Pill Bottle Pencil Holder

Pill Bottle Pencil Holder

Another idea from our year of recycling projects.  This activity came about because someone brought a bag of pill bottles to our group along with a challenge.  What could we make out of pill bottles? Because the bottles are so light weight I decided that they had to be used in groups.  Gloss gel to the rescue!

For those of you who don't know me you probably don't know that my favorite  product to use for an adhesive is gloss gel.  For this project we took three of the pill bottles, which happened to be triangular,  spread a bit of gloss gel on the parts that would be touching, and held them together, overnight, with a rubber band. 

By morning the gloss gel was dry and the bottles were beautifully welded together.  Then it was time to decorate.  As you can see, the bottles in the picture are simply decorated with plastic flower-like pieces that are also held in place with gloss gel.  Any small embellishments would work.

This idea also works with round containers.  Gloss gel dries clear so fear not if a participant uses a goodly amount of the product.  Other ideas for such a container might be for holding paint brushes or straws.   How else could you use them?  What else could you, or have you made with empty pill bottles?    Would love to hear from you with your ideas.