15 things we NEVER throw away to save money.
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- What do you keep that other people would throw into the trash? I tell you what I keep out of the bin and why.
Frugal Queen in France
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When I was young we would sew a washcloth in half - making a pocket - and adding a button and loop. Then we would toss the soap slivers into the washcloth and use them up that way.
I knitted a small, draw string bags with slub cotton yarn for them. Works a treat!
Would you believe they sell things like that now? Saw some on vacation a couple of years ago. My son's girlfriend thought it was the greatest invention! 😅 So organic!
Our older generation was VERY clever. ❤
I use an old knee-high nylon for soap scraps. Dries quickly
I had forgotten that! I really need to make one for my soap scraps.
I've used the foot of a pair of unsalvageable nylons, but your idea is great! Thanks!
Do you remember covering school exercise books in left over wallpaper off cuts ?
Also we would cut a slit in a bath sponge and put the soap slivers in .This makes a lovely soapy bath sponge and no waste
I remember it well
Ah, yes, we did that with school books!!
We covered school books with papers bags. Very sturdy and would last entire school year. Then you decorated the covers with crayons or markers (if you were lucky) 😊
Yes to the wallpaper. I loved doing that
@lorelei9393 same here. Was wondering last night.. Do I still know how to do it? 🤔😄
Imagine if people would reuse all these things, how good it would be for our planet! See how helpful you are doing these videos.
My ex mother in law used to cut worn sheets in half and sew the 2 outsides together so that what had been the worn middle section got tucked in under the matress. She also doubled up ,or sometimes tripple folded old thin towels, sewed around the edges and used them as bath mats.I think these hacks were a hang over from the war years and rationing.
Superb , I make pillow cases from old sheets
My mum taught me how to 'sides to middle' a sheet using a 'French seam' so that it would not be uncomfortable to lie on. Definitely a war time/ 1930s depression (UK) thing!
I grew up with the slivers of soap being grated & water added to make "pump bottle soap" for hand washing, always wash and reuse glass jars, egg cartons/yogurt cups/etc become seed starting containers...my Grandmother washed aluminum foil, later plastic bags unless they held raw meat, & her favorite was the cereal wrappers became sandwich wrappers
Thanks Jane. I have many of your habits. Also old pillow cases are used over small pillows for our dog to lie on (and then regularly washed) and over a footstool for the dog to jump up on a chair. I cut up cereal boxes to line areas of the fridge door / veg compartment and then throw them away when they get dirty. Jam jars are used for storing semolina, raisins, sugar, dry coconut ground almonds etc and cream in the fridge. Old big plastic parcel bags are used to line waste paper bins. Old plastic mushroom boxes are used to store little boxes of medicines or boxes of vegetable stock cubes. Old sheets are used for painting sheets. Old t shirts and socks are cut up for rags and cleaning. Old freezer bags are washed and dried and re used. Freebie supermarket newspapers are used on wet days over the indoor kitchen door mat and then thrown away when wet and muddy 🙂
Thanks
I do the same thing with the newspaper too! Often wondered if it was just me! I find they do slide around a bit, but it certainly saves a lot of mud coming in. The newspaper goes on top of the washable door mat, I just don’t like putting the door mat in the washing machine, so in the summer I put it in a big bowl and pretend I’m treading grapes😊
I give aluminium foil one last reuse by sharpening scissors on it! Snip through scrunched up scraps to boost the scissor blades. You can then squish the shreds into a ball for re upcycling
Great idea!
Hi. Great video. I do a lot with ice cube trays. I pour day-old coffee in to make coffee ice cubes for iced coffee. If I have a bunch of herbs that are wilted I put them in the blender with a little bit of water and then pour them in ice cube trays and have those ready to go for cooking. I also wash my baggies! Over and over again. I cut up old tea towels and turn them into napkins. And when those are done I use them as rags. I also cut up old sheets and button down shirts and turn them into hankies.
