Recycling Powdered Drink Mix Tubes for Catch-alls.

by Sandra Allen

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Using drink mix tubes you can make a catch all for just about anything.

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Recently, I had the opportunity to organize a friend's pantry. To minimize space,

I emptied all her drink mixes into a basket, leaving me with these wonderful tubes. I recently submitted a hint about clipping cans together for on-the-spot tools, silverware, craft supplies, etc. Someone else creative submitted one about using one of these.

So, I decided to take them both and make a desk top organizer for my craft room.

I bunched them together with tape to keep it secure long enough to wrap some ripped fabric around it. You can also use colored duct tape, (or gray if it's out in the shop), clear tape then contact paper, old head bands, scarves you no longer use, or just about anything.

You can also slip some tape over the tops of all the tall ones, and just spot glue to bind the smaller one in the front. You don't need to cut these, as they do come in shorter versions. You can use them for just about anything that needs to be vertical.

Here are some of the things you can use these for.

Bathroom:Brushes, combs, and more.

Kitchen: Silverware, utensils, dish scrubbers.

Craft Room: See what I used it for and keep going.

Shop: Screwdrivers, separated by phillips or flathead, tools, paint brushes, and the like.

Desk: Pens, pencils, scissors, and much more.

Note: If you use them for the desk, the smaller ones are best. Pens and such tend to get lost in the larger ones.

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Cori Widen on Jun 29, 2016
You're so awesome with all of these hacks - I need to start doing some of these things and generating less trash!

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- Sandra Allen on Jun 29, 2016
  You are too kind but one can never be appreciated too much. I wanted to write an ebook about all the other things I came up with but the photos are too big for Amazon...I might self publish soon. At last count I have about 350...
  
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- Cori Widen on Jul 03, 2016
  Go for it!
  
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