After reading some of the following tips related to their creative recycling, you will find that an old sponge will not necessarily have reached the end of its life cycle by the time you decide to put it aside to use a new one.
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himHow to reuse the sponges? The classics sponges used in cooking and for washing dishes they risk quickly turning into waste, being replaced with a certain frequency, often out of habit.
After reading some of the following tips related to their creative recycling, you will find that a old sponge it will not necessarily have reached the end of its life cycle when you decide to set it aside to use a new one.
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Floral decorations
Le old kitchen sponges they can be carefully washed and cut out in order to obtain the material necessary to make the petals to compose a decorative flower, to be applied, for example, to the pencil that you keep handy on your desk to take notes. It can also be a little thought particularly loved by the little ones.
Dresses
Creativity in the field of fashion often knows no bounds. Here then the dish sponges have come to represent a possible material for the packaging of colorful women's clothes and decidedly original, which cannot go unnoticed even on the most extravagant of catwalks.
Vases
The old sponges, once you make sure they are completely free of detergent residues, they can be placed on the bottom of the pots of your flowers before transplanting, in case you have realized that the soil used does not hold enough water so that your plant is always a little dry. The sponges will help retain it in the necessary quantity.
Stencils
From the old sponges they can be cut out some silhouettes (cars, geometric shapes, stars, flowers) that can be used by the little ones as stencils for painting. It will be enough for them to dip them in liquid tempera colors and then place them on sheets of paper by pressing lightly to obtain the desired images.
Abrasive sponge
Transform the kitchen sponge into an abrasive sponge wrapping it with another recycled material. Let's talk about plastic nets which form the bags used to contain oranges, lemons, potatoes or onions when we find them for sale in the supermarket. In this way the your sponge will no longer be thrown away, but it can be used to fight stubborn dirt.
Sprouts
You could try to show your children how sprouts can grow from a seed without being afraid that playing with the earth could cause disorder in the house. Divide your sponge into several parts and arrange each one in one recovery jar after having moistened it. Place some dried lentils in each container. Keep them in the dark and water them every day. Watch the seedlings pop up together with the little ones. THU instructions for a Christmas gift based on this principle.
Sponged effect
If you are going to renew the color of the walls of your home, keep your old sponges so that you can reuse them for this purpose to obtain what is called "sponged effect". You could also think about cutting the sponge giving it the desired shape in order to obtain an even more creative effect.
Remove the lint
Lint and animal hair can be removed from dresses, sofas and armchairs gently wiping with a slightly damp sponge. It is not necessary to have a new one available. It will be enough to recover an old but well-cleaned one, to be kept aside for this sole purpose. It is a particularly useful solution to take with you on the road.
Soap dish
Here is a very convenient solution to make sure that the your bars of soap last longer and that water no longer accumulates on the bottom of your soap dish. It will be enough for you to cut out a layer of sponge to apply on the bottom and on which to place your soap, with the only care to wash, wring and let dry again the sponge from time to time.
Cleaning of vases and glasses
The old sponges can be cut as needed and reused to create accessories suitable for cleaning bottles, glasses, vases or glass jars, whose innermost part is often difficult to reach. At the end you can place a piece of cork obtained from a cork. Here are some images to inspire you:
Marta Albè
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