Our world famous butter cookies and shortbread biscuits come in reusable cookie tins. You know the kind; the nostalgic red and blue cookie tins our grandparents would hold onto and upcycle in all sorts of ways.
Here's our favourite ways to repurpose and upcycle cookie tins to not only reduce landfill, but to have some fun with these nostalgic tins.
1. Use cookie tins as kitchen storage tins
The easiest way to upcycle our cookie tins is to use them as storage tins for other food in your kitchen. Our tins are perfect for storing items like tea bags that require an opaque container to maintain their freshness. You can store other baked treats like cookies, cakes and muffins to help maintain their freshness for longer.
2. Using cookie tins for toys
Our cookie tins are perfect for keeping your children's toys organised and will save you from spending more money on cheap plastic containers that break from their rough handling. They're a great way to keep puzzle pieces together in one place or for storing and organising lego. Children will love decorating them with stickers to add their own personalised touch.
3. Use cookie tins for storing knick-knacks
Every house has a 'junk draw' that seems to accumulate a never-ending amount of random items, like buttons, batteries, pens, keys, you name it. These little knick-knacks are also forever getting misplaced and lost. Upcycle our cookie tines to help keep these drawers organised.
Simply label them to you know what is where. You can even use cardboard to make compartments inside the tin for smaller items.
4. Use the cookie tins for workshop or studio organisation
Whether you're a handyman or an artist, your workshop or studio needs a lot of storage solutions to keep your equipment organised. Our cookie tins are durable and won't break like glass containers, making them ideal for these rougher environments.
Our cookie tins are perfect for being reused to stored screws, nails, small tools, vegetable seed packets, and other odds and ends you might find in the shed, garage or workshop. For an artist's studio, you can use these cookie tins to keep small paint containers and brushes organised.
5. Use cookie jars as planters
Cookie tins can be used as containers for potted plants, which are ideal for drought-tolerant plants that do not require frequent watering, such as common succulents and cactus plants. After beautifying the outside of the jar, you can properly drill holes in the bottom and sides of the tin. Lay some small pebbles on the bottom to ensure good drainage, then add some coarse sand, and finally slowly add loose and well-drained soil. You can plant various drought- and heat-resistant plants.
6. Use cookie tins to make jewelry boxes
Adhere your favorite confetti to the outside of a cookie jar, decorate with pearls, lace and flowers, and you have a beautiful jewelry box!
You can add some compartments using cut cardboard, or little rolls of fabric to protect your precious items.
