I felt really guilty every time I had yogurt in the morning because the only brand I like comes in these little plastic cups, so I started to hoard them in hopes of finding a better use than throwing them away. After collecting 30 or so I finally discovered that they would make perfect seed starters!



All you have to do is put holes in the bottom. To do this I grabbed a pair of pliers, heated a nail and used it to poke 4-6 holes in the bottom of the containers. Even though this process doesn't seem to create fumes, you should always turn a fan on whenever you apply heat to plastic, or find a way to do it outdoors.



If you are using a waxed paper cup, like an old coffee cup you can simply pierce the nail through the bottom, no heat is necessary.



I also trimmed the edges of mine to make them look nicer, but this isn't necessary. These yogurt containers came in a fitted plastic tray, but it doesn't matter if you don't have that. A shallow cardboard box would do, like the lid of a shoebox or the cardboard tray kind pop cans are sometimes shipped in.



