Ideas To Make Life Easier

I'm always looking for  tricks to make life easier, make my house more organized.  Here are some wonderful tips (thank you Lynda) for baking, cleaning and organizing.  My two favorites are using baby powder to remove sand (who knew?) and cooking cookies on the top of muffin pans to create a container, then fill the cookie shell with ice cream or mousse.  Other great ideas include how to fold a fitted sheet.  I've never been able to do it without creating a complete mess.  Maybe now my sheets will look nice and neat.  Finally, aloe vera cubes for soothing sunburns.  Whoever came up with these ideas is so clever.  Wish it were me.  The very least I can do is pass it on to you.  I hope there's something here that will make your life easier.

 

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Ideas to Make Life Easier

Why didn’t I think of that?! I guarantee you’ll be uttering those words more than once at these ingenious little tips, tricks and ideas that solve everyday problems.

Hull strawberries easily using a straw.

Rubbing a walnut over scratches in your furniture
will disguise dings and scrapes
Remove crayon masterpieces from your TV or
computer screen with WD40.

Stop cut apples browning in your childs lunch box
by securing with a rubber band.

Overhaul your linen cupboard, store bed linen sets
inside one of their own pillowcases and there will
be no more hunting through piles for a match.

Pump up the volume by placing your iPhone & iPod
in a bowl. The concave shape amplifies the music.

Re-use a wet-wipes container to store plastic bags.

Add this item to your beach bag. Baby powder
gets sand off your skin easily, who knew?!

Attach a Velcro strip to the wall to store soft toys.

Use wire to make a space to store gift wrap rolls
against the ceiling, rather than cluttering up the
floor.

Find tiny lost items like earrings by putting a
stocking over the vacuum hose.

Make an instant cupcake carrier by cutting
crosses into a box lid.

For those who cant stand the scrunching and
bunching: how to perfectly fold a fitted sheet.

Forever losing your bathroom essentials? Use
magnetic strips to store bobby pins, tweezers
and clippers, behind a vanity door

Store shoes inside shower caps to stop dirty
soles rubbing on your clothes. And you can
find them in just about every hotel.

A muffin pan becomes a craft caddy. Magnets
hold the plastic cups down to make them
tip-resistant.

Bread tags make the perfect cord labels.

Bake cupcakes directly in ice-cream cones, so
much more fun and easier for kids to eat.

Microwave your own popcorn in a plain brown paper
bag. Much healthier and cheaper than the packet
stuff.

Install a tension rod to hang your spray bottles.

Turn your muffin pan upside down, bake cookie-dough
over the top and voila, you have cookie bowls for fruit
or ice-cream.

Freeze Aloe Vera in ice-cube trays for soothing
sunburn relief.