It’s the height of summer and the cutting garden is blooming like crazy. You go to grab a vase for your latest bouquet and you can’t find any empty containers. You’ve already filled them or given them away to your neighbors. Short of running to the store to buy a new vase, what can you do?

Fortunately, there are lots of possibilities for vases when creating a summer bouquet. Look around your home to find simple but attractive containers for displaying your flowers. Here are 7 easy options to help you create stunning bouquets to display or share.

7 Simple Container Ideas For Bouquets…

These are items that you probably have stashed in your cupboards. Or maybe you’ve thrown them into the recycle bin. They make easy grab-and-go vases for displaying your treasured flowers.

Soda Bottles

Save decorated soda bottles for displaying your flowers. Many of them have attractive labels that make them a standout. And if you have any vintage soda bottles, that’s even better. You can display them singly or in groupings. Place a single flower in them or fill them with a small bundle of stems.

My favorite way to use soda bottles is to group 3 together, each with a single large bloom. Or gather as many as you have and display them in a crate. You can line them down the center of your table. Use them however they appeal to you.

Creamers

These small containers are perfect for holding mini-bouquets. Whether the creamer is vintage ironstone, a decorated creamer or a simple glass style, they can all be used to hold a small bunch of flowers. Use them for small mixed bouquets or a single variety of flower in each one.

Food Jars

I love mason jars, both vintage and new. I’ll frequently stock up on them to use in my kitchen and for bouquets. But you can also save run-of-the-mill food jars that you might normally recycle. Save iced coffee bottles, pickle jars, jam jars, and spaghetti sauce jars to hold a variety of bouquets. I will often purchase a product based on the style of the jar so I can reuse it for bouquets. For ideas on how to decorate simple food jars check out this post… DIY Flower Vases For Your Bouquets.

Glassware

What could be easier when you need a quick vase than using one of your drinking glasses. Now granted, a child’s Spiderman cup won’t look so good but a large, clear glass is a wonderful choice. Or if you have any vintage glassware such as milk glass, hobnail glass or depression glass pull them out for your flowers.

Teapots/Coffee Pots

Consider using a teapot for displaying your flowers. They work well for bouquets that are short and full. It’s best to use something in the teapot to hold the flowers in place, such as a piece of floral foam, a flower frog, or a ball of chicken wire.

There are a variety of coffee pot options, such as a Bialetti Moka pot, a Melitta Pour-Over porcelain pot, or a vintage enamel coffee pot. I frequently use a blue enamel “camping” coffee pot for my outdoor porch displays.

Tin Cans

Honestly, these can make cute and quirky vases for your bouquets when you need something quick. Taller cans could hold more flowers, but a standard 15/16 oz can will hold a nice size bouquet. Decorate your arrangement by tying on a bundle of ribbons or wrapping the can with washi tape.

Salt and Pepper Shakers

Salt and pepper shakers are perfect for miniature size bouquets when you want one to tuck into small areas. Who wouldn’t like to wake up to a mini-bouquet on their bedside table or find a small bouquet tucked into their bookshelf? Choose longer lasting flowers for these tiny bouquets or choose flowers that can dry out as the water evaporates such as strawflower or lavender. That way if you forget to refresh the water, the flowers can dry out naturally.

These are truly some of the easiest vases to grab when you need a quick container to hold a bouquet. When creating a bouquet, it’s helpful to plan not only the flowers, but the vase you want to use. But in the summer when the garden is overflowing with flowers, vases can be in short supply. That’s where these seven simple container ideas for bouquets can come in handy.

When you’re creating bouquets to give away, it’s best to give them in containers that you don’t expect to get back. So keep a stash of containers on hand. Save some food jars, tin cans or soda bottles to use when you need to make a quick bouquet for your neighbor or friend.

Grab a pair of clippers and cut all the flowers you want from your garden. You’ll never have to struggle to find a vase again when you have so many easy-to-grab options in your home.