charlotte625

since you can write on them they would be great for sorted buttons,strips of velco,pens markers, rubber bands.I keep tape,pen, paper,address labels in my truck,then if I go somewhere and they aren't home I leave a note.those would be a good size for that.

MarthaT

Storage for crochet hooks.

Wunder-Mar

I just bought myself a food/herb dehydrator two months ago and had collected these from my daughter, who kept about 2 dozen empties (although she didn't know why!).

I have been using these to store dried herbs from my garden, and dried fruit bits and specific dried herbs to make my own herbal teas. I plan to dry veggies this week in small batches and make up my own dry soup mixes.

I keep one for broken needles, bent pins and disposable sharps in the sewing room.

Zhillslady

I use them to store sugar at the office. Once we open a bag we have no canister at office and have to worry in FL about ants. 3 of them hold exactly 2 #'s of sugar.

Nan Quilts

My sister-in-law uses them to store her pins for pinning her quilt layers together. :lol: ;)

arimuse

I love love love anything plastic w/ a lid now that I moved to the south! You have to cover everything to keep it from going stale (limp) or keep out bugs.
I also use them for everything from freezing/storing people food/pet food to craft/sewing, inside/outside storage. A lot of larger lids are thick enough to make nice quilt templates from. kids can play w/them - like when we were young and played w/ empty boxes. They are teriffic for packing up a "surprise" picnic (if we travel I always pack a cooler w/ fresh finger foods all cut up: carrots, celery, grn peppers, crackers, cheese, pepperoni, bread cubes. These plastic containers are perfect.)
Another great container is beneful dog food containers - nice lunch size containers for taking anywhere.
not to metion using in a sewing rm! sort bobbins by color, sort pins, sort fabric samples anything smaller and not flat enough to go into a folder.
Also, in early winter I start saving all plastic containers cus by Jan 1 I am starting masses of seeds in my kitchen. Great seed starters sharet

sewbizgirl

They look perfect for storing double-pointed sock needles (knitting).

quilter64779

Great for holding knitting needles so they don't get lost.

bobbie1

Thanks for all the ideas. Like the idea for the tea bags. Also the ice "logs".

Sew and Sew 2

I marked one with a "skull and cross bones" and put old blades and sewing machine needles in it for disposal.