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03 Dec

Many Uses for Plastic Bags

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One more in the series of “Many uses for“. As always add your uses in the comments area so others can also be informed and possibly use them.

#Use as stuffing for scarecrows, Santa Claus or shipping boxes

#Wear between your socks and shoes to keep your feet dry

#You can freeze food in bread sacks, it just won’t keep as well as heavier plastic. If you have food you’ll use up within a month

#Cover a paintbrush with plastic bags when you go for a break, or even overnight. Make sure the bag is closed tightly and your paint won’t dry out on the brush.

#Carry one or more with you when you go walking to pick up aluminum cans, trash or treasure or doggy do.

#Carry a few in the diaper bag to hold soiled clothes and wet/dirty diapers

#Put dirty rags in a plastic grocery bag and tie a knot with the handles and dump in laundry bag without fear of making everything else smelly or dirty

#Use plastic bags instead of plastic wrap to put food in the refrigerator.

#Return them to grocery store: sometimes they give money for them

#Sponge paint with them instead of buying an expensive sea sponge

#Use to stuff door stoppers so warm air won’t escape

#Open and lay on counter to roll out bread, cookie dough

#Thaw meat or poultry in, so it doesn’t leak

#Make a wind sock to hang outside- good for ghosts at Halloween

#Plastic bags can be used to make balloon curtains poof out

#Fill with sand for a quick, short term weight

#Use as a shower cap

# Makeshift Rain Hats

#Knee Pads for when you garden

# Wet Umbrella Holders

#Planter Fillers (be sure not to cover the drainage hole, if it has one)

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