Prescription Bottles

Empty prescription bottles are handy for storing anything small, or carrying something like generic Tums in your purse. My pharmacy doesn't give the bottles back any more, though.

I usually throw them away, I am not a fan of clutter.

Yes...they are good for storing little buttons...brads..and other embellishments for my scrapbooking! I also have used the little 35mm film cases before I got a digital camera...they work nifty for little things.

Thanks for the good ideas. Mine tend to just get the labels removed and put in the recycling bin. One thing we have done in the past, though:

A Doctor's Kit for a Kid (birthday or Christmas gift)

1) A "Black Bag", usu. some type of leather purse, small case, or small suitcase from a thrift store
2) Medicine bottles in a variety of sizes, well cleaned (run through the dishwasher), with the labels removed (non-child-proof are preferred) then fun sizes of M&Ms, Skittles, and other "pill-like" candy in them (still in the packaging - Halloween leftovers are great for this)
3) I take injections every other day that come in a syringe where the needle part twists off, so the sharp part goes into the sharps container, and the syringe part gets washed and goes in the kit
4) A pair of latex gloves (actually, they are nitrile, my mom gets them from her office - she is a dental hygienist - and they have a choice of pail blue or bright purple - very fun)
5) Sometimes at dollar store, they have little plastic stethoscope and thermometer

This really makes a fun gift for a kid, and no big loss when the pieces and the kid is done with it, since the total cost is less than $10 (depending on the cost of the bag, it can be less than $5).

Believe it or not I have NEVER reused an empty prescription bottle, for anything. I usually throw them away. I don't tend to collect many of them, although I do have several in my medicine cabinet that have been in there for years, probably time to get rid of them and their contents!

We use empty pill bottles to store thumb tacks, nails, scrapbooking stuff, etc. My two year old uses them sometimes to pick up rocks that he really likes and carries them around for a day or two before he dumps them out and finds more.

Modestah, My husband takes the labels off and uses them out in the shed for screws and things. he really only likes the bigger fatter ones tho. The little ones I peel the labels off of and toss them.

I remember my gran used to use the bottles to put milk on for her flask of tea when we went on long journeys or picnics! I tend to return the bottles to the Chemists when they are empty as I know if I didn't my daughter would nab them to 'make' things with! lol xxx

Those small amber bottles are nice for storing small things like paper clips and tacks. The ones I get are big, ugly white ones with labels printed in black. I throw them away when I'm through with them.

some bottles that i think i can still reuse(prescription bottles)i kept..and used it for pins,and other small things that we use in our house..and very handy i guess...