Yourself Plastic bags can be washed along with laundry and reused. Snip off a corner of a small one and use as a pastry bag, line a trash can or planter with them, you can even use them to waterproof flash lights and radios. Re-use aluminum foil dipped in cola to remove rust from bumpers, as a pot scrubber, a heat reflector behind a radiator, or under a napkin in a basket of hot rolls. Detergent bottles can be washed out and used to make fancy pancakes, to water small plants, to dispense cooking oil, or as first rate squirt guns.
Plastic bottles make excellent boot trees and miniature greenhouses.
Those little plastic lemons that hold juice make terrific and decorative dispensers for soap or glue, and baby food jars organize everything in sight. Old socks are wonderful for storing delicate keepsakes like Christmas ornaments, they also make great dusters and shoe travel bags. Brown paper bags can be pressing cloths, can be used to drain foods, ripen fruit quickly, cover school books, and wrap packages. Better Living Volume 2, featuring dozens of new Better Living Tips. For more information on purchasing a book contact the Community Affairs staff at 625-1313 .