Use Shredded Paper as Fire Starter
Keep your paper towel rolls and toilet tissue rolls and stuff them with your shredded paper and use them for fire starters in camp fires. Little of the fire starter on the roll and you are ready to go.
Tools That Help The Blind Today
So glad you put that out there. Here in Maine they have lots of tools and ways to help most of them you mentioned. they came in & did my mothers washer, oven setting & etc. with the puff dots and she had talking books and a reader that magnified & so many things...
Remove Furniture Scratches with Walnut
My grandmother used this, my mother and I have on the furniture I have of theirs really wood things it really works just rub it over the scratch or light water stain and rub in and bam! It helps so much.
Pringle Lid Coasters
Yes they can be decorated for even a holiday celebration, the kids would feel they have helped. Try a light coat of spray glitter colors of the holiday or party, clippings of tissue paper will make them look like stain glass. Apply a little spray glue, the...
Make a Prayer Box
Wow last week in my Sunday School class I had the kids make what I called Gods Box leave your worrys to God we used small candy boxes from a locoal candy supply cut the slit and they decorated it with drawings and stickers. when they have a worry they can write...
Mt Katahdin, Maine
Wow, nice to see something close to home. I live about 70 miles from the area out side of Bangor Maine heading North. Glad you enjoyed and glad you put the beautiful photo on here. have a great day now what ever you are doing or where ever you may be.
Organizing Rubber Bands
If you have many and we do as the mail man sorts the mail for our column of mail boxes you can make a rubber ball from them and just keep in the draw and take one when needed. Just fold over several of the wider ones and keep going and using the folded over...
Use Bubble Wrap in Vases
That is a great idea. A few weeks ago when our church was having a yard sale we had many vases donated and several of like new silk and plastic flowers really nice ones So I wanted to sell both the vases and flowers. I had no bubble wrap but did use colored...
Give Ice Cubes as Dog Treats
My friend a few years back started giving her dog ice cubes for treats as he was sickly ( had many issues ) regular treats up set his stomach. So when he was in need of a treat she would press the ice maker on fridge and Buddy would sit and wait. He did not...
Dryer Sheets for Insect Repellent
I have used them for a long time. I tuck them into tops of my socks when I mow the law as well as use clothspins to pin to tee shirt short bottoms and etc. Use a hair clip and twist a sheet into a bow and clip on to your hair. Hey who care as long as the bug...
Old Fashioned Cleaning Tips
So many of these I remember. Still use a lot of the older ways to save not only on the environment but money and so many do the job better and safer. like for tea stained cups just a drop a bleach in the water and rinse well. also I am able to hang my laundry...
Beach Windchime
That sounds neat have lots and lots of sea glass and etc. I did some old fashiond glass stirrers (drink stirrers) with fishing line and hot glue for am interesting wind chime perhaps, THANKS TO YOU I could add bits of the sea glass and tiny shells.
Use Stickers to Change Greeting Cards
I never thought of it even though I do like to make cards and scrap book wonderful idea.
Use Less Than the Recommended Laundry Detergent
Yes less works just a well, also with other cleaners and you bath products like shampoo and etc.
Recycle Towel Pieces into a Quilt Beach Towel
Excellent idea, had to close up my mothers house last year and I never thought of it had about 3 boxes of towels in all states of use. But the One thing I did with the ones that quite a bit of wear left in them, was donate to the local shelter. They need all...
Use Your Cereal Boxes For Patterns
I have used them for patterns for making homemade cards. When you make a pattern once on the cardboard, save it and it stays usuable again and again. Also can be used, the cereal boxes large size for sorting things for Sunday school and etc. Stack and glue...
Dental Floss for Making Repairs
I feed the finches thistle seed, the feeders are of a mesh that come with a hanger very, very fine mesh. Some times bigger birds peck at the hanging bags and a rip appears. Dental floss is great for repairs, just thread a large needle with it, sew up your little...
Iron-on Backing For Quilt Pieces
Have never done it with quilt squares but when doing small projects using shapes cut from cloth Always iron them on to the fusible webbing and then cut they hold nicely whether used for sewing to another piece of material or using to be glued on a home made...
Line Dry for Longer Lasting Clothing
I have never had a dryer and even in Maine in the winter freeze them on the line and bring in hang on rack or coat hangers & they dry quickly and soft. My kids all three never had diaper rash, I always used cloth diapers. The sun also bleaches out stains. I...