Watching this video, I realized that I do many of these things, too. I've just been doing them for so long now that I didn't even think of them as being frugal, but just what happens here in the house. Of course, these habits began because of frugality, but then they just became routines. (It's nice to know that there's somebody in the world who won't think I'm strange because I have a box of clean jars and lids in the pantry. I'm glad to have them, because so many more things are being packaged in plastic now.)
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You are not alone!! Me too!
I am a knitter and crocheter. Guess what? I did a whole blanket with lefover/last bits of yarn. Colourfull, beautifull and practical. And I reuse all of my stuff/ clothes / jars or papers untill they have no life in them. Laura_world from Romania
You're great laura
Lovely! I made a jumper like that too.
I bet that was beautiful
I use the prescription medicine bottles for organizing small bits in my craft room or saving seeds from the garden. Used envelopes are great for shopping lists. I'll date myself, but I used to put the paper coupons inside. I keep small bits of soap in my suitcases when they are not being used. It keeps them smelling fresh.
Fabric softener sheets will also keep suitcases + shoes smelling nice!
We cut the cereal bags into a flat piece and then into portions. We shred cheese on these portions or use them to individually wrap pieces of meat before sticking them into a ziploc bag for the freezer. I save Christmas card fronts for making gift tags for the next year's gifts that we give. Sometimes I cut them into shapes and sometimes, if it's a larger gift, I use the whole card front as the gift tag just adding the To and From to the tag. I use junk mail envelopes that are blank on one side to write my grocery lists on for when I go to the store. Great idea for keeping your binding strips organized. All of these are great ideas. Some of them I use already and others were new to me. Thank you for sharing these tips since I'm always looking for new ways to stretch my money.
Yes I make the same Xmas gift cards from old cards ....and I cut up white envelopes for lists and I cut up cereal boxes for lists 🙂
I keep the half lemons I've squeezed the juice out of and I put them in the dishwasher. Nice citrusy smell when you open the dishwasher door.
Coffee grounds also help turn pink hydrangeas blue and blue ones even bluer. Toothbrushes, glass jars, yes! Love the coffee-plant pot idea, I’ll start saving mine. Thanks!
Thank you, Jane! I also soak lemon peels in vinegar and wash plastic bags. One cannot have too many glass jars. Their uses are endless for sure!
I use the coffee grounds from the beans I grind for my blueberry and my hydrangea plants as they do well with the acidic grounds! I save any ribbons that were part of a gift bag or the panettone we eat at Xmas and use them to tie my tomato plants same with little bits of yarn that are left ( I don’t knit but a friend does and she keeps them for me! ) I give my empty bags that sliced bread came in to my sibling to use for her cat litter pick up! Of course I use my old stained tee shirts , pyjamas or towels etc into rags. I keep glass jars and use them for storage of dried things such as pasta or rice or lentils or herbs that I dry. I also use them when I make my breadcrumbs or granola. They come in handy when I wish to gift someone some dried herbs or granola. I also use them for storage of buttons and nuts and bolts. I prefer glass jars to any plastic storage. I have stopped buying gift bags as I use the ones that I have bought over the years or have been gifted and I also use any paper bags from shops. Better yet I use reusable fabric gift bags bought at fundraisers. My mom used to take a table cloth that had a stain or tear and cut up the good parts to make cloth napkins and the stained part became rags.
All my egg cartons go to a friend who sells organic farm eggs. My old clothing, bedding and household towels etc. that are worn out go into my cleaning cloths for household and pet care. I pick up old magazines and catalogs at the recycling stop to use around my cats litter box. I give them a light spray with pet deodorant to keep down odor and it helps prevent litter being tracked. I don't use perfumes much on my body but use a squirt inside my tiolet paper roll to subtly freshen the room.
Great savings
I dry orange (or any citrus) peels & use them in our wood stove to rekindle a dying fire. They burst into flame & release a pleasant scent of orange & get the fire going again. I appreciate your frugal lifestyle.
