These Adorable Dollar Tree Jars Instantly Declutter Your Kitchen Shelves

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For many foodies, a kitchen filled with spice jars is a magic carpet ride to distant lands. Unfortunately, those same spice jars that create a flavor passport to your favored food cities around the world have a tendency to get cluttered as cooking progresses and pots begin to bubble. Fortunately, Dollar Tree carries some cute little Square Glass Jars with Rose Gold Metal Lids that help you solve your kitchen storage problems and keep your spices from cluttering up the counter.

The miniature Dollar Tree mason jars stand just over 4 inches tall and 3.6 inches wide. (For context, the average spice jar stands around 5 inches tall and measures 2 inches wide, though there is no actual standard size for your favorite spice holders.) Given how large the DT jars are, you should have no trouble keeping an ample amount of your favorite spices on hand. This Mason jar hack will set you back just $1.50 per jar. The other thing you'll need to create a set of bespoke spice jars is a set of labels. You can get a set of Kuocodall 201 Spice Jar Labels for less than $7 on Amazon. Or if you'd like something that looks handmade, go with Talented Kitchen's Spice Labels Stickers — they look like they've been hand-written.

After sitting on the shelves in Dollar Tree for weeks, it's likely that your would-be spice jars have gathered dust, so wash them thoroughly before starting this DIY. Exposing the spices to moisture isn't ideal, so make sure the dampness is gone from the jar before moving on. Once the jars are ready, place the labels on the front of each of them. Given how dusty some spices are, you'll want to adhere all of the labels first before you add the spices to the jars. This prevents the dust from the various spices from getting in the stickers' adhesive.

Next, you'll check your spices to ensure that they're not stale. If they don't have that same pungent spicy smell, they're likely over the hill. Toss any spices out that have seen their better days before organizing the remaining spices in your new spice jars. Once you've done that, add spices to the jars and then stash them in a cool, dry place. 

As for how to organize them, you should put them in a drawer or cupboard away from the stove to keep the heat from the stove from ruining them. If you need help with organizing them in a drawer, try a tension rod hack: Put some tension rods in your kitchen drawers parallel to one another and stash the spice jars between the parallel sets of tension rods. Or if you have a kitchen cabinet earmarked for the jars, try putting them on a Essentials White Wire Step Storage Rack from the Dollar Tree so that you can see all of your spice labels easily.