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CLEANING
Use old newspapers for cleaning glass and windows.
Use old dryer sheets to dust. Place them on the bottom of garbage cans and other areas of the house to eliminate odors.
Cut up old, worn clothes for cleaning rags. Use old socks for washrags. Place them over your hand for easy dusting.
Cut the top off empty milk jugs, and use to store
room cleaning accessories. Use to hold your toilet brush cleaner, and then just discard when dirty.
STORAGE
If you can, buy your ice cream in big 2 gallon buckets. They can be used for all kinds of storage, from food to toys, as well as sand buckets for children and outdoor water
for pets.
Use empty soda bottles to store water. You can also use them to water house plants when you are away. Cut small holes in the bottom, fill with water, and set inside the plant pots to slowly drip.
Cut off the top of empty plastic milk containers to desired height to make storage containers to fit in drawers.
Use ice cube trays for storage of small items.
Use baby food jars to store small items. Screw the lid to the top of a shelf to save space.
Use film canisters to store small items (like sewing notions) and small amounts of paint.
Use empty luggage to store blankets, seasonal clothes, or gift items purchased in advance during sales.
If you have items in storage areas with empty space, fill them with smaller items, and label them. Try to group things in a logical manner. Keep a master list on your computer.
Store extra blankets in pillow shams that you can set on sofas and beds.
Decorate large oatmeal containers and other similar empty containers with contact paper, pictures, etc., and use for storage of smaller items.
Save empty plastic eggs that come out of bubble gum type machines: They can be used like plastic Easter eggs at Easter or to store small pieces of jewelry and keep earrings together.
Use old shower curtains to cover wood stored outside.
LINENS & SEWING
Make potholders out of old ironing board covers.
Make kitchen towels or table runners out of soiled tablecloths and towels. Make drapes out of tablecloths.
Cut off the unworn part of old sheets to make pillowcases.
Store sets of buttons on diaper pins, or keep organized in egg cartons. Take of the lids and stack to save room.
Use scraps of fabric to make quilts.
HOME OFFICE & COMPUTER
Make your own postcards from heavy junk mail. Use the lighter pieces for notes.
Use both sides of printer paper, whether it is to run through the printer again, or other purposes.
Use unwanted CD's as coasters, hang as shiny decorations for festive occasions, or use them to decorate the wall in your computer room.
Decorate empty tin cans, and fill with pencils, pens, markers, scissors, etc. and place in each room as needed.
Before you discard plastic gloves, make large rubber bands by cutting the top at 1/2 inch intervals.
DECORATING
Use the tabs on aluminum cans to hang pictures. Just tack them to the back of the frame, or glue on with a hot glue gun.
Use worn out sewing machine needles to hang pictures.
Use the plastic bags you get at the grocery store to stuff your drapery toppers. Keep extra plastic bags stored in another plastic bag.
Use plastic bags for trash. Great for wet items.
Use colorful toy building blocks as handles on children's dressers.
Use old shower curtains as drop cloths when you paint.
GIFTS
Save old Christmas paper and shred for use in gift bags.
Make postcards, gift tags, or ornaments out of Christmas Cards.
Save leftover wallpaper to wrap presents.
Save empty glass jars for gifts and storage.
ORGANIZATION
Use an empty tissue box to store grocery store plastic bags. They store compactly and neatly, and dispense easily when you need one.
Thrift Store Shopping/Garage Sailing When going to yard sales. take a small amount of foundation and powder and place on your hand . When you are looking at jewelry and want to know if it is real gold or not, rub part of the item on the spot where the makeup is. If it makes a black streak it is real gold!
it and use it to fertilize your house plants.
keep snails out of the garden.
on the gardening seasons by starting your plants indoors in potting soil placed in empty egg cartons.
sheets.
or new moms. That way they don't have to worry about remembering what dish belonged to who and can just throw the container away (or preferably recycle it!).
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April ... I have a family of 5 also and my husband was just laid off from work this past Thursday so I will HAVE to start doing everything I've learned in order to save some cash.
en wire (or something like that) over the top of our garden otherwise the river rats (we live across the street from a river) or deer will come and eat our plants!!! That is an excellent 
though ... it's great fertilizer.
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