Time: 5 minutes
Cost: $0
Result: FAIL
I love the idea of repurposing things instead of tossing them out. Plus I love the idea of free ways to keep my food fresh. I wish I could afford all the containers it would take to have a totally organized pantry, but until that day (as I collect it piece at a time) this upcycled bag stopper seemed to be too good to be true. And sure enough it was.
It wasn't too hard to cut through the bottle top. First I scored it with the PC I-Slice, then I punched through with a knife. Then I attempted to thread the bag of chocolate chips I'd recently opened through the top. It was too full, so I emptied about half of the bag in an attempt to make the excess bag long enough to thread through the top. It worked this time, and I folded the sides of the bag over the top edge of the top. The cap screwed on and kept it nicely sealed. Wonderful! But wait...upon attempting to remove a few chocolate chips, I had to completely pull the bag out to shake some loose. *sigh* oh well, it was worth a shot. Back to a classic form of 'upcycling'.
Edit: Now I see that the instructions say 'wide-mouthed' bottle. I bet this would have worked..perhaps Gatorade or something. I think I'll still stick with my mason jars for now, lol.
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