Using Unusual Items For Fun Family Crafts

Before you throw away anything in the dustbin, stop for a moment and think about any alternative way in which you can use it. It would be extremely advantageous for not only you but also the environment in which we live if we minimize the number of items that we dispose off daily. Do you know that even items such as bleach bottles, old blinds and banana peels can be used again in your houseplants and garden? Are you aware that you can make good use of those old cardboard tubs? Curious about what you do with dryer lint apart from throwing it away in dustbins. Read on.
So how can you convert your day to day rubbish into useable and unique items? Just by using a little ingenuity whenever you have free time, you can easily convert a plastic bottle into a funnel and use it for various practical purposes. Not only is it good for the ecological environment, but you also end up saving a lot of time as well as money by avoiding frequent trips to the stores to buy things that you can find in your daily junk. To breathe a new life in them, the first important thing that you need to do is to clean them thoroughly before reusing them. Though it might require a lot of preparation and creativity in the beginning, but once you get used to it you will be surprised at your own ideas about how you can use them.

Banana Peels: Banana peels can serve as a wonderful fertilizer for various plants including vegetables and roses since it is rich in phosphoric acid and potash. To use them as fertilizer, allow the peels to dry in air until they become crisp, crumble them and store for some time in sealed packets. Now add them to the potting soil or planting holes and examine its positive effect on your plants after a few days.

Bleach Bottle: You can create a strong soil sifter by cutting off the bottom part of a bleach bottle at a slant. Now insert a piece of cloth near the handle hole. Now when to scoop soil into the bottle, you will be able to sift out soil, free from pebbles, from the other side. This soil can now be used for your potted plants.

Cardboard tubes: The cardboard tubes that we usually obtain from bathroom tissues, paper towels and wrapping paper can also be used effectively to plant seedlings. These cardboard tubes make great pots for planting seedlings. Simply wrap aluminum foil around it to avoid falling apart on watering.

Each and every day presents some great opportunities for recycling and reusing the items that we usually throw after using. The list of items that we think are worthless but can be used for serving various great purposes is endless and includes the likes of aquarium water, chopsticks, old belts, old fishing line and even engine oil. Simply by using a little ingenuity and imagination, we can create a whole new world of impressive usage of old junk. In this way, not only do we promote prosperity of our families but also our planet.