Top 10 Clever Hacks for Things You Thought Were Trash

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure, and we’ve always been fond of finding MacGyver-like uses for anything and everything—right down to dryer lint and used candy wrappers.. Here are our top 10 favorite hacks for things you thought were headed to the garbage. 10. Make a Waterproof Fire Starter Out of Dryer Lint For all the laundry we do in a week, we accumulate a massive amount of dryer lint. 9. Steve Jobs may not approve of stylus usage, but sometimes you just need to let your inner artist out and a finger doesn’t cut it. 8. I dread the days when I have to reach behind my desk to move some cables around, since I can never figure out which one is which. 7. While we recommend investing in a reusable water bottle, sometimes you just have to buy it bottled, and then you have one more piece of trash lying around. 6. 5. Once you’ve used up that gift card from Aunt Petunia, you don’t have to toss it—with a few cuts here and there, it can make a great cable wrapper for your headphones. 4.

Fireball Instructions - Make Fireballs You Can Hold in Your Hand One secret of success is to hold the fireball in the palm of your hands, moving it from one hand to another to keep from getting burned. The flame of the fireball is much hotter than its base. Henrik Sorensen, Getty Images You can produce a flame cool enough to hold in your hand. This is a close-up of a fireball. Anne Helmenstine Fire is made up of light and heated gases from combustion. Materials Needed to Make Fireballs 2" x 5" strip of cotton cloth (like from a t-shirt) 100% cotton thread needle naphtha lighter fluid (e.g., Ronsonol™) match or lighterHow to Make a FireballThread the needle with cotton thread. Fireballs are great fun to make, but like all fire projects, use proper safety precautions and common sense. Try Another Fire Project