Save Money with Your Coffee Filters - Really!!
Another way to stretch your dollars, or save your dollars, is to find other uses for things you already have. Most items have lots of uses, you just have to think about it. Here is one of my favorites - COFFEE FILTERS. They are of a non absorbant but retaining material - strong, but thin and so many uses! Here's 10 ideas - you can't live without Coffee Filters - particularily the circular flat ones!!!
1. Snack "plates"....that I don't have to wash!! I give my grand daughter treats and snacks during the day which results in dirty dishes or finding the snack on the floor. I used to use sandwich baggies, but was always worried about a child and plastic. Coffee filters are perfect for her little hands and hold a perfect amount for her (she is 6). I can fill the coffee filter with chips, cookies, granola, fruit snacks, popcorn, cut-up fruit or any other item for her to eat. PRESTO!! No dishes to wash. Nothing to pick up off the floor because it fell out of her hands. Mobile - can go anywhere. Holds most any food a child would want. Don't get better than that!
2. Cover up the food being heated in the microwave so it doesn't splatter. Use one of the coffee filters as the protective covering over a bowl or a plate. Then just toss! I was using paper towels or napkins - but this is easier, and very much less expensive. The circulare filters work best for this. This way is cheaper than using paper towels so you are saving money!
3. What a great packing material! Whether you are moving or just storing precious china - flatten a filter between each plate or wrap around a glass. Or if you have some nice dishes, that you use just sometimes, a flattened coffee filter between each dish as they set in the cabinet provides a bit of protection. Save money - you don't have to buy that expensive packing material to protect your china!
4. I used to make homemade popsicles for my kids because I couldn't afford to buy them (6 in a store for a couple bucks, but making my own out of juices was about 12 for a buck and more healthy!) But the problem was the dripping! The kids didn't like it, I didn't like it. I started out wrapping the stick in a paper towel.Worked, but annoying. Then I saw where they use round aluminum for holding candles so the wax doesn't drop on your hands, BINGO - why not the same for popsicles! I poked the stick of the popsicles into the middle of the coffee filter and voila! The drips go into the filter and absorb! No more sticky hands or drips around the house!
5. Food Holders! Depending on the style of the filter (the V-shaped ones might be a bit more difficult to use - the circular filters work for more things). If you are at a picnic, serve each sandwich with a circular coffee filter "holder". If the kids want to eat outside in the tent - give them their lunch with sandwich holders.
6. Party Snack Holders - the V-shaped ones would be wonderful for holding the party snacks. YOu could even have the craft be to decorate their coffee filters (get white ones) and then it gets filled when done decorating. Fill it with the little snacks that they can snack on while waiting to be picked up. Again, MOBILE!!!
7. Since coffee filters leave no lint or other residue they are perfect for washing windows! No streaks, no dust! And it saves on the cost of paper towels! SAVE MONEY!!
8. Ever get some of that cork crumbs in your wine bottle? Strain the wine through a coffee filter and no more cork crumbs!
9. Craft item holders - working with beads, sands, pebbles, rhinestones... the circular coffee filters with a flat bottom are great for holding all these small little things but still make them easily accessible for your craft. Save money - you don't have to buy those little holders. You can buy in bulk, store in bulk, but use the filters when you are working with the little items.
10. A great kids craft accessory. Coffee filters are strong - they can hold up to markers, crayons, colored pencils - give the kids a couple of them and watch their imaginations go! Throw in some glitter and the princess will all have beautiful hats and the prince's will have
So think about what you have around the house. Watch the sale items - maybe you don't use or need that item but the price is good if you did. Think of other ways to use that item that you can get for a cheaper price and save money!
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1. Snack "plates"....that I don't have to wash!! I give my grand daughter treats and snacks during the day which results in dirty dishes or finding the snack on the floor. I used to use sandwich baggies, but was always worried about a child and plastic. Coffee filters are perfect for her little hands and hold a perfect amount for her (she is 6). I can fill the coffee filter with chips, cookies, granola, fruit snacks, popcorn, cut-up fruit or any other item for her to eat. PRESTO!! No dishes to wash. Nothing to pick up off the floor because it fell out of her hands. Mobile - can go anywhere. Holds most any food a child would want. Don't get better than that!
2. Cover up the food being heated in the microwave so it doesn't splatter. Use one of the coffee filters as the protective covering over a bowl or a plate. Then just toss! I was using paper towels or napkins - but this is easier, and very much less expensive. The circulare filters work best for this. This way is cheaper than using paper towels so you are saving money!
3. What a great packing material! Whether you are moving or just storing precious china - flatten a filter between each plate or wrap around a glass. Or if you have some nice dishes, that you use just sometimes, a flattened coffee filter between each dish as they set in the cabinet provides a bit of protection. Save money - you don't have to buy that expensive packing material to protect your china!
4. I used to make homemade popsicles for my kids because I couldn't afford to buy them (6 in a store for a couple bucks, but making my own out of juices was about 12 for a buck and more healthy!) But the problem was the dripping! The kids didn't like it, I didn't like it. I started out wrapping the stick in a paper towel.Worked, but annoying. Then I saw where they use round aluminum for holding candles so the wax doesn't drop on your hands, BINGO - why not the same for popsicles! I poked the stick of the popsicles into the middle of the coffee filter and voila! The drips go into the filter and absorb! No more sticky hands or drips around the house!
5. Food Holders! Depending on the style of the filter (the V-shaped ones might be a bit more difficult to use - the circular filters work for more things). If you are at a picnic, serve each sandwich with a circular coffee filter "holder". If the kids want to eat outside in the tent - give them their lunch with sandwich holders.
6. Party Snack Holders - the V-shaped ones would be wonderful for holding the party snacks. YOu could even have the craft be to decorate their coffee filters (get white ones) and then it gets filled when done decorating. Fill it with the little snacks that they can snack on while waiting to be picked up. Again, MOBILE!!!
7. Since coffee filters leave no lint or other residue they are perfect for washing windows! No streaks, no dust! And it saves on the cost of paper towels! SAVE MONEY!!
8. Ever get some of that cork crumbs in your wine bottle? Strain the wine through a coffee filter and no more cork crumbs!
9. Craft item holders - working with beads, sands, pebbles, rhinestones... the circular coffee filters with a flat bottom are great for holding all these small little things but still make them easily accessible for your craft. Save money - you don't have to buy those little holders. You can buy in bulk, store in bulk, but use the filters when you are working with the little items.
10. A great kids craft accessory. Coffee filters are strong - they can hold up to markers, crayons, colored pencils - give the kids a couple of them and watch their imaginations go! Throw in some glitter and the princess will all have beautiful hats and the prince's will have
So think about what you have around the house. Watch the sale items - maybe you don't use or need that item but the price is good if you did. Think of other ways to use that item that you can get for a cheaper price and save money!
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posted by Frugal Money Saving Ideas @ 11:10 AM
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I use this tip about the coffee filters at every single party that we have and people love it! It is especially good when you have people moving in and out of the house or a lot of kids.
Amazing what a little thing such as a round piece of paper can do, isn't it!?! Thanks for the comment!
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