We at Bright Side have been busy looking for the best tips and tricks to simplify and improve your everyday life. Here’s an awesome list of 20 life hacks that will teach you how to quickly dry your clothes, make your shoes waterproof, amplify your phone’s speakers, and much more!
As you go into the New Year, remember that things can be better than previous years. Maybe you'll get a raise, date someone new or even adopt an adorable pet to welcome into your family. But, if you fail at all of those things (sorry, if you do, but the chances are you may), here are life hacks that you can use to make your 2014 a lot better. Dorm rooms are small and cramped between your roommate’s stuff and your own clutter. There are tons of tips and tricks out there but here is a condensed list of dorm room hacks decor to save space, time and optimize the fun aspect of dorm living your freshman year. Put up easy wall decor.
Here’s a great tip for growing roses from cuttings. Before planting, push the bottom ends of the cuttings into small potatoes. Moisture and nutrients in the potatoes will allow the cuttings to develop healthy roots. Learn more here.
To turn your canvas shoes into waterproof ones, you need nothing but beeswax and a blow dryer. Spread beeswax all over your shoes. Next, use the blow dryer to melt the beeswax until you can no longer see it. Voila! Your waterproof shoes are ready!
If you don’t have a dryer and need to dry your clothes quickly, here’s what you can do. Place your wet clothing on a dry towel. Roll the towel with the garment inside. Pick it up, and twist it as tightly as possible to squeeze out the excess water. After you’ve drained the excess water, hang your garment on a hanger to fully dry.
4. Smelly shoes
If you have bad-smelling shoes, place a few dry tea bags inside each shoe to absorb the smell. If your shoes are not just smelly but also wet, fill them with a mixture of rice and baking soda and leave for a few days.
Sep 20, 2019 Enjoy these free printable Halloween games & activities - we're including 31 so you can count down the days this month with one for each day in October! My kids are telling me that October begins next week (where the heck did September go?!)Which means it's time to countdown to one of their most favorite holidays - Halloween! Free printable halloween games ideas. The last one to freeze each round is subjected to a Halloween or Fall challenge. Challenge ideas: Walk around the room like a mummy. Show us your scariest monster face. Say “Happy Halloween” (or “Happy Fall”) in your scariest monster voice. Pretend you’re a robot. Printable Halloween Games Have a go at our Halloween Bingo, play games with our Halloween matching cards, roll a dice and compete at our Skeleton game - and lots more printable games. On this page you will find three beautiful printables for Free Printable Halloween Emoji Pictionary Game along with the Answer Key. Emoji pictionary quizzes and games are becoