Many Uses For...

I found some interesting items around the house that can be used for other uses besides what they were intended for. For example, did you know that there are a million (well, maybe not a million) uses for baby wipes? Check out my other finds.



Baby wipes have their typical use but did you know that they are especially good for carpet stains? Rub a baby wipe on a stain and see the results!



How about Kool Aid? Kool Aid can be used as a dye in paint. You can also put Kool Aid in some plain yogurt and make finger paint with your kids. Swirl in different flavors. Use a cookie sheet to let them experiment with this new paint. Your kids will love it! I think I'll have to try this one with my grandson.



Kool Aid also can be used to make a tie dyed t-shirt. Cool huh? Just mix a solution of Kool Aid in a container, tie a rubber band around a section of the t-shirt and soak until it is the shade you want.



Toothpaste can be used to fill nail holes in walls instead of using the expensive wall patch. I've tried it and it works.



How about body paint made out of Crisco? Crisco mixed with food coloring can be used as body paint. Who knew? Heat the Crisco in the microwave (be very careful here), pour into an empty container (a film container works good) and mix with the food color your choice. Let this cool down. I'm thinking this could be used for Halloween face painting.



Broken crayons can be recycled into fun different shapes by sorting by color, melting in an old can, then pouring into molds that come with Jello gigglers. Then kids have new crayons in all sorts of shapes. How fun is that?



And speaking of old crayons. Why not make a crayon suncatcher? Just use a pencil sharpener and shave crayons onto a sheet of wax paper. Fold the wax paper in half, covering all the shavings. Press with a warm iron until the crayon shavings melt. You can cut the wax paper into a shape when cool, then thread string through the top of the wax paper and hang in a window. If I can remember doing this in grade school (and that has been ions ago), imagine what your kids will remember if you do this with them at home.