years ago they were popular for making little girls quiet purses.  Cut the bottom   oh I dunno third? off the bottom. punch holes around the opening and crochet the top part , which included a pull string closure.  When "open," the top part slipped down covering the dish soap bottle and forming a baby bassinette with a baby doll stored in the bottom.  Seems they were popular in the late 70s maybe. Around the same time people were crocheting hats made with beer can panels in them. There are probably patterns online...maybe by now they are "vintage"??

Is the label printed to the plastic or can it be removed?
you could use them at the beach or in the sandbox as shovels or as molds.

Probably about the right size for disposing of dead mice in traps (I usually use a 2 lb yogurt container, but these might still work.)

The shape is about right for a santa's sleigh...ornaments or table decorations at Christmas?

Can you poke holes in them? you could connect them with zip-ties and build something bigger---a bowl or a wastebasket (Same idea as the kind made by connecting egg cartons)

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Use them for weights, like sewn in the hem of a curtain or whatever to make it hang properly...or I suppose if you fish or something......put a few on a keyring when gifting a little girl with a purse so she can have her own keys.

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Make little people shapes--like a nativity set or danta or elves.  Check out similar projects made using a paintbrush as the base. Yours would just be smaller...and cuter!

Find some small cups, like those ketchup cups at fast food places, and make little food ornaments. Like used to be popular using communion cups and pompoms.

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Do you know anyone with young kids?  As a homeschooler, I used them for flash cards (alphabet, words, math facts) and made lots of matching type games for the preschool set.  Gift tags was a great suggesation---bases for paper projects like magnets? cover the printed sides and use them for any of the projects based on a deck of cards---I am sure there are some on Craftster.

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I know you said it is brittle, but can you curl enough to make a wreath form? Like a grapevine wreath only metal?  From there the decorating possibilities are endless.

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Or trim it very low and use for wet boots near the door?

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I usually just put more candles in the jars.  my latest/easiest way to do that is to use a taper candle and then pour in wax rescued from other used candles.  I think I might try using just cold wax chunks around the taper....I wonder if the taper would melt the wax chunks as it burns? I will have to experiment!

I have no idea what else to use the jars for---most of my ideas revovle around food storage, which I would not do knowing the jar had held a candle.

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fold a couple in half to make sit-upon stuffing (old GS thing) or stadium cushions.  make covers to match fave sports teams for gifts.

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I donate them to the library --they use them to replace the ones that get too beat.

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