What Do You Do With Your Dryer Lint?
Stacey E Bernstein's artwork caught my attention. As an art lover and former art teacher myself, I was looking for something to do with my dryer lint. Doing a Google search brought me to this simple but effective website, advertising this woman's passion for lint painting. She is an art educator in Colorado. She gives instructions on how to do this, as well.
Not into actual painting? How about other lint crafts?
PlanetPals has recipes for papier mache, clay and homemade lint paper:
HOMEMADE Lint Clay
Ingredients::
2 cups firmly packed dryer lint
1/3 cup warm water
6 tablespoons white glue
1 tablespoon clear dishwashing liquid
Food coloring
Directions:
Put lint into a mixing bowl.
Add the other ingredients.
Mix thoroughly. When you can no longer mix, kneadwith hands until of a uniform texture.
Shape and model figures or cover molds with it,
Lint as Function:
In Girl Scouts, we learned to make fire starters by filling egg cartons with lint and then pouring melted wax ocer the lint. When colled, cut each egg carton into separate cubes and place in fire pit to start the fire.
One man used it to create a digital online story. Please read the entire story as it will not only give you a smile, but it will tug on your heart strings, too. What Do You Do With Lint?
Lint As A Musical?
Yes, you read that correctly. There is even Lint: The Musical.
So, if you are looking for a logical way to deal with lint, start here, but feel free to add your own.
Frances Sanderson, Franklin, NH REALTOR®, Certified EcoBroker®
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