First, let me explain…..My grandma sent these to me, and thought they were too good, not to share!! Some of the tips you may already know or have thought of, but some of them are original!

Have Fun Learning Some New Things with these Really Random Tips!!

Expanding Frosting

When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it

with your mixer for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You

get to frost more cake/cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat less sugar/calories per serving.

Reheating refrigerated bread

To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place

them in a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the food moist and help it reheat faster.

Newspaper Weeds-Away

Start putting in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil. Wet

newspapers, put layers around the plants overlapping as you go,

cover with mulch and forget about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening plastic, they will not get through wet newspapers.

Broken Glass

Use a dry cotton ball to pick up little broken pieces of glass – the

fibers catch ones you can’t see!

No More Mosquitoes

Place a dryer sheet in your pocket. It will keep the mosquitoes

away.

Squirrel Away!

To keep squirrels from eating your plants sprinkle your plants with

cayenne pepper. The cayenne pepper doesn’t hurt the plant and the

squirrels won’t come near it.

Easier thank you’s

When you throw a bridal/baby shower, buy a pack of thank you cards

for the guest of honor. During the party, pass out the envelopes and

have everyone put their address on one. When the bride/new mother sends the thank you’s, they’re all addressed!

After Purchasing New Bike

If you purchase a new bike for your child, place their picture

inside the handle bar before placing the grips on. If the bike is stolen

and later recovered, remove the grip and there is your proof who owns

the bike.

Flexible vacuum

To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an

empty paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It

can be bent or flattened to get in narrow openings.

Reducing Static Cling

Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not

have a clingy skirt or dress. Same thing works with slacks that cling

when wearing panty hose. Place pin in seam of slacks and — voila — static is gone.

Measuring Cups

Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill it with

hot water. Dump out the hot water, but don’t dry the cup. Next, add

your ingredient, such as peanut butter, and watch how easily it

comes right out.

Foggy Windshield?

Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the

glove box of your car. When the windows fog, rub with the eraser!

Works better than a cloth!

Reopening envelope

If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include

something inside, just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for

an hour or two. Voila! It unseals easily.

(Of course, you could steam the envelope open, too, with your

kettle)

Hair Conditioner

Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It’s a lot cheaper

than shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth. It’s also a great way to use up the conditioner you bought but didn’t like when you

tried it in your hair…

Good-bye Fruit Flies

To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass fill it 1/2″>with Apple Cider Vinegar and 2 drops of dishwashing liquid, mix well.

You will find those flies drawn to the cup and gone forever!

Get Rid of Ants

Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it

“home,” & can’t digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or

so, esp. if it rains, but it works & you don’t have the worry about pets or small children being harmed!

Take baby powder to the beach

Keep a small bottle of baby powder in your beach bag. When you’re

ready to leave the beach sprinkle yourself and kids with the powder

and the sand will slide right off your skin.

Bed Sheets

After drying my sheets, put both sheets and one pillowcase in the

other pillow case. Fold neatly in a square. Next time you change

sheets, you just take the one pillow case and all the sheets and

pillow case are inside. No need to look for matches.

Reheat Pizza

Heat up leftover pizza in a non-stick skillet on top of the stove,>set heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy.

No soggy micro pizza. I saw this on the cooking channel and it really

works.

Easy Deviled Eggs

Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all broken up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg. Just throw bag away when done easy clean up.