Tips and ideas for using old boots, other than wearing on your feet. Post your ideas.
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Fish bucket - Keep your just-caught fish fresh; bring them home from the river in a water-filled boot.
Doorstop - Fill a boot with golf balls or pebbles.
Birdhouse - Take an old boot outdoors and hang it upside down. It probably won't be long before wrens, swallows, or chickadees build a nest in the toe area.
Umbrella stand - Weight the bottom of an attractive old leather boot (a riding boot perhaps) or a tall rubber boot with pebbles or marbles and place near your home's front or back door.
My sister in law had an old pair of cowboy boots on her deck railing which she filled with dirt and some cactus - cute!
Makes a great planter when nailed on top of post. Drill or cut couple drain holes. Inch or two of gravel in bottom helps drain.
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If you are a single woman living alone, it's always a good idea to make it look like there is a man in the house. Leave an old pair of workboots (the bigger the better!) outside your door, as if the big, burly guy who wears them has taken them off before going inside to be with his loving lady (that would be you).
(b) use them as planters, put hen and chicks in for a decorative touch
I have several shoes/ boots planted. Here is one.
A friend suggested this to me, and it's a winner. Chet, one of the last original cowboys, said you can cut the foot part off, sew, glue, or tack the bottom part together, and you will have an excellent tool holder. Hang it, or them, in your car, or garage. Thanks, Chet!
I made an old pair of wellies into a)a woodland with a man crossing a stile with his dog and b) There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, so I could use lots of my dolls.
I take old high heels, slippers, boots ect. and add them to a dress up box i keep for my grand children. Mine loved this when they were little...yard sales always have fun things u can add for little cost and so do thrift shops.....costume jewelry, feather boas, army jackets and/pants, scarves, house dresses/robes, even old suit jackets are fun and Hats!!!
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