Tips on Reusing Household Products

Reusing Clothes

• Textiles fade and wear out with usage, but they rarely tear. You can cut used towels to use them as washcloths. Moreover, rectangular sheets can be cut into halves and used as tray cloths and tea towels. If they are too worn out, use them as cleaning rags. Old cotton T-shirts can be used to clean glass and windows. If you have old knitting wool in your home, make patchwork blankets. You can also use old clothes to make baby clothes and doll clothes. Worn out bath mats can be used as floor mops and can also be washed in the washing machine.

Reusing Paper

• Ensure both sides of paper are used. You can write your shopping list or important notes on used papers or give them to your kids for drawing and painting. Carry coupons inside used envelopes or junk mail return envelopes and cover your kids' textbooks with used brown paper bags. Wrap gifts in used newspapers or use them as lining for animal cages. Moreover, newspapers do wonders in cleaning mirrors or glasses. Just sprinkle some water on the glass and rub it with old newspaper. Shred paper and use it as packing material for gifts.

Reusing Glass Jars

• Used glass jars are highly reusable items found in almost every household. Use a pickle jar to form a coin or cookie jar and decorate its exterior with paints and ribbons. Punch holes in a small glass jar cap and use it as a cheese or spice shaker. Decorate used glass jars and gift cookies, candies or jam in them. You can also use them for storing sauces, salsas, dips, spreads and canning. Also, use them to store bulk cereals, grains, spices or baking supplies.

Miscellaneous Household Items

• Use cracked or chipped coffee mugs to make windowsill planters or place them near your phone to hold pencils and pens to take messages. Paint bottle caps in black and red and use them as missing checkers. Running dull razor blades through cork will allow you to make some more shaves out of it. Used squeeze bottles can be used for watering plants, filling steam irons and cleaning floors.