I filled different sized cleaned, used medicine bottles with rice as rattles for my daughter when she was about 8-9 mos old; she LOVED how they made different sounds.
WARNING: Do not allow them to be left lying around on the floor. I stepped on one and cut my foot {they break easily with a certain amount of weight; we won't say how much weight }.
LOVE ALL THESE OTHER IDEAS TOO THOUGH!!

My goodness aren't we all a clever bunch of folks?? I have a tool box that I keep my own nails, screws, nuts and bolts like most men I know. I also do scrapbooking, so I have many different small items, buttons, silk and paper flowers, small punched shapes and letter store very nicely in these bottles. AND if you feel froggy, yep I made up that word, you can "alter" the bottles and make them beautiful.

I keep my secret stash of dark chocolate candies hidden in the larger bottles...tee hee hee, they sit with my other pres. bottles, and no one knows but me. I've been known to hide money in them under the car seat for emergencies.

I've made a small sewing kit with a bobbin, needle and thimble.
So what kind of seeds do all of you save?? I have mexican sunflowers from last year...

My Grandparents are in their 80's, my grandmother has alzeimer's and grandfather has had a stroke. The only way I can give their daily doses of pills is in an empty pill bottle. Grandmother loses each of them on a daily basis, (imagine the places we find them!) Bless her heart It's easier to get her to take them all at once instead of one by one. My grandfather however, can't feel his fingertips from the numbness caused by stroke, so the pill bottle is easy to hold and he can take his meds all at once, like a shot of liquor! The clean an empty pill bottle is plastic and easy for them both to hold. They each take meds 2 and 3 times a day!

I love using the empty perscription bottles as
desk accessories, it is fun to glue fancy paper or stickers on them. This is great for younger children and can be given for holidays, mothers day, fathers, etc. You can use double stick tape to keep them together or tied with ribbon, rattan. Only your imagination can make the gift unique.

Sorting and saving coins. I also rinse them out and put lotions and creams in thems for traveling.

I think the little bottles can be decorated and strung on medium cord by little fingers belonging to "LIDDLE KIDDLES" in the 5-7yr old range to make COOL STUFF! Think of the caterpillars, mini-animals, CERTAINLY "wind chimes" for great gifts going to grandmas and grandpas-godmothers-aunties and uncles, etc!

And for those of us ladies with husbands who collect "GARAGE JUNK" stating that EVERY NAIL COUNTS, I HAVE found a certain value to that statement! BUT
ORGANIZATION IS EVERYTHING

and nice strong flat box covers (like from the AVON CARTONS) make perfect trays for the medicine containers to be used as sorters for the various types of SCREWS, NUTS, BOLTS, electronic resistors, wire nuts, ANYTHING IN THE "JUNQUE PYLE" that would normally run the risk of being swept up ans tossed can now be ORGANIZED! Remember to arrange the medicine containers to make the most use of the box lid space and THEN attach each one with a dot of HOT GLUE so the containers don't become the next floor clutter to sweep up!

Navy Nuke Mom

Good Luck and have FUN!

I put Herbs that I grow and dry into these perscription bottles and give them to people I know. I lable them for contents.
I have also used them for Bingo chips. When the grandchildren come over we mix colors of paint in them for painting decorations on toys and books. I have also used them for tack and nails. I keep vaseline in one for use at camp.

I keep used bag ties in one in the kitchen drawer so I can find them easily.

Also I fill one with shampoo when my grandchildren take a bath. It measures the right amount to use and doubles as a play toy in the tub.

The only problem I have with these bottles are the lids. They are not child proof. They are adult proof. Any child can open them. The kids today are smarter than we were.

I use the old bottle down in my craft room for buttons, and any other small thing. I also use them in my office to put the different holiday confetti that I stick in my letters!

Hello everyone, I use mine for beads, I do SouthWest Jwerely and they stay in order. I also can use a drop of my paints on the lid to tell me quickly what color of beads is in that bottle.

I use them to put all the little "thingys" I find on the floor, in the couch cushions, etc. Buttons, coins, straight pins, nuts and bolts, screws, thing-a-ma-bobs, all in one little place so when something is missing a piece, there it is! I also use them when I take seeds from my sweet peas and other plants that have bloomed in the summer. It keeps them perfect for next years early plantings before sowing outdoors!

Thank You to Marlene Maloni: I always save most of the ties that come on the grandkids toys. They're great for tying up my clamatis, roses, and sweet peas. They were a tangled mess in the kitchen drawer and finding the right size one in a hurry for a garbage bag was a nightmare. I never thought of using prescription bottles to seperate them and keep them organized. THANK YOU!!

I save them to donate to the local groups/churches who are going on medical missions. This way they can package meds such as asprin for the people at the missions.

I use them in my sewing box for small buttons, straight pins, and even safety pins. When we go away for a few days, I use them for Rolaids, vitamins, and sometimes I put aspirin in them so we don't have to take the whole bottle. We usually take our motorcycle so I have to find a way to pack essentials without taking up too much room

Use it as a mini first aid kit. Tuck band aids, alcohol wipes, and paper with emergeny infor on it in an empty bottle. Peel off the label, paint a red cross on the outside in nail polish and toss in your purse.

Hassle free watering. Punch a hole in the bottom of bottle, remove the lid and slightly embed into the soil of a potted plant. Just water and it'll sip in at the perfect rate.

Donate them to your humane society or veterinary offices. They reuse them to package pills for pets

We save the clear and brown ones for my father-in-law. He nails the lids to a strip of wood above his work bench in our garage where he works on wood stuff as a hobby. You can then put different size nails or screws in them and screw them onto the lids. He can see exactly what is in each one and they are always handy and organized. This also keeps the bottles from getting knocked over all the time.