Is your plastic slinky-type toy all bent out of shape and stretched out? Tangled or kinked? Bring new life to many such toys of all sizes and shapes: mini slinks, star-shaped slinks, whatever shape plastic slinky you've got.

First, untangle the slinky (if it is tangled). Then, spend a few minutes in the kitchen with a microwave and hot water and you'll be happy and springy again--and so will the kids! A neat trick, but it's only for grown-ups to do due to the use of the microwave oven and hot water.