Ice Cream Buckets

Works for Me Wednesday

An Organizing Tip

Because it's the first Wednesday of the month, there's a theme to follow over at Works for Me Wednesday, and that is organizing tips.

One thing that works for me is ice cream buckets. Of course, we love the ice cream inside of them, but once that's gone, they still are useful. I've used them for storing a lot of things - cookies in the freezer, homemade "bisquick" in the pantry, bristle blocks and hot wheel cars in the toy room, and a 72-hour kit in the car trunk. I currently have one holding the hair clippers and associated paraphanalia, one full of spare office supplies (extra thumbtacks, tape refills, staples, etc.) and one holding the bathroom cleaning supplies. I love being able to grab the handle and go.And I love that they don't cost anything,

and that they're easy to replace when they get worn out,

and that they come in handy as buckets for quick cleaning jobs or soaking stained laundry.

and that they make great baskets for seminary scripture mastery games.

What else could I use empty ice cream buckets for?