A penny isn’t just for losing in your couch or as a dust collector on your already overcrowded bureau. Here are ten ideas to put it to work:10. Curtain straightener: keep curtains hanging straight and level; make an opening in the bottom hem and slide one is as a counterweight. You can apply the same principle to weighting a kite tail.
9. Table anchor: shim your wobbly table with a penny – just stick a coin under the leg to restore balance.
8. Makeshift screwdriver: pennies are often the right width to screw open a toy’s battery pack.
7. Party icebreaker: hand out pennies at a party and ask guests to share a story about the year the penny was created. Improvisations encouraged!
6. Birdbath cleaner: ward off algae growth with a few pre-1982 (US) pennies. Their higher copper content will stunt growth.
5. Games piece: use as a replacement piece in games such as checkers and Monopoly.
4. Tile spacers when DIY your bathroom floor.
3. Get the win: scratch lottery tickets
2. Keep it up: add one to a vase of tulips to prevent drooping.
1. Change it up: increase the pH of the soil for hydrangeas and thereby change their colour.
What do you do with your pennies? Save them? Donate them? Always have exact change?
2 comments:
We save them along with our other coins.
Thanks for these cool tips! I really love the icebreaker at a party one! :)
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