At Least 10 Uses For Milk Jugs
milk jugs and cartons
http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/ah_moneysaving_recycle/article/0,1801,HGTV_3131_1384876,00.html
Host Mary Ellen Pinkham offers some clever ways to use milk cartons and jugs around the home.
For those who like to dry clothes on the line outside, here's a handy way to hold the clothespins Cut a hole in a gallon-size plastic milk jug in the side opposite the handle, then cut about a half-inch from the bottom of the handle. Fill the jug with pins and use the handle to hang it on the line.
Make luminaries for a party by cutting off the top of a milk jug, filling the bottom with two inches of sand, then placing a votive candle in the sand. Line a walkway with the lights.
Cut about two inches off the bottom of a milk jug, fill with potting soil and use it to start some seedlings.
Make toy bowling pins out of milk cartons for children to enjoy indoors. Rinse out 20 milk cartons, cut off the tops and let them dry. Push two empty cartons together to make a rectangular-shaped pin. Use a tennis ball or small plastic ball to knock down the pins.
Store uncooked rice in a milk carton and it will be easier to measure out. No more spills around the measuring cup. Be sure to thoroughly clean the carton first.
Make a megaphone by cutting off the bottom of a milk jug.
A gallon milk jug can also be turned into a dustpan. Simply place the jug, handle side up, on a table and cut the bottom off at an angle.
www.rd.com/content/extraordinaryuses/extraordinary-uses-for-milk-cartons/
Keep drinks cold at your next barbecue or party with ice blocks made from empty milk cartons. Just rinse out the old cartons, fill them with water, and put them in the freezer. Peel away the container when you're ready to put the blocks in the cooler or punch bowl.
Here's an easy way to make a delicate, lacy candle. Coat the inside of a milk carton with cooking spray, put a taper candle in the middle, anchoring it with a base of melted wax, then fill it with ice cubes. Pour in hot wax; when the wax cools, peel off the carton. The melting ice will form beautiful, lacy voids in the wax.
Make an indoor bowling alley for the kids with pins made from empty milk and juice cartons. Just rinse the cartons (use whatever sizes you like) and let them dry. Then take two same-sized cartons and slide one upside down into the other, squeezing it a little to make it fit. Once you've made ten, set your pins up at the end of the hall and let the kids use a tennis ball to roll for strikes and spares.
To make an attractive wintertime treat for feathered visitors, combine melted suet and birdseed into an empty milk carton. Suet is beef fat; you can get it from a butcher. To render it, chop or grind the fat and heat it over a low flame until it melts. Then strain it through cheesecloth into the carton. Insert a loop of string into the mixture while it is still melted. After it hardens, tear away the carton and tie your new mass of bird food to a branch. Do this only in cold weather. Once the temperature gets above about 70°F (20°C), the suet will turn rancid and melt.
Milk cartons are the perfect size to use for seed starters. Simply cut off the top half of a carton, punch holes in the bottom, fill with potting mix, and sow the seeds according to instructions on the packet.
Use empty milk cartons to discourage grubs and cut-worms from attacking your young tomato and pepper plants. Just cut off the tops and bottoms of the containers, and when the ground is soft, push them into the ground around the plants when you set them out.
Keep an empty milk carton handy near the kitchen sink and use it to collect food scraps for your compost heap.
If you have a small paint project and you don't want to save the leftover paint (or lug a heavy can), an empty milk carton can help. Just cut off the top of the carton and pour in the amount of paint you need. When the job is finished, throw the carton into the trash, leftover paint and all.
Gardening with plastic milk jugs
http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/tips/msg1220032923072.html
Great ideas from Japan
http://www.frugaljapan.com/Main/Ency012
http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/ah_moneysaving_recycle/article/0,1801,HGTV_3131_1384876,00.html
Host Mary Ellen Pinkham offers some clever ways to use milk cartons and jugs around the home.
For those who like to dry clothes on the line outside, here's a handy way to hold the clothespins Cut a hole in a gallon-size plastic milk jug in the side opposite the handle, then cut about a half-inch from the bottom of the handle. Fill the jug with pins and use the handle to hang it on the line.
Make luminaries for a party by cutting off the top of a milk jug, filling the bottom with two inches of sand, then placing a votive candle in the sand. Line a walkway with the lights.
Cut about two inches off the bottom of a milk jug, fill with potting soil and use it to start some seedlings.
Make toy bowling pins out of milk cartons for children to enjoy indoors. Rinse out 20 milk cartons, cut off the tops and let them dry. Push two empty cartons together to make a rectangular-shaped pin. Use a tennis ball or small plastic ball to knock down the pins.
Store uncooked rice in a milk carton and it will be easier to measure out. No more spills around the measuring cup. Be sure to thoroughly clean the carton first.
Make a megaphone by cutting off the bottom of a milk jug.
A gallon milk jug can also be turned into a dustpan. Simply place the jug, handle side up, on a table and cut the bottom off at an angle.
www.rd.com/content/extraordinaryuses/extraordinary-uses-for-milk-cartons/
Keep drinks cold at your next barbecue or party with ice blocks made from empty milk cartons. Just rinse out the old cartons, fill them with water, and put them in the freezer. Peel away the container when you're ready to put the blocks in the cooler or punch bowl.
Here's an easy way to make a delicate, lacy candle. Coat the inside of a milk carton with cooking spray, put a taper candle in the middle, anchoring it with a base of melted wax, then fill it with ice cubes. Pour in hot wax; when the wax cools, peel off the carton. The melting ice will form beautiful, lacy voids in the wax.
Make an indoor bowling alley for the kids with pins made from empty milk and juice cartons. Just rinse the cartons (use whatever sizes you like) and let them dry. Then take two same-sized cartons and slide one upside down into the other, squeezing it a little to make it fit. Once you've made ten, set your pins up at the end of the hall and let the kids use a tennis ball to roll for strikes and spares.
To make an attractive wintertime treat for feathered visitors, combine melted suet and birdseed into an empty milk carton. Suet is beef fat; you can get it from a butcher. To render it, chop or grind the fat and heat it over a low flame until it melts. Then strain it through cheesecloth into the carton. Insert a loop of string into the mixture while it is still melted. After it hardens, tear away the carton and tie your new mass of bird food to a branch. Do this only in cold weather. Once the temperature gets above about 70°F (20°C), the suet will turn rancid and melt.
Milk cartons are the perfect size to use for seed starters. Simply cut off the top half of a carton, punch holes in the bottom, fill with potting mix, and sow the seeds according to instructions on the packet.
Use empty milk cartons to discourage grubs and cut-worms from attacking your young tomato and pepper plants. Just cut off the tops and bottoms of the containers, and when the ground is soft, push them into the ground around the plants when you set them out.
Keep an empty milk carton handy near the kitchen sink and use it to collect food scraps for your compost heap.
If you have a small paint project and you don't want to save the leftover paint (or lug a heavy can), an empty milk carton can help. Just cut off the top of the carton and pour in the amount of paint you need. When the job is finished, throw the carton into the trash, leftover paint and all.
Gardening with plastic milk jugs
http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/tips/msg1220032923072.html
Great ideas from Japan
http://www.frugaljapan.com/Main/Ency012
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