Life is so complicated and managing and maintaining dual life can be even harder. In a way or two, everyone seems to be playing double roles in their respective lives. A work-at home mom --> handling her business and her family; a man --> handling his job and his family; and even kids --> their schoolwork and games :) and the list continues...
In this life full of twists and turns, gadgets and materials, we come across so many wonderful inventions that ease our life and make life simpler and better. Out of these, few that we use in our daily basis, serves this purpose rightly. This is what is explained in this post, how few everyday items that we use come in handy to do the toughest of jobs and bring a smile on our face when it's job is accomplished.
Few that I have mentioned below can be used to make our daily activities simpler and cleaner.
1. Tooth brush
"I am the magic wand", says the little toothbrush. Its purpose is to clean our teeth and to reach every nook & corner of it and remove dirt and keep it bright and neat. It's purpose doesn't end here.
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Lets see a few where it can be used once it serves its main purpose.
- To clean bottle covers and neck
- To apply hair dye evenly
- As a mascara
- To remove dirt from the keyboard
- To clean chains or other instruments
- As a mixing tool
- To clean a comb
- To remove stains from baseboards, switch plates, tile, etc.
- As a paint brush
- To clean grills
- and many more.......
2. Toothpick
Toothpick also serves more than what it was intended to do. Lets have a look at a few:
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- To reach reset buttons and on/off it
- To clean rings and earrings
- For nail painting and others
- Clean cracks
- Remove dirt from the sides of phone
- For cupcake toppers
- Tiny craft garland
- As a mixing tool
- To apply tiny sequins and pearl stickers
- As a bookmark
- For tiny craft flags
- To steer icing to the desired shape
- Sandwich breads/burgers together
- For chocolate marshmallows
- To pick up fruits and eat
- etc.
3. Old Newspaper
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- Wrapping notebooks and text books
- Gift wrapping
- Place this down first, then cut vegetables. Wrap the paper up along with waste and throw it. This keeps your table tops/ kitchen tops clean all time.
- Similarly, place this while eating and to keep utensils.
- To cut sample shapes while sewing or other craft work
- To fill bags and boxes while gifting them
- To pack freshly ironed clothes and to keep them in wardrobe
- etc.
4. Waste cloth / dress
I know many of them would definitely have scrap clothes of old clothes lying around taking up space in your wardrobe. Every few months or atleast a year, clean your closets and wardrobe, take the clothes that you haven't used for many months, keep them aside. From that, keep the ones that are good for Donation and other scraps for other purposes. Few of which are mentioned below:
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- To clean countertops
- To clean appliances
- To clean floor and dust baseboards
- To wipe utensils
- Can be made into a rug
- Can make garland
- Clean laptop and other electronic devices
- To mop floors
5. Cardboard
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- To make craft or school projects
- Pom-pom maker tool
- To make base shape for sewing projects
- Packaging, etc
6. Boxes / bottles
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- Shoe boxes or other cardboard boxes for:
- organizing scarfs, yarn, craft supplies, etc.
- organizing packed food / supplies
- gift boxes
- etc.
2. Bottles
- as vase
- planters
- top half as a funnel
- bottle caps to make round shapes
- bottle caps as paint container
- to make bracelets
- can be used as water filter
- to store dry spices
- etc.
7. Old notebook
If you have notebooks that have already been used and just lying around your home, do not throw them away. We'll see how these can be used in different ways.
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- Collect blank pages from similar sized books and bind them together for a brand new book.
- Use pages can be used as scrap for designing or making sample shapes for sewing and other projects
- They can be used to wrap some brand new stuff to give it a fresh look and free from dust
- Use hard bound notebook covers as Ipad sleeves with a extra touches and craftiness.
- These covers can in-turn be used as book covers for your newly bound pages
- These can be applied for use as Household Binder, Meal planner, Blog planner, etc.
- and a lot more...
8. Yarn scrap
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- Scrap yarns can be used for gift wrapping
- Collectively to make a rug / crochet hat or any project {mug cozy, coasters, etc.)
- Can be used to make dishcloths or washcloths.
- etc.
9. Ear buds
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- For painting purpose.
- To make small polka dots
- To clean keyboard and monitor corners
- To clean sills and grills.
- To clean slider space of windows and showcase
- etc.
10. Pens/pencil
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- To make shapes in painting
- To reach reset button
- etc.
Similarly, several objects can be used apart from what they are intended to be. For example, binder clips, paper clips, toilet paper rolls, etc.
It is upto us to analyze the item after its use and before it is into the trash. Keep the ones that will help you and throw the rest, otherwise it'l just pile up into a big garbage.
Hope this was useful and do share your experience with these. Do you have any other idea with these objects? How often do you use them?
