What to Do with the Old Mascara
It’s simple – keep the brush and wash it well. If you really like it, you can use it with your new mascara. Or you can brush your eyebrows with it and split mat eyelashes in order to achieve the perfect look.
What to Do with the Old Eye Shadows
Girls, who enjoy creating different stuff, will be more than happy to learn that the old eye shadows are ideal for drawing on paper, wood and even jewellery.
What to Do with the Old Eye Pencils
The dry eye pencil can be used as a regular one. For example, you can write a note directly on the surface of your fridge. Don’t worry, it will easily come off. The old eye pencils are also useful during home remodelling, because you can mark corners, walls, etc. with it.
What to Do with the Old Body Lotions and Face Creams
Use them for cleaning leather clothes and accessories, such as boots, gloves, jackets and so on. All you should do is rub the product in and let it dry. Wipe off the leftovers and you will be amazed by the gorgeous look of your leather items.
What to Do with the Old Nail Polishers
Put your imagination to work and paint different shapes on several inexpensive glasses using the old nail polishers. You can fix the decoration with clearcoat. Nail polishers can be used for colouring not only glasses but keys, jewellery boxes, frames and so on.
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Rag or Duster
Kids often make messes and if you wonder with what to clean them, the old sock can serve as a rag or a duster. In this way you will save money from buying microfibre cloths.
Sock Toy
Surprise your child with a cute sock toy. You will need a needle, thread, yarn and several buttons or beads. Put your imagination to work and create a unique toy. If you lack inspiration, check out these great DIY tutorials.
Feet Warmer
I know that usually this is the main purpose of socks, but here I have something else in mind. Fill the sock with rice, tie it well and put it in the microwave for 2-3 minutes. After that your feet can enjoy the warmth for a long time.
Hair Band
Socks are usually very elastic, so if you cut one in circles you’ll have lots of hair bands to use at home. Or you can cut the tip of the sock, roll it and then use it for making the perfect hair bun.
Skin Softener
If the skin of your feet or hands is too rough, you can soften it very easily. Before you go to bed, rub them thoroughly with cream and after that put two old cotton socks on them. You will be amazed by the great result in the morning.
Air Freshener
Another great idea for reusing old and lonely socks is to turn them into air fresheners. Fill a sock with sprigs of dried lavender and put it in the wardrobe against moths. If you want to refresh your living room, fill the sock with cinnamon sticks and dried flowers.
Creative Insulation
A perfect way to reuse an old sock is to make a huge stuffed snake from it. This snake can be put in front of doors or windows to prevent the cold air from getting inside your home. Such a fun and creative way to insulate a room, don’t you think? If you want to make this sock snake, follow the tutorial here.
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During winter time people often rearrange their wardrobes to find a place for all the thick winter clothes, which usually take a lot of space. Most of the times when you do this, you find some old sweaters, which you haven’t worn for ages and even hardly remember. But don’t throw them away, because they are still very useful – you can upcycle them in so many interesting and creative things for the home.
Here are 10 brilliant DIY ideas for reusing old sweaters:
Cup Warmers
In the cold days of January one of your best friends is the hot cup of tea. If you want to keep the heath for longer, you can make a cute cup warmer from the sleeve of an old sweater.
Pillowcase
The rest of the sweater can be used for making decorative pillowcases. If you have enough time and yarn, you can even create a cover for a whole sofa.
Coasters
Another brilliant DIY idea is to make cup coasters – just cut out circles, squares or any other shapes from the old sweater and then sew the edges with a thread, so they won’t loosen with time.
Jewellery
Leftover yarn can be your basic material for creating different pieces of jewellery – bracelets, earrings, brooches and others.
Handbag
If you have already used the sleeves and are wondering what to do with the rest of the sweater, you can turn it into a beautiful handbag. Decide what size will best suit your needs and then choose the type of straps you want – wooden, metal, plastic or yarn.
Wreath
One of the most beautiful ways for reusing old sweaters is to turn them into a yarn wreath. You can easily do it yourself and bring a fresh touch in your home. It’s up to you to decide, if you are going to hang the wreath on a wall or the front door. You can make a yarn wreath for different occasions, such as Christmas, St. Valentine’s Day, Easter, Halloween and so on.
Pot Covers
Are your pots brown, boring and not matching your home décor at all? Now you change that by knitting pot covers from the old yarn. Actually, these covers can also be used for pencil holders, vases, bottles, etc.
Gift Wrapping
Instead of buying expensive gift wrapping paper, you can make your gifts unique by using yarn from old sweaters. Such a gift will bring a smile on the face of any person.
Pompoms
These fluffy balls are very simple to make and afterwards you can use them for so many things – decoration, garlands, bookmarks, flowers and so on.
Decoration
Old sweaters can also be used for decorating purposes. You can’t even imagine what beautiful things you can create just with little bit of yarn, some balloons and glue.
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Somehow my home is always cluttered with old newspapers, although I’m not subscribed to even one issue. I used to throw away or recycle them, but then I began to wonder if there is some other way that I can reuse them. And then I found the new home décor trend, called upcycle. So instead of getting rid of the newspapers and throwing them to waste, now I transform and find a new function for them. Wonder how I do it? Find out in the list of ways to reuse old newspapers below:
- Light a fire. If you have a fireplace, you can easily light it up by using rolled newspapers.
- Clean glass surfaces or windows. Crumple a few sheets of newsprint, dip them into a mixture of water and vinegar and you can start the green window cleaning.
- Wrap gifts. Instead of buying expensive decorating paper, you can choose an interesting page, which will be much more fun than the usual gift wrap.
- Make gift bags. Choose a newspaper page with a colourful accent and create a bag from it. Your gifts will definitely make their receiver smile.
- Use for wallpapers. Bring a modern touch in your home décor, by papering one of the walls in a room with old newspaper pages.
- Pack fragile items. If you want to transport glasses, plates or other fragile items, wrap them up in newspapers to ensure their safety.
- Ripen fruits. If you have bought fruits or vegetables that are still green and not ready for consumption, you can wrap them in newspaper so they can ripen faster.
- Papier mache. The old newsprints are perfect for all kind of fun projects and home decoration, like this bowl for example.
- Origami. This type of art is not so difficult as you think – just watch several videos online and start practising.
- Decorate. You can make different ornaments for decorating your home, you just need to have some inspiration.
- Make toys. The more creative parents can go beyond decorating and even make a toy for their children from reused newspapers.
- Create furniture. Sounds unbelievable, but I actually came upon this picture of a stool made from old newspapers.
- Decoupage. Use this technique in combination with newspapers and in no time you can change the look and style of an old piece of furniture.
- Filling. Fill in the shoes or bags, that you aren’t currently using, with newsprint in order to keep their shape.
- Make jewellery beads. By rolling old magazines or newspapers you can create unique pieces of jewellery.
Hope that I have inspired you for reusing and upcycling your old newspapers. However, be careful, because you can become addicted and start reusing even some of your favourite books or important documents, such as the inventory report.
Just kidding of course. Enjoy!