Considering you have an array of strings like:
var arr = ["abc", "cde", "fgh"];
you can convert it to array of objects using the following logic:
var arrOfObjs = new Array(); //this array will hold the objects
var obj = {}; //declaring an empty object
for(var i=0; i<arr.length; i++){ //loop will run for 3 times
obj = {}; //renewing the object every time to avoid collision
obj.item = arr[i]; //setting the object property item's value
arrOfObjs.push(obj); //pushing the object in the array
}
alert(arrOfObjs[0].item); //abc
alert(arrOfObjs[1].item); //cde
alert(arrOfObjs[2].item); //fgh
See the DEMO here