Great video, I do about half of those so will be borrowing some of those other ideas. I don't throw away any ribbons or cords I get as I do alot of sewing and they always come in handy. Our post office hardly ever franks the stamps on letters so I save them and they get reused as well.
Sounds great!
I do the same with coffee grounds to add goodness to the soil, but the other added benefit of sprinkling them around is it deters slugs and snails
Baby food jars are great for organizing - paperclips, staples, rubber bands, tacks, nails, screws, etc. Also I used them for Christmas gifts one year - making homemade bath salts (epsom salt, sea salt, oil) with different scents. Each family member got a set with five different scents one year.
I save: bread bags, brown paper bags, rubber bands, glass jars and lids, plastic cottage c heese and yogurt containers and lids to send leftovers home with guests. Gift bags, gift boxes, cloth ribbon, pill bottles, coffee cans with lids to store cookies/crackers in. Old towels and washcloths for cleaning rags. Egg cartons for seed starter containers, the plastic ones to sort earrings in a drawer.
This might sound a little nuts but I always have a little box on the go where I save bits and pieces that are interesting and could be used by kids for crafts. Corks, bottle caps, twist ties, plastic bottle lids, elastics, etc. when the box is full I drop it off at the local elementary school for their maker space. They also like empty toilet tissue rolls for the kindergarten crafts.
Great idea!
I use the Atlas mason jars from Classico pasta sauce to vacuum seal dry goods using canning lids that I buy from the dollar store. I freeze used tea bags for later use foot soaks. I also freeze orange zest for baking. I use the food safe cereal bags to vacuum seal food.
Great idea!!
I also freeze the organic orange zest and other citrus fruits, I blend them and cook them with a little sugar and pectin. I put it in glass jars and when I want a good hot or iced tea, I use a small spoon into hot or iced water. It’s very tasty!
I use different colored yarn in place of ribbon ( which is very expensive for 3-5 yards). Wrap around package 3-4 times and tie into bow. Thicker yarn can be wrapped around, tied into a knot with 3-5 inches after knot and fluffed tails open. Way more economical!
Thank you! I've enjoyed watching this and reading the comments for the ideas! I always pull off the thick plastic, bendable ties that come with the coffee bags (in the USA) they are very strong and I use them to corral various electronic cords. It was a free way to have a more organized life.
Great tip!
That is brilliant ❤
I recall the post war years when everything was repurposed - jars for jams and pickles etc.
Knitwear was unpicked, then washed, rerolled, then knitted again and again 😊
Lovely stroll down memory lane.
Thank you for sharing a great video .
Pats to the doggies 💐👍🇦🇺
@muttersmenu2422 we do it all now as does most people I know
I've always saved the cereal bags for storing homemade bakery goods and if I need to coat any food.
These are great to use when you need to crush something like nuts, graham crackers ECT. I've used these since we were children.
We had "gants de toilette" and we would put old soap in them and use them to soap up for baths. We also used to re-use tea bags. This was when I was growing up.
In the U.S. we have pillow protector covers before we put on pillow cases. I wash those often. I switch pillows every 2 years.
Cereal bags are waxed. Really good in the freezer. I'm also a crafter who keeps all card, paper/polythene packaging, and plastic 'pots' for different projects. Old toothbrushes are superb for cleaning my wheelchair. Soap slivers are a great alternative for dressmaking chalk. I label onion/smelly bags and reuse for the same smelly food after washing. I stopped using plastic bags in my craft room, and have run up fabric bags instead out of my scraps. I've just finished Santa's wrapping paper, my youngest is 21 lol. Clothes too old to use/give away get chopped up and made into 'new' fabric for crafting, excess (usually the worn bits) are compostable if natural fabric.
Thank you
I use old prescription bottles to put things in my purse. I have hand lotion in one and a mix of Tylenol and ibuprofen in another bottle.
I saw someone say those cereal bags can be used as frosting piping bags. I thought that was brilliant and am going to try it next time I'm decorating with frosting.
