Tips for stretching money: One idea - Paper Kindling

Rethink, reuse, recycle. Before throwing away anything, these three words run through my mind. This is 'training' for making it though lean financial times.

We use paper bags for many things other than this as well. Some other examples are:
Mail package wrapping
Decorated for gift wrapping
Table cover for Crafting

Please - share any of your ideas.

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Best Blessings!
Donna

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• Rethink
• reuse
• recycle
• kindling
• fire
• starter

[sdunlop525]

What a great idea!

I save my used paper towels that I've wiped up or dried something off. After they have dried, I stuff them into the cardboard tubes from toilet paper and use those for fire starters. I also cut the paper towel tube into thirds and use those as well. You can also stuff them with dryer lint for a great firestarter.

Thanks for all the great tips...keep 'em coming!

[thewheatguy]

Great Idea!

Now that my kids are grown and not making tp roll crafts anymore I ALWAYS look at those tubes and wonder what to do with them instead of toss them in the trash! Now this will work!!!

Thanks for sharing!

Best Blessings!

Donna

[sue702]

you are the next martha steward sorry if i spelled that wrong

[thewheatguy]

Haha!

Funny - my husband just said this the other day....I'm just a super cheaper version! (o:

Thanks for the kind compliment!

Best Blessings!

[winterskyshadow35]

not cheap, just less costly!

[thewheatguy]

Hahaha - good point! 'Cheap' gets a bad wrap, like it's not a good thing....I should say 'FRUGAL' more often! (o:

Best Blessings!

Donna

[neven01]

Yeah the Dryer Lint is an Awesome Firestarter for Survival techniques my emergency kit has a ziplock overflowing with the stuff and I still dont think I reached 1 gram of weight extra to my pack.

[thewheatguy]

Don't know HOW I missed this! Such GREAT ideas!

It's amazing when we look at things just a little askew how MANY more uses we can get out of them!

Good comments! Thanks!

Best Blessings!

[thewheatguy]

That is a great tip for reusing these typical trash items! Thanks for sharing that!

Since hopefully it is warming up here soon and the garden is plowed, I'll use your tip too (since fire weather is almost over).

Thanks for passing it on too! Hope you can look at some of the other $ saving videos and share!

Best Blessings!

Donna