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Alternative uses of everyday things

I try to never pack “single-use” items when we go camping. Here are some uses for a few everyday things that I have found.  They might be good for your next camping trip.

• Use an inverted colander to cover food and keep bugs off.
• If you have young children, put those “keep-bugs-away” candles inside a metal colander to keep little fingers from getting singed.
• Use a long piece of spaghetti pasta when you don’t have a long match.
• Pack your wine bottles in your hiking boots.
• Inexpensive ice-cube trays are perfect for organizing little stuff in a draw or box.
• A liberal amount of baby oil will help remove band-aide almost painlessly.
• Using a spring loaded wooden clothespin makes a sun shade from a bed sheet by simply clipping the sheets corner to some branches or rope.
• One of those clothespin is a good replacement for wire twist ties.  Use it as a clip to hold bags of potato chips, dry cereal, and such close.
• If you have flies hoovering around your picnic goodies, clip a clothespin on each corner of a bandana or napkin and lay over food.

That’s just a few of my alternative uses for everyday things.  Do you have some useful dual-use ideas?  Let me hear them.

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