I also reuse bread bags to clean up my cat's litter box
@@rayeof_light old food bags I won't use again go in my
Pocket and become dog poop bags when I go out
I use bread bags for my packed lunch.
Some wonderful ideas for reuse, thank you for sharing!
Love the idea of using the coffee bags as planters. I will definitely give that a try! I once made a temporary salad garden on a windowsill (we were living somewhere for 4 months and i knew i wouldn't be able to take my plants when we moved) using pots made from various chopped-off tetrapaks and plastic bottles, and tins lined with plastic food packaging. It worked surprisingly well and apart from anything else really brightened up the little kitchen we had there!
We love the cereal bags as sandwich wrappers for picnics on days out. When my husband gets a Toastie loaf as a treat we use that wrapper for the same purpose too
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@@jenm692 thank you
@jenm692 Last year, I started tomato seedlings, using my k-cup plastic pods, after the old grounds went to my plants. There was already a draining hole for the water, from making the coffee. It worked great!
My grandmother had a soap cage which was used both in the laundry and kitchen. You can still buy then on line, mine is stainless steel.
Such a fun video! Nice to hear about creative ways to use things more than once and recycle 👍
Used an old thin single duvet as the filling of a draught excludder. Used a cheap scarf I bought I didnt like to make a draught excluder.
My father taught me the soap trick to help slide those old wooden windows up/down. My mom and I would cut buttons off any old worn out clothing and save shoe laces.
You can get something called an envelope maker in crafting and you can make bespoke sized unusual envelopes from old calenders and they look amazing.
Good idea
Oh.. I'm going to look that up. Cool
Great ideas Jane. I use the toothbrushes for getting into those tight areas to clean. Also washing my plastic bags for reuse. All your other ideas will be put to use for sure. Again thank you so much for teaching all of us around the world.🎉🎉
I use old pillows case as pillow protector, put the good , new pillow case on top ,
and old worn out tea towel, towel as cleaning rugs
That's fantastic 😀
Our frozen fruit, raisins, almonds, oats etc come in re sealable bags, so I wash them out and use them to freeze my meat. I bought soup cubes containers and freeze my stock into 1 cup blocks, easy to pull one block out of the freezer instead of a whole container. The cashews come in plastic jars with screw lids so I have all my baking supplies in them, same with the spice jars.
I have a feather pillow I have had since I was a child. It has regular 60 degree washes and tumble dries as new. I am now 73. Very good value for money, unless you are allergic to feathers. x
Oh me too! In fact I'm sat up in bed leaning on it now😆. After I've dried it in the sun, unless it was a pretty windy day I give it a coolish tumble dry to fluff it up even more. Tricia
Oh, my goodness, Jane! I could have made this video myself. I don't think there was a single frugal thing you mentioned (except for the pillows) that I don't do (including the toothbrush and soap tips!). "If I can do what I can do".... Especially in the late autumn to early spring I give all the bones to a friend who lives on a large piece of property with woods. She takes the bones into the woods and leaves them for the wild animals (who, apparently, appreciate them very much!). NO food waste whatsoever. Thank you for another informative and interesting video! Blessings from chilly, but sunny Ontario (Canada). Snow tomorrow.... 😏🌧☃
@@AnneManley thank you Anne
I often do the same as you and make other cushions out of old pillows. I use cereal bags as a kind of waxed paper. Our foil trays are not very good after the first use. However other foil I will use more often. No wrapping paper used here at all. I reuse bags, and cloth bags that I have made over the years.
Iuse those green bags from Lakeland over and over. I dont know whats in them but they really do keep green stuff fresher in the fridge - therefore leading to less waste - therefore leading to less expense! My friend bought them for me for my birthday once because I didnt believe her! Lol.
We give an empty cardboard box or the roll inside the kitchen paper towels to our dog as a toy. Keeps him from being destructive if he is at a loose end. Saves us loads as we never buy him toys.
