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6 Uses for Used Calendars

Don’t throw out that 2007 calendar just yet. It might be 2008, but there is no reason to let something like that go to waste. After you have recorded the dates and other information you want to remember, follow these creative and clever ideas to use that old calendar in a new way. Nearly every calendar has a pretty picture for each month, here are some ideas to use those pictures. They make a fun and creative gift wrap for small packages. You would wrap the same way you would wrap with wrapping paper leaving the date part on the … Continue reading →

A Clever and Very Frugal Way to Use Torn Panty Hose

I am completely fascinated by new and useful ways to use items that have run their course, which you can probably tell by many of the articles that I write. When a friend recently showed me a new trick with some panty hose that had a tear in them, I was so excited to go home and try the same thing. So what was this clever, practical and very frugal thing she did? Cleaning out a hairbrush is simply not fun, but it is sanitary and should be done regularly. It is so hard to get all of the hair … Continue reading →

More Creatively Frugal Uses for Marshmallows

I spend a great deal of time in my kitchen, and I am always looking for short cuts and other uses for products that I often have on hand. I discovered a few uses for marshmallows that I shared with you in the previous article, and I plan to share the rest right here. Spread It Thin When I taught preschool, we used to bake treats with the children often. Our favorite was cupcakes, but spreading frosting was messy, not to mention expensive with a classroom full of about fifteen kids. A friend of mine told me to try a … Continue reading →

Creatively Frugal Uses for Marshmallows

Marshmallows? You must think I am crazy. What could you possibly do with a marshmallow besides just pop it in your mouth and eat it, or roast it over a campfire. You’d be surprised at the frugal uses I discovered, and they are practical uses too! Birthday Cake My favorite use I discovered for marshmallows was on my son’s birthday. We were tired of fast melting wax birthday candles dripping all over our cake. I had seen those little candle holders that you can place on your cake to hold the candles at the grocery store, but avoided buying them … Continue reading →

New Uses for Old Doors

You read that right, old doors. If you’re like us, you have at some point acquired, sitting out in your garage, an old door or two. And if you don’t, consider yourself lucky, or maybe not once you see what fun things you can do with them. Table My favorite use for an old door is to turn it into a table. You can create craft tables, or use them for when company comes to eat (just set the door on two even items at either end). We created tables for our garage sale out of them by placing two … Continue reading →

More New and Frugal Uses for Newspapers

With all the newspapers we wind up with, from the weekly city post to the smaller community papers, it seems like they stack up fast. We use our newspapers to wrap up breakable items for packing or even shipping out. Newspaper also makes a great packing material for sending fragile items through the mail, or keeping items from shipping around. But what else is it good for? Line Your Veggie Drawer Place a piece of newspaper in the bottom of your vegetable drawer in your refrigerator. It will help absorb moisture, keeping your veggies dry and fresh much longer. It … Continue reading →

Frugal Uses for Newspapers

Lying around our house we have tons of newspapers, which we were saving to pack things for moving. However, we have plenty more than we need. I wondered if there were things you could do with newspapers besides recycling them or using them to wrap fragile items for moving. I found a few: Fire Pit/Campfire This was the first use we found, mostly because we wanted to get rid of it faster (we’d already made two trips to the recycle box). We wound up using it in a campfire we had when we went on a camping trip. It helps … Continue reading →

5 More Frugal Uses for Bandannas

After yesterdays Five New Uses for Bandannas, I couldn’t stop dreaming up more uses for these little colorful squares of fabric. I have piles of them, and we keep laughing about how many more we keep finding. Oh, and if you don’t have any bandannas, the same results can be found from fabric squares. Towels, Napkins It can be used in a pinch as a wash cloth while in the bath or shower, and it can also be a great tool for using while cleaning the dishes. Either for washing (best) or drying. Drying is a bit harder as the … Continue reading →

5 Great New Uses for Bandannas

That’s bandanas or bandannas folks, not bananas. I suddenly have a ton of them. After cleaning out some old containers in the basement along with two dresser drawers I counted 32 of the little fabric squares. And I know we have more in our dress up box, in my drawer and the children have a few in their drawers. While I might not know how we acquired so many of them, I know some great things to do with them. Flags Bandannas make great flags. You can sew them together to create one large solid or colorful flag, or allow … Continue reading →

Reuse: New Uses for Toothpaste

Do you seem to always wind up with tons of toothpaste tubes. I do. Sometimes we try one and decide we really don’t like them, other times we just get a new one and the kids might forget about the old one and by then it just seems silly to use it. So they collect in this basket I have. It didn’t take me long to go on a quest to find out how to use the toothpaste in new and innovative ways. Smells Remove smells from hands after preparing fish, or anything that else that has a foul smell. … Continue reading →