Best Uncommon Uses for Aluminum Foil
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1.
Protect plants and trees.
Rodents will leave young trees alone in the winter if you put a ring of foil around their base.
6 points - added 15 years ago by WritingJennie -
2.
Keep your pets in check!
If you want to train your pets to stay away from certain areas, simply cover those areas in foil. They won't want to scratch, bite or sit on it.
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3.
Make a solar cooker.
Great idea for camping!
5 points - added 15 years ago by WritingJennie -
4.
Line the bottom of your oven with aluminum foil.
This is GREAT!!! You just lay it down, let it collect the fallen food and burned bits and change it out to a new piece to 'clean' you oven.
4 points - added 15 years ago by WritingJennie -
5.
Sharpen those scissors!
It is true, just cut through 6 to 10 layers of aluminum foil and your scissors witll be sharper.
4 points - added 15 years ago by WritingJennie -
6.
Make a perfect pie.
Near the end of cooking time, cover the crusts with aluminum foil to keep them from burning.
3 points - added 15 years ago by WritingJennie -
7.
Soften that hardened brown sugar.
Wrap it up in foil and gently bake it for a few minutes. This safely gets it back to a soft consistency and keeps it in its powder form.
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8.
Wrap it around your ice cream cone to protect it from dripping.
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9.
Cat toy!
Ball up a little piece of foil and let your cat have a great time with it.
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10.
Scrub your pots when you don't have a sponge.
0 points - added 15 years ago by WritingJennie -
11.
Interesting wrapping paper.
You can dress it up with writing, drawing or stickers.
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12.
Create special shaped cake pans.
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13.
Wrap your door knobs in it when you are painting to clean them clean.
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14.
Recycle it.
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15.
Pastry bags
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16.
Keep those rolls and bread warm.
-1 point - added 15 years ago by WritingJennie -
17.
Rub rust off of chrome...but this does scratch so be careful.
-1 point - added 15 years ago by WritingJennie -
18.
Keeps silverware untarnished.
-2 points - added 15 years ago by WritingJennie -
19.
Make a sculpture.
-3 points - added 15 years ago by WritingJennie -
20.
Scare birds away from fruit trees with foil.
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