit tightly on jars.
• Mount a piece of 2-by-4 toward the back of shelf and attach lids for more than one row of jars.
• Attach an old lazy Susan under a shelf or table. Follow above directions to attach lids to lazy Susan for easy access.

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on 12/8/2008 Great step-by-step instructions. The photos make this very easy to follow.