Creative Re-Use: Tennis, Anyone?
I get a monthly newsletter from my favorite home warranty company, Old Republic Home Protection, and may favorite rep., Alex Quinzon. Part of this month's newsletter was right up my alley as it gave tips for reusing a common item that either gets thrown out, or stuck in a cupboard because it seems wrong to just throw it out. This month's post was about reusing tennis balls. Here were some of the tips:
Cut an X in a tennis ball and slip it over the end of an old broom handle. Rub the ball over scuff marks on your wood or hard surface floors, and voila...they're gone...with no bending, stooping or scrubbing!
- Got a light bulb that broke off in the socket? Carefully clear away any remaining shards of glass, then gently push a tennis ball against the light socket and twist to remove the bulb's embedded stem.
- Cut an X in a tennis ball and slip it over the head of a hammer. Now you're less likely to ding up fragile or expensive wood.
- Cut a tennis ball in half and use one of the sides to open those stubborn jars.
- In the garage, hang a tennis ball on a string from the ceiling so that the ball touches the top left corner of your car's windshield (or a bonnet ornament, if you have one). Now you have a marker and know exactly how far to pull the car in every time!
- Cut an X in a tennis ball and slip it over the end of an old broom handle. Rub the ball over scuff marks on your wood or hard surface floors, and voila...they're gone...with no bending, stooping or scrubbing!
- And my personal favorite because it makes creative use of two old items: put two tennis balls in the foot of an old sock. Tie the remaining sock in a knot, and you have a great physical therapy aid. I've found relief for sore muscles by rolling the sore area over those tennis balls!
These tips are, of course, for families that have no dogs. Everyone knows that tennis balls are every canine's favorite toy, especially nice new fluffy ones!
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