COFFEE FILTER USES
Here's an unexpected use. Create your own "fossil" display. This project is EASY to do...a fun thing to do on a rainy day with bored kids!
COFFEE GROUND "FOSSILS"
1 cup of used coffee grounds
1/2 cup of cold coffee
1 cup of flour
1/2 cup of salt
Wax paper
Mixing bowl
Some small objects to make impressions in the dough
Empty can or a butter knife
Toothpicks, optional
String to hang your fossil, optional
Stir the together the coffee grounds, cold coffee, flour, and salt until well mixed.
Knead the dough together and then flatten it out onto the waxed paper.
Use the can to cut out circles of the dough or use the dull knife to cut slabs large enough to fit your "fossil" objects.
Press your objects firmly into the dough. When you take the object out, you have your "fossil". If you want to hang the fossil, poke holes into the edge to hold the string.
Let the fossil dry overnight and then hang it if you wish.
You can bake them for a short period to get the "dough" to harden, but the resulting "Rocks" which really resembled fossils (press a shell into the dough).
COFFEE FILTERS
Filter broken cork from wine. If you break the cork when opening a wine bottle, filter the wine through a MR. Coffee Filter.
Clean windows and mirrors. Mr. Coffee Filters are lint-free so they'll leave your windows sparkling.
Protect china. Separate your good dishes by putting a Mr. Coffee Filter between each dish.
Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the microwave. Mr. Coffee Filters make excellent covers.
Protect a cast-iron skillet. Place a Mr. Coffee Filter in the skillet to absorb moisture and prevent rust.
Apply shoe polish. Ball up a lint-free Mr. Coffee Filter.
Recycle frying oil. After frying, strain oil through a sieve lined with a Mr. Coffee Filter.
Weigh chopped foods. Place chopped ingredients in a Mr. Coffee Filter on a kitchen scale.
Hold tacos. Mr. Coffee Filters make convenient wrappers for messy foods.
Stop the soil from leaking out of a plant pot. Line a plant pot with a Mr. Coffee Filter to prevent the soil from leaking through the drainage holes.
Prevent a Popsicle from dripping. Poke one or two holes as needed in a Mr. Coffee Filter, insert the popsicle, and let the filter catch the drips.
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