Good idea
I cut suitable papers up into various sized squares for patchwork paper piercing and shred other paper. The shredded paper is used as bedding in the chicken coop - I have saved hundreds of €€€ by doing this. The soiled paper is then put on the compost heap where it breaks down for eventual use on the vegetable garden. I even shred the paper from the paper piecing once I remove the paper from the completed squares. All plastic bags are used eventually as poop bags for dog walking.
One year I saved all the junk mail and made chains out of them for Christmas decorations. Kept my nieces busy one winter and they were so happy at Christmas time to see them strung from corner to corner in the lounge. Both said “ I made them”. Great fun. 🎁
I put little pieces of paper in my quilting siplock bags and write on the paper ,so you can use them very often, old pillow filling you can use for stuffed animals. 😊
Foil containers I do use multiple times. I've never put glass jars in the freezer though, but will do so next time I open a sauce jar. Christmas cards I cut up with pinking shears and used them as Christmas gift tags. But I am now kicking myself for throwing out two pillows when I could have made cushions with them!
@@irene3196 you know for next time
Thank you for sharing! Since the synthetic pillows exist, I do like you Jane and I love this transformation and my new cushions for us and our cat. Thank you Mike for the beautiful pictures of your adorable puppies !
Most cardboard and paper can be composted
Brown paper bags can be opened flat and used as a counter top cover when doing messy kitchen stuff like peeling or prepping produce or pouring liquids or even baking (sifting!!!)
I also cut them to size and keep them to wipe spills or spot clean (or upchuck from my cats)
Make your own cleaner using distilled white vinegar, liquid soap (castile/dishwash) and water. 1/4C , 1 tbsp, 2C respectively. Pop it on spray bottles. It's great for just about everything.
Teeth only need a gentle buff with your toothbrush. The paste should do all the work , really. So I replace my tooth brush on my birthday and 6 months after. Brush for only a minute but be thorough. But...gargle once for a minute ...very thoroughly. Once after breakfast, once after your last meal. Your tooth enamel will thank you for it . Xoxo
Great video Jane All my old clothes end up as general cleaning rags Cannot remember the last time I bought any! ❤
My wedding gift from my poor and frugal grandma was some cleaning rags from old but good; used material. 65 years ago.
We reused wax cereal bags for sandwich wrap. Also aluminum foil was reused 2 or 3 times. We saved all glass jars & lids for jelly making.
I also do the vast majority of your suggestions Jane, I am sure it because of the era we were brought up in. We were reared to be frugal so it comes pretty naturally.
One thing I do is I save my old duvets, wash them and use them as matress toppers. Omg they make such a difference to the comfort of the bed and they are free. 😂
My best friend and I have 'THE BOX' 'THE BAG' THE CARD'. lol... we have used these to exchange gifts for years.
I know of friends who have done this!
It is a great idea! I heard of a married couple who used 2 Valentines Day cards. Each card lasted for 10 years, and they have it back and forth with a new message each year, saying what each had appreciated about the other in some way that year. They were married some 50 years before the old guy passed away but the wife who was left had a lovely record of events and loving messages. This, to me, is truely romantic.
Forgot to say I gift old paper calendars with nice images ( ask friends for theirs) to the care facility and their art group uses them to make book-markers they then sell at fundraisers or they are used to put up on walls to brighten them up!
A tip from my mum was to keep soap as long as possible by using it to scent drawers, linen cupboard etc, when you eventually use it you will find old soap lasts much longer than new.
I also keep glass jars that I use for appple relish ( your recipe, thanks again !). I use the small ones for bear's garlic pesto, that I then put in the freezer to last me the whole year.
Wonderful!
We save glass jars for my son's plant clippings. Also, use for bone broth.
My mom used to use grocery store paper bags to put leaves in for pickup. Then that was considered unacceptable she bought trashcans for this. When she passed away in 2014 I found the leftover bags. The store went out of business in 1984! My aunt took them home to use! FYI she wasn't allowed to burn the leaves and the house trash was required to be in plastic bags!
I cut off the rubber top of socks thar have holes. I use those "rubbers" as hair bands or to close a plastic bag of pasta etc. I always reuse jars and lids, plastic ice cream boxes. Love your channel Jane!!!
I use a cotton reusable/ washable coffe filter for my drip coffee. I know paper filters are not terribly pricey BUT I don't like the waste.
I put the aluminum into a ball and use them in the dryer as a "de-static" ball. It has been working very well. Interestingly, it gets smaller in the heat of the dryer and very shiny (pretty). Try that. It may work for you, too.
I have also used a ball of aluminum to clean a dirty pot if out of a scrubber ,,
In my grandmothers old house the kitchen had tin lined drawers for flour and sugar, grandmother kept hers in tupperware,so she used the divuded drawers for her used tin foil( aluminum foil)and plastic bags, she even reysed grocerystore plastic produce bags😊
I use an old toothbrush for cleaning jewelry, particularly the ones with the stone.
I've always used old toothbrushes for handwashing/scrubbing my sneakers 👟 . With a little dishwashing liquid, the toothbrush supercleans the grooves on the bottom of the shoes so well especially, dried on mud.
I had guessed many of the things you saved based on watching your videos but there were some new ones too!
I watched a lady from the UK that uses the bags from cereal boxes as paper to roll out pastries on and for some other uses as well.
I reuse old toothbrushes and gift bags as well as ribbons from packages. I save grocery bags for bathroom trash can liners and to carry things as well. I teach Sunday school with preschoolers and I will save junk mail, grocery ads, and free magazines for projects in our class. I do save glass jars but I need to get better at finding uses for them. They are piling up in my garage right now.
@@pamelastucker8335 use then as drinking glass
Toilet paper tubes are good for starting seeds. Cut for slits in the bottom up the side, fold the flaps onto themselves to create a bottom, fill with soil, and plant your seed. They can be placed upright in a meat tray for watering purposes. When transplanting you can open the bottom to let the roots have free reign.
When mygurlswere young and I was doing weekly sewing and mending I purvhased a type of fishing tackle box, it had many small clesr drawers, I sorted( or should saymy oreschooler ) sirted the button collection by color for me. Itnluved on my sewing desk, in a quivk min. You coukd find the color button you needed, in some colors I had them sorted by color ie: small white& large white, even quicker to find what you want!😊
😂The idea of putting soup in jam jars is fantastic. More glass less plastic. I also reuse plastic bags. 😊
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I chop up all the toilet roll innards for my compost (and any that others donate to me) as brown material and also add very small pieces of cotton fabric left over from quilting.
My frozen veggies come in very hardy zip lock bags,I reuse them over and over in the freezer.
I reuse my old pillows for my cat bed .
I also use my old sweaters as a cover for the cat pillow,especially for the winter .
I reuse my cat treat container to put my dryer sheets in,to keep the over whelming smell of the sheets at a minimum.
Great tip!
Hi Jane I scrumple up tin foil and boil it in the frying pan with water to clean silver cutlery. I put citrus peel on top of my log burner and when dry use it as firelighters for my next fire. Also, the last bit of soap makes a useful marker in sewing projects. I LOVE your pillow suggestion...genius! Thanks for all your tips x
Love your clothing hierarchy comment. Drove my kids crazy with the Sunday go to meeting, work outfits, at home work outfits, gardening then finally the paint clothes. Which to be honest if they have got that far are usually staying together with a wing and a prayer that they last until the project is done. I definitely wear my clothes out. I must say though I never thought of using the trays from the biscuit packs for seed trays or the coffee bags. Those tips will come in handy for the upcoming growing season. 😊
I wash and reuse the bed pillow for lining our dogs bed inside the crate. She loves the comfort. I put an old pillowcase on it and can wash the case when I change our bedding.
