Throw blankets and rugs reused.

[badmomma]

There are so many things that you can do with your old blankets and throw rugs.

Rolling up the old rugs and then securing them makes them good door draft stoppers.

The old blankets can be used to make funiture covers and in some cases table covers or playmats for children.

I hate to throw things away and always try to find new uses for them. I have used old sheets to make new tablecloths. I don't like to pay so much for new ones.

You can use your tin cans from soups ecetera for keeping your pens and pencils in on you desk. I keep my old jars for nuts and bolts or put tealight candles in them during power outages.

[houseflip101]

These are some great tips also if you take contact paper or wall paper and decorate different sizes of cans with the lids u can make some of the pretty canister sets or desk sets or give as gifts for birthdays or holidays this is something that can be done all year round its keeps the mind and fingers busy during the times when u cant get out side of just need something to do also scrap booking is a lot of fun also they have all different things to make a memory book fun and new so have fun and keep the ideas flowing we all need help keeping busy and inexpensive

[flip_it_fast]

I use them for rags sometimes if they are worn. It's better than using a ton of paper towels and they are washable so I can reuse them until they are too worn.

My husband actually uses them too when he has to crawl under a vehicle to work on it.

I'd rather reuse as much as possible rather than waste, spend more money or hurt the Earth more.