I use old yoghurt pots for candle moulds. You need to check as different ones can have different levels of heat resistance and you dont want any melting when you pour wax into them!

You could also use them as drawer organisers for paperclips / rubberbands etc

Or if you are doing any DIY, keep nails and screws in separate ones for easy organisation.

They could also be used by children for separating coins in a way to get them to save.

The larger / taller kind can be decorated and used as pen holders.

Another idea (not tested!)… how about using them to make mini sandcastles.

In a French book by MArtine Camillieri who is specialised in making new objects with waste…she made a fantastic string of lights:
she cupped each x-mas light with a different colored yogurt pot, cutting the edge off or in an oringal shape.

Very nice result.

Otherwise, to avoid yogurt pots…make your own yogurt: its very easy and much tastier, and cheaper!

Because of the wide lip they can be staple to a shelf in the workshop to hold odds and ends. The kids use them to hold their playdough - just cover with cling wrap.

They can also be used in the freezer for small quantities = again cover with cling wrap

For the gardeners amongst us they are just right for starting seeds in. All they need is a couple of small drain holes in the bottom and bingo…

use it to pour paint in it while painting

you can use them to start seedlings, but then after they have done that a few times you need to actually recycle them.

My dad uses them to stand free standing shelving in, filled with water, they act as a nateral water barrier so your precious seedlings in the garden are protected from hungry slugs and snails.

Another option to avoid having the little yogurt pots in the first place is to buy yogurt in larger containers; these containers are more easily useful. You could then use little reuseable containers for portable kid-size servings if necessary.

Check you local recycling facilty, some schemes are starting to accept lower grade plastics. I suppose it depends what end market the plastic recycling plant has.

Well for me & my dogs, we carry food & water in them when we go on trips.
Just put your food or water and cover them in cling wrap!

we put food in them for our dogs.

Use as little pots, just paint or cover with fabric and poke some holes in the bottom.

Why not fill the little cups with jello?? Or pudding??? Or make popcycles out of them….

I saw a funky hanging lamp on www.craftster.org made out of pudding cups that were roughly the same shape.

I buy Preserve toothbrushes and razors online from the US company Recycline. All of their products are made from recycled yogurt cups! If you have Stonyfield Farm yogurt cups you can even post it to them and they will make them into products.