My son uses coffee grounds to eliminate odors around the house, especially in the kitchen.
My coffee grinds go to the compost along with vegetable and fruit scrapes.
im the same with plastic bags....if its fishy because i took the cans of tuna, mackeral cat food to recycling down the road...i just wash it with fairy liquid both outside and inside and hang out to dry
Ok, I do a lot of those things too. I reuse Foil, zip lock bags, grocery bags at least once or twice. Jars for sure, at a fault..getting better about keeping that under control. Mostly for the environment than saving money..although that makes a difference too.
Love that!
I was listening as I cleaned the mixing bowl that I used for making bread. And I was using a bit of an onion bag to scrub it first. We get them in plastic mesh bags.
I love the idea of reusing the plastic mesh bags for cleaning things like bread bowls. The dough always goops up my normal scruffie, so this would be a way to avoid that. Thanks for sharing.
I eat my citrus peels! My favorite food. Wash them well before peeling. And then you can boil them gently take it off the heat strain the water and add sugar. Or you can just skip the boiling and dip it in sugar and eat. It's a little more pungent this way, but I love it❤
Great to chop the sugared bits up and put in fruit cake too.
Some wonderful take aways. Thank you fro the great ideas!
@@sams.9745 thank you
Best video ever! Thank you so much. I have learned so many new, out of the box ideas. Just super!
Glad it was helpful!
I was reflecting on your eye rolling video while watching this. I was half eye rolling at some and nodding my head in agreement at others 😂 great video Jane
My dad used to keep soap scraps in a jar. Eventually he added water, thinking he could reconstitute a bar of soap. The result was a slimy mess. I have been keeping scraps too (and yes, I stick some bars together) but I plan to try to melt them in an old pot. I think I can make a new bar.
My mom used to scrap soap in old knee high socks and either give to the little kids to scrub themselves in the bath ,or for camping ,I used them to clean my bathtub
Add a little olive oil and press together really well
I cut up cereal boxes and Kleenex boxes etc. the write grocery lists on or whatever lists.
I make drawer dividers out of cereal boxes, tea boxes and tissue boxes.
These are great tips Jane!
Use aluminum foil 3 times... I used one piece of aluminum foil for 20 years! I threw it out when little holes started developing in it. As long as it washed clean and folded nicely, I kept using it.
I kept and used all kinds of plastic bags until they got too dirty to come clean, or developed holes.
Other things I use over and over:
Bread bag ties.
All plastic bags, large and small.
Rubber bands.
Paper clips.
Prescription bottles.
Definitely, glass jars.
Fabric scraps.
Clothing labels collected and quilted into garments.
Christmas cards received get turned into decoration on the next year's presents., instead of a bow.
Old socks and hosiery that's beyond repair make good stuffings for pillows.
Used candle jars can be used to hold almost anything, plus used to make new candles from old candle scraps of wax.
Etc.
We keep many of the ssme things that you do. But our coffee frequently comes in a plastic (coffee can shaped) container with a lid. I use that for a sealed compost bin in my kitchen, sometimes I have 2, 1 for coffee grounds, and the other for food scraps, especially during canning season.
Wonderful 😊
Great tips thanks.
I use the wax paper bags from cereal and cracker boxes to roll out my pie crusts and biscuits on. I have a bought roll of waxed paper but rarely use any from the box. Love your channel!
I use the Amazon packaging envelopes to make craft templates.
I reuse bread bags to store opened packages of bacon, since there's no good way to close up a package that's been cut open. I never reuse plastic bags that have had raw meat in them. Enjoyed all your tips!
Slivers of soap can be run over zippers to make them more slippery so they stick less.
good tip with the foil. I do that too! I like the idea of the cereal bag too.
I use my plastic bags until they have a hole in them. Also save the foil and wash it as long as it isn't some baked on cheese or something.
I too use the inside of cereal boxes to freeze chicken breasts so I can separate them easily,also sausages on a metal tray they just roll off once they are frozen xx
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