Reusing Leftover Bottles

An empty dish-liquid bottle makes a great computer keyboard duster. Just squeeze and let the air do the work for you.

TIPical Mary Ellen host Mary Ellen Pinkham shares easy tips for using leftover bottles around the house.

Pour sugar into a cleaned-out milk jug and replace the cap. The sugar will now be easy to pour and will no longer lump.
Use a plastic-handled bottle as a birdfeeder. Cut out a section of the jug on the side opposite the handle. Fill with birdseed and hang from a tree branch.
Store birdseed in a recycled plastic jug. This will keep not only keep it fresh, but it will also be easier to refill empty birdfeeders.
Use an empty squirt bottle as a bellows for starting a fire or for blowing out dust from hard-to-reach places such as a computer keyboard.
Fill a clean chocolate-syrup bottle with pancake batter, then use it to make unique pancake shapes.
Use a laundry jug as a buoy by tying a rope to it as well as the anchor at the opposite end.

Also in this Episode

TIPical Mary Ellen : Episode TIP-715
•	Cooking With Wild Rice
•	Embellishing Frames
•	Reusing Leftover Bottles
•	Tip of the Day

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