What are some creative ways that you reuse things

I reuse lint from the dryer and toilet paper rolls to make fire starters for camping.

Here is a list of things I reuse for other uses: 2 liter coke bottles - cut the bottoms off to catch rain water for garden plants Milk jugs - bottoms cut off of those make great hot houses for seedlings in the garden aluminum cans - different art projects old tires - great during this time of year to set a ball & burlp christmas tree in. Everyone should be able to come up with something to reuse at least one old item in their house. Take responsibility to reduce, reuse & recycle.

well i am hoping to start making my own paper and will be using stuff like bits of wrapping paper and newspapers etc. we reuse all sorts of bags and boxes that foods come in too. egg cartons are good to store ornaments and used for drawer organizers.

Hi Dorannmwin, recyling is very important but even better is reusing. Commonly we reuse old plastic bags. Plastic bags could mount inside a cabinet and provides lidded garbage storage using an old shopping bag. Also, reuse paper bags as school book covers. Or cut used pieces of paper into scrap pieces of paper as a message pad. Coffee grinds can be reuse by keeping them aside and placing them into your garden or soil as fertilizer. Reuse pens and art supplies by donating them to local schools. Try to reuse old toothbrush and use it to clean hard to reach areas like around the sink, drains, faucets and grout. Reuse old seafood seashells by crushing them and using them in your garden as decoration. Try make a pierce of artwork with old metal cans.

I reuse the big tubs that the margarine comes in.. We use them for bowls..and quite handily they come with lids so storage bowls as well. My roommate reuses much more things but than she has OCD and not all of it makes sense to me.. LOL :)

Hi Dorann. I reuse a number of things. I think I already told you about turning newspaper pages and brown sacks into gift wrap. Large plastic ice cream buckets make nice ways to grow veggies plants on the patio when roughed a bit, painted, and punched with a few drainage holes. The lids make great drainage dishes beneath them. I buy the best baggies I can find, soak them after use in some hot dish water and drain them over wooden spoons so they don't "mildew." I then use them for dividing the cheaper family size packages of meats and freeze individual pieces. Junk mail makes good scratch pads and grocery lists. And the grandkids love to play office with them or draw on them. Thick, frayed bath towels can be trimmed and hemmed and used for bath mats, and old shower curtains make good drop clothes for when I'm painting, or to line the trunk if I'm buying plants and potting soil in the spring. Fabric scraps, leftovers small skeins of yarn and old pillow cases make great doll clothes. Cardboard boxes can be covered with fabric or contact paper and make attractive storage boxes for craft or scrapbooking supplies. And I use wooden clip-style clothes pins to hang clothes in the summer but to also keep bags of snacks and such sealed...even bags of frozen veggies. Stray socks and gloves with no mate can be paired for at-home play, and frayed pants can become summer cutoffs or hemmed shorts. I've even seen people use old work shoes or boots to make unique planters! That's all I can think of right now lol. Karen

hi drannmwin I am now in a retirement center in a room with a roommate. I am a diabetic so every three months I get a box full of strips and lancets. I use these boxes to hold books and magazine, and also some of my large collection of beanie babies. Also I reuse the plastic bag given to me from the Tustin library to carry books back a nd forth to the library. When I was in our apartment I used plastic bags over again for a number of uses like storing string and dry goods in . and also in the fridge fo lettuce and things like that.

I recycle/reuse in various ways. One of the ways is at work, i take all the extra scrap paper everyone piles up by the copy machine and cut it up into fourths then staple it together to make a notepad. This is very usefull to me because I tend to write bug when I write fast so I have more room than those little yellow sticky notes. The only problem is that it doesnt have the adhesive backing. Another way I used to reuse is I used to make furniture out of cardboard boxes. Depending on the design, these can be very sturdy and even hold multiple people.

I know that I use butter tubs to paint with. I also use milk bottles to put water in and keep them in the car in case of an emergency. With the winter approaching (except in Idaho where we already have cold weather where our temps get in the negative) I also keep a bottle of water and a blanket in case we get stuck somewhere. I also have a flashlight and keep food.

I used my old cloth and conches i picked up on the beach and made them adornments,and i selled them.

Use those plastic carry bags you get at the supermarket to carry stuff on my bicycle.

I make origami ninja stars and paper cranes out of used paper. Its fun and it looks cool.

I reuse almost everything in my home that I can. I use the plastic bags (like from Target or Walmart) to line our kitty litter box and I use them for small trash can liners. My son and I spray painted a ton of shoe boxes all different colors and they are used for storing his smaller toys in his playroom. We screened in our back porch a while back and I took some of the leftover screen and stapled it to the back of a large picture frame (after taking the glass out) and I use it to hang my earrings on. The hooks slip right through the screen and I can see easily what I have. When I only have a small amount of wrapping paper left, not enough to do a package, I use it in various scrapbooks as decorative accents. I love finding new ways to use what would have been thrown away.

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