All my spiders have water bottle or milk jug lids for water bowls!
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For my sand boas…I use playsand that I wash & heat treat…(that I also add repitbark too)& I also get bags of the crushed quartz @ the dollar tree & wash it for little white acent stones …& for smaller sand boas the little ceramic soap dishes work great… so do the little condiment containers…if you can find them. & In one of my sand boa cages I have a Trex head that came outta a happy meal…lol
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For my Blood Python I use a old tub that is from a restaurant that they used to bus tables…its very very thick hard plastic. Its the only thing I could find that he can fit in & fully submerge & still not tip over.
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I love all these 
and the celebration boxes, they have so many uses, but I never thought about one as a water bowl.
During lockdown, I needed to upgrade my geckos enclosures but obviously couldn’t get anything so I used pipe insulation for climbing options. It didn’t look great but does the trick and I still use it now
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For Geckos… You can use the suction sponge holders to hold cork bark up in the cage. & the tooth brush holders & soap holders for ledges & feed/water stations
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Oh also (and you can see it in the pic of Philly Girl Above), cleaned out oatmeal containers can make great hides. You can cut them to a desired length, cut them in half to form a log, or cut out the bottom to make a tunnel.
I just wouldn’t recommend in a high humidity habitat because I’m not sure the cardboard would like that very much.
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There are so many great ideas. I love the suction cup stuff and the bird house 
We used a little ceramic bathtub for my son’s ball python tank. It was a little on the small side so we’ve swapped it out. Cute while it lasted
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He just needs some Rubber Ducky (isopods).
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Name dropper! Lol! Actually I just received an isopod starter kit complete with isopods from Rubber Ducky a couple of weeks ago and the little “buggers” and thriving! I can see why isos are becoming pets as well as clean up crews! 
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Oh I meant the variety but if there’s a company, them too!
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I think the company name is Rubber Ducky Isopods……. ?
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I didn’t even know there was such a type! That’s so fitting 
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Dude I need to find these lol
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Other than Sterilite tubs, random dishes, garden sprayers for water/humidity etc, I thought of something I don’t use but see Leafy Street use on YT and it made me want to.
Pool Noodles.
Id slice them longways so you can open them in case, or get the ones without a center but yeah. Perfect climbing “vine” type thing lol.
Also, PVC pipes! People use them to build jungle gym things all the time! 
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Goodwill is a great place to find those plastic plants, especially after wedding season has passed. All those decorations tend to get donated.
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I haven’t used these myself (not the right size for anything I have right now), but those little glass candle holders designed to hold tea candles would make great water dishes for larger inverts or small reptiles. I have some I use for candles that I’m pretty sure I got at CVS, though I’d imagine you could find them at most drug stores, or even dollar stores. They come in packs of 6 and were inexpensive (can’t remember exactly how much I paid, but pretty sure it worked out to be less than $1 a dish/holder). The ones I have have a nice wide base, so they wouldn’t be easily tipped over.
For larger reptiles, I’ve seen people use things like cat litter boxes for hides and water bowls.
For my blood python’s new enclosure (build has been taking me forever, but I’m finally getting close to finishing), I’m going to use something designed for rabbits for a hide. It’s a bunch of wood branches strung together with flexible wire, so you can bend and shape it however you want. I was going to glue some moss and cork bark to it to make it look more naturalistic. I originally bought it for my chinchilla (ordered it online), but it turned out to be WAY too big for her…but I realised it would be the perfect size for a blood python, so it won’t go to waste! I’ll have it shaped to be like a half-round tunnel.
Soy sauce dishes make great feeding dishes for things like meal worms, veggies, or even small f/t rodents for smaller reptiles.
I used some apple and willow wood sticks from my chinchilla’s chew toy stash in my black widow’s enclosure. They were the perfect size to give her some climbing opportunities and anchor points for her web.
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One of my ball pythons loves these things. I didn’t want to put it in his enclosure because I was scared his weight might cause it to tip over and hurt him. Thanks for the idea of securing it to the roof!
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You know I never even thought about it! Thank you so very much for the idea! 
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