61. Water Bottle
Best Place to Purchase: Local grocery stores, Local farms
Average Product Price: $1.54 per dozen*
Separating your eggs into yolks and whites doesn’t have to be a huge mess. You can use a water bottle. Just squeeze the water bottle, place the opening on the yolk, and release the bottle. It is a simple way to separate the two, leaving the egg white by itself.
Egg yolk hack u/shakil_akanda/Reddit.com
Egg whites are often dieters’ top choice when eating an egg, as they have fewer calories than the entire egg. Unfortunately, that means they also have fewer vitamins, minerals, and protein, but, if you’re trying to cut calories, egg whites are one way to do it. Luckily, the price of eggs has dropped recently from its surge in 2015. Now, a dozen is, on average, $1.54.
62. Buttons
Best Place to Purchase: Local craft stores, Amazon
Average Product Price: $5.99 for 200* (Amazon)
Earrings are tricky to pack. If you’re going on a trip and need to pack earrings, it can be hard to just throw them into a bag. The backs become separated from the rest of the earring, and it’s a huge mess to get everything organized. Here’s a tip: use a button.
Button Earring-Holder @craftriverblog / Pinterest ©/
For each pair, use a button to store the earring. Put an earring into the hole of the button and fasten the back. That way, they won’t get lost or separated, especially if you’re traveling and your suitcase goes through a lot of jostling (i.e., every airport ever).
63. Beer Koozies
Best Place to Purchase: Amazon, Dollar stores
Average Product Price: $8.25 per dozen* (Amazon)
Beer koozies aren’t just a convenient way to keep your drink cold on a hot day. They’re also useful for a far healthier purpose: keeping fruit from bruising. If you want to pack a piece of fruit for lunch, but don’t want it to bruise while in transit, place it in a beer koozie.
Beer Koozies For Fruit @homehacksofficial / Pinterest
They’re the right size for pretty much any fruit (minus bananas and grapefruits), and they’re soft enough to keep the fruit from bruising. You can also use them to keep avocados, tomatoes, and other soft vegetables from getting dented. On Amazon, you can buy a dozen for just $8.25.
64. Empty Tissue Boxes
Best Place to Purchase: Costco, Rite Aid, CVS, Dollar General
Average Product Price: $1.9-$2.29 per box*
Pretty much every household in America has a complicated relationship with the plastic bags that you get from grocery stores. People don’t like to throw them out, because that’s bad for the environment, but they are an eyesore when you’re trying to store them.
Tissue Boxes For Bag Storage @PetDIYs / Pinterest
Often, plastic bags get shoved into a drawer and then pulled out until you need trash can liners. One way to store plastic bags is to use an old tissue box. That is a less messy, more organized system than just shoving them into a drawer. And it’s far better for the environment than throwing out either the plastic bag or tissue box.
65. Empty Wine Bottles
Best Place to Purchase: Costco, Local grocery stores
Average Product Price: $15.66 per bottle*
Empty wine bottles, like plastic bags from grocery stores, are likely something you don’t feel completely comfortable throwing out. If you have a green thumb, you’re in luck, as empty wine bottles come in handy when you’re watering your plants.
Wine Bottles Water Plants @hndn5 / Pinterest
If you have a large pot plant, fill an empty wine bottle with water. Place the bottle into the large-size planter upside down, pushing it into the soil. As the soil begins to dry, the water will empty into the pot. You not only don’t throw glass into the landfill, you also won’t have to remember to water the plants every day.
66. Empty Liquor Bottles
Best Place to Purchase: Costco, Local grocery stores
Average Product Price: $15.66 per bottle*, $3.27 per rolling pin*
This bottle-related hack is great for the baker or cook in a pinch. If you can’t find your rolling pin or forgot to get one at the store, wine bottles can work as rolling pins if the dough is soft. The weight of the wine helps the pin put pressure on the dough.
Just make sure you don’t press too hard, or you’ll end up with a ruined dish and wine and glass everywhere. If you don’t keep wine on hand, you can use a liquor bottle. You might want to invest in a rolling pin though—they’re one-fifth the cost of a bottle of red wine.
67. Coffee Filters
Best Place to Purchase: Dollar Tree, Dollar General, Walmart, Amazon
Average Product Price: $10-$15 per pack*
Keurigs are slowly making regular coffee pots, with the grounds and coffee filters, a thing of the past, but some people still stay true to the old school. Coffee filters are useful for a number of things, not just filtering coffee.
Coffee Filters for Planting @Amazing Creation/Pinterest
Paper coffee filters can help keep messes at bay when you water plants. Place a coffee filter at the bottom of a pot or planter before you add the plant and soil. The filter at the bottom will help keep the water from leaking when you water the plant. It’s a convenient and eco-friendly to keep up your gardening without the hassle of a leaky pot.
68. Lollipops
Best Place to Purchase: Dollar Tree, Dollar General, Walmart, Amazon
Average Product Price: $6.99-$14.99 per pack*
We’re always looking for new ways to spice up drinks and add a unique touch to parties. Consider using a lollipop as a drink stirrer. It’s more eco-friendly than using a plastic-stirrer that you’ll probably throw out, and it’ll add sweetness and extra flavor to the drink.
Lollipop Cocktails @We Are Not Martha/Pinterest
Plus, you get a piece of candy when you’re done drinking. Best of all, lollipops are among the cheapest drink accessories you can add. On Amazon, for example, you can get a pack of 250 heart-shaped lollipops for just $14.99. You can get a bag for forty organic lollipops for $6.99, too.
69. Glasses Case
Best Place to Purchase: Amazon, Walmart, Local eye doctors
Average Product Price: $2-$12 per case*
If you wear glasses, then you’ve probably amassed a large number of glasses cases. They might be lying around your house, waiting for you to find some purpose for it. Luckily, glasses cases can be convenient for a number of storage reasons, including makeup.
Makeup, particularly if you’re traveling and keeping it in a purse or suitcase, can be messy if it spills. Foundation is especially difficult to clean up. If you’re looking for a makeup holder, but don’t want to shell out cash for an actual makeup container, use a glasses case to keep items like foundation, concealer, liquid highlighter, and anything else that could be a mess if it spills.
70. Soap Boxes
Best Place to Purchase: Amazon, Walmart, Local dollar stores
Average Product Price: $4-$5 per container* (Amazon)
Soap containers aren’t just great for soap. The hard cases are designed to protect the soft bar of soap inside, but that’s not their only potential function. If you’re packing a digital or even disposable (yes, they still make those) camera for a trip and need a case in a pinch, consider a soap box.
Soap Boxes @listotic / Pinterest ©/
It’s about the right size, and the container is hard and sturdy enough to protect your delicate camera. It’s also cheaper than a regular case. A soap box is $4 or $5 on Amazon. A digital camera case will cost you anywhere from $12 to $14.