(Sorry for the punny title, but it’s practically unavoidable.) With Easter just two weeks away, there will be many a dozen eggs bought and used for coloring eggs, making devilled eggs and decorating blown out eggs. With all of those eggs come a lot of egg shells. Instead of discarding the egg shells resulting from [...]
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Eggs-citing ways to reuse egg shells
Posted in Coffee grounds, Compost, Crafts, Dish soap, Eggshells, Garden, Household, Kids' activities, Toilet paper tube on Monday, March 30, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Organize your drawers: Power cords
Posted in Household, Organization, Toilet paper tube on Monday, March 16, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Do any of the drawers in your house suffer from tangle cord-itis? See what I mean: Suffer no longer my friends. Save back a few cardboard tubes (from paper towel or toilet paper), wind up your cords lasso style and insert into the tubes. Mark on the tube the purpose of its contained cord. [...]
Organize your art supplies without spending a cent!
Posted in Bottle caps, Cereal box, Containers, Crafts, Egg cartons, Food containers, Household, Jars, Paper, Plastic clamshells, Plastic packaging, Toilet paper tube on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 | 5 Comments »
If left untamed, art supplies (your children’s or your own) can take on a life of their own. Even if you have a designated cabinet or closet, they still seem to creep, crawl, scatter and sprawl all over the place. But, you can get organized and you can do it for FREE! Look no further than your own [...]
Rainy day fun: Repurposing with your kids
Posted in Chopsticks, Food containers, Kids' activities, Toilet paper tube on Thursday, February 19, 2009 | 6 Comments »
The next time you have a rainy (or really cold) day and you’re trying desperately to tolerate entertain your children, dig through your recycle bin. Most likely, you have the perfect makings for a fun kids’ activity, art project or game. Since children are designed to enjoy the simple things in life, a toilet paper tube could occupy them for [...]









