Some Reusable Tips

This is from the About.com Site on reusing household items, Frugal Living: great ideas! Don't Throw That Out 15 Useful Things You've Been Throwing Away By Erin Huffstetler . Soap Recipes Soap Making Water Clean Recycling Projects Handmade Soap Turn a creative eye on the things that you're throwing away, and you may just discover that they're worth hanging on to: Old Baking Soda baking soda mixture in a bowl Use old boxes of baking soda to make homemade cleaners with loads of scrubbing power: •Baking Soda Cleaner Recipes Stale Bread Use stale bread to make croutons, stuffing, French toast or another recipe where dry bread works well: •Leftover Bread Recipes Soap Slivers Soap Slivers Round up all of your soap slivers. Then, melt them in the microwave, and form them into a new bar of soap. Tip: Use a coffee mug as a soap mold, and you'll end up with a fancy, round bar. Mesh Produce Bags Save the mesh bags that oranges, onions, potatoes and other produce come in. Then, use them as pot scrubbers when you're washing dishes. Newspaper Sleeves Use newspaper sleeves as disposable work gloves, pooper scooper bags or as yarn for your next crochet project: •More Uses for Plastic Newspaper Sleeves Old Spices Spice Jars Simmer a pot of old herbs to freshen your house or use them to fragrance your homemade cleaners. Uses for Old Herbs Crystallized Honey Honey Overtime honey tends to get thick and cloudy, but that doesn't mean that you need to toss it. Learn how to restore honey to it's original consistency, and enjoy every bit of what you paid for. Extra Ice Cube Trays Use extra ice cube trays to freeze leftover broth; to store homemade baby food; or to organize your jewelry collection. •More Uses for Ice Cube Trays Dinner Scraps Start a container in your freezer for meal scraps – a couple bites of of meat, a few spoonfuls of vegetables. Then, cook up a big pot of soup every time you fill it to the top. •How to Make Scrap Soup Use What You've Got •Uses for Vinegar •Uses for Baking Soda •Uses for Borax Do-It-Yourself •How to Clean and Maintain a Dishwasher •How to Maintain Your Refrigerator •How to Clean a Washing Machine Related Articles •Creative Recycling Books •Reusing and Recycling Ideas for Paintings •How To Get Your First Creative Job in Advertising •Read, Learn, and Think Your Way to Success With Creative Thinking •How To Give A Good Creative Presentation Erin Huffstetler Erin Huffstetler About.com Frugal Living Sign up for My Newsletter