After consuming all your pills, you, like most people, would probably just throw the bottle straight to the garbage bin. After all, it has already served its purpose, right? Well, sort of but no. You might be surprised to know that, yes, that little canister can still be pretty useful for you.

Case in point, the pictures below show us fun, brilliant ways we can reuse those empty pill bottles.

Just scroll down and check out these 12 awesome ideas:

1. Shampoo container.

Don’t want to bring a big bottle of shampoo on your trip? Well the pill bottle can be a great travel companion.

2. A pin cushion.

Feel free to customize it and it will look just as cute as this one.

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3. Secret key holder.

Not comfortable about keeping your keys under a rock? Secure it with a bottle and then glue a rock on top of the bottle.

4. Coin holder.

So you can always have some coins ready just in case.

5. Earbuds storage.

Because why the hell not, right?

6. Snowman.

Say “yes” when you’re asked “do you want to build a snowman?”

7. Rainbow crayon maker.

Yes, a pill bottle can be a molder for this fun craft idea.

8. Craft supplies storage.

Now you can keep all those tiny beads in one place.

9. Nail polish remover container.

Perfect for those trips.

10. Small survival kit.

This can be great for emergencies.

11. For your cotton swabs.

Bring some cotton swabs on the road.

12. Bobby pins storage.

You’ll never lose these again.

#3 and #10 are probably my favorites. Will definitely try those! How about you? Do you have any pill bottle hacks to share? Go hit us up in the comment section.