Wait! Don't throw your old socks away! Here's why!
Socks are one of those objects that inevitably have a short life! There are many threats to which they succumb, first of all, the washing machine, which seems to magically make them disappear during washing, leaving unpaired socks!
If you ever find yourself with unpaired or mismatched socks, throwing them in the trash is the worst thing that you can choose to do! We can offer you an alternative, in fact, as many as ten alternatives --- all creative and imaginative!
Here are some ideas to recycle old and mismatched socks . . . Click the link below the pictures to learn more!
1. Aren't these plant pots wonderful? Originally they were white, and then they were covered with mismatched socks. Such cheerful colors!
2. Why spend money buying a special holder to carry your smartphone while jogging? You can make one from an old sock . . . at no cost!
3. Use a sock to make an elastic hair band that you can use to put your hair up in a bun. It is as easy as counting to three!
Just cut the toe of a sock, wrap it around itself, and tie the hair to form a ponytail, with the aid of an elastic band. Now, hide the sock using the ponytail and fasten the bun with bobby pins.
4. Try replacing electrostatic cloths that gather dust with socks made with mixed terry cloth and microfiber -- the effectiveness is the same, and what is more, they are washable!
5. To clean blinds, just pass a sponge sock between the slats! All the dust collected will remain on the sock!
6. Procure a metal snap closure from an old coin purse, attach it to a colorful sock, and you will have created coin purse that is much nicer!
7. Look what happens when you wet socks containing soil and grass seeds! After one week, you will have a nice "green man"!
8. A project to do together with your children --- make a change of clothes for their favorite dolls!
9. Heat is needed to relieve certain kinds of muscle pain. You can create a heating pad from an old sock. Just fill it with rice and place it in the microwave up to three minutes.
Once removed from the microwave, put the sock heating pad on the affected part of the body. The pain-relieving effect will be immediate!
Now, would you like to create something fun for kids, but you are at your first steps with a sewing machine? Here's how to make a cute little monkey with socks, in a few steps that are explained to perfection!
