OK, some of you are thinking "this woman has too much time on her hands" but since I quit my job several months ago, I have been continuously going through my house and downsizing. Yesterday, I was straightening up in our video/DVD armoire. I found numerous video cassettes that through the years I would record my soaps on so that I could watch them to relax when I got home from work.
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Over the last several days, I have been redoing my storage room. Taking things out and in is ridiculous when the chamber in my pneumatic closer no longer works.
Well People! It looks like DVD's Are The Next Greatest Thing, so what do we do with our old broken Video Cassettes now?
New Uses of Video Cassettes (without even dismantling them). Making a plant stand table. You do this by gluing 2 videos on the sides to 2 videos on top, again you can decorate or not.
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What are some good uses for old video tapes? Especially ones that can't be used again for recording because they are worn out. Can they be recycled?
Use as a gag gift, by making up a funny label appropriate to the theme you want to convey and applying the label to the tape.
Unravel the tape so you have a lot on the outside of the cartridge for effects and also for security incase there was something on the tape that you would not want viewed by chance.
I used this as a birthday gag gift, "Everything you wanted to know about (name) but were afraid to ask about!" staring (person's name). "Yesterday's stud muffin, today's sexy senior", staring (person's name),you get the idea. This got a lot of laughs in our group.
Best of all it's recycling and saves money on a funny gift; have you noticed how pricy the gag gifts are? create your own.
Ms. Syd Barr
Dunkirk, MD
Use as a cat and bird deterrent. Unravel tape and thread loosely through any nearby trees or bushes.You could also thread the tape around a cane framework. The noise made by the wind whistling through keeps them away. - Margarete
Unravel the tape and use to tie up tall plants in your garden. Just be sure to remove it when gardening season is over.
Mummy costume!!
This is a page about making a recycled VHS tape container. For a retro media themed party make a VHS tape container for holding tableware or other items.
