Simple Green Ideas

What can kids do on a rainy day? Something that doesn’t involve X-Box or Playstation or TV!

One of the banes of modern shopping is the ubiquitous polystyrene try.

Food comes like this…

You get left with this…

What to do?

I used to wash them and most would finish up in the ‘junk box’ along with all sorts of other knick-knacks.

On a rainy day I’d get out the junk box, sellotape, glue, paints, etc set it on the veranda and tell the kids to get to it and use their imaginations.

They’d come up with all sorts of weird and wonderful things.

Like this…

The result of imagination

Simple Green Ideas

Yes, Christmas is over for another year.

One thing for sure, you’ll have plenty of this stuff left over from the frenzy of Christmas morning.

Your Christmas may not have been so green this year, but you can make next year an environmentally friendly Christmas. Save your wrapping paper. It only takes a few minutes to flatten it out and fold it and store it in a box.

Just think, if every family did this, how many trees would have been saved.

Happy New Year!

Simple Green Ideas

Most households today have old PC cases from ex-PCs.

What to do with them?

Here’s a crazy idea for the bar…

Using your imagination, there’s always a way.

Simple Green Ideas

Feeling arty?

Got a box/chest/old drawer in the attic/shed/junk room full of these.

Grandma’s kitchen utensils

Think outside the box. Try something arty/new/different…

Instead of buying Christmas presents; make your own.

Get away from commercialism this Christmas.

Simple Green Ideas

Got tins, empty cans?

This idea from Mom Endeavours with full DIY instructions

Simple Green Ideas

It’s close to Halloween…

Who doesn’t have some of these in the house?

Empty jars

Or some of these cluttering up a corner?

Try something new this year.

Jar lanterns

Bottle pumpkins

Both images from Pintrest.

Or string some little lamps in old milk or juice containers…

Plastic lanterns

Or… if you don’t like my ideas, have a look at StyleMotivation for some more simple decorating ideas

Simple Green Ideas

Some simple green ideas from the kitchen.

Hideaway trays for small bits and pieces

Source: Lushome

Now go and have a look at 9 more ways to use stuff and save space. So simple.

Simple Green Ideas

Just as a matter of interest, I googled ‘simple green ideas’.

I was confronted with 10 pages (I didn’t go any further) of some of the most expensive ungreen green painted kitchens. Obviously some people’s idea of ‘green’ goes as far as the paint tin.

While in some cases painting an old item to reuse can be green.

Painting an expensive fitted kitchen green is not being green.

It really gave me something to reflect on.

Just how few people are really trying to be green. It made me feel as though I have been pushing shit uphill with a garden fork with my humble efforts.

Honestly, I feel deflated.

Just some thoughts for today, back with ideas next week.

Simple Green Ideas

Most households today have one of these…

Old PC case

Here’s a simple idea for your daughter.

A house for Barbie

What other ideas can you come up with?

Simple Green Ideas

Most sheds and garages around the world have junk like this around…

Just waiting to be thrown out – one day.

But wait, try this…

Make a towel rack

If it’s not classy enough for the bathroom or the kitchen, use it in the BBQ area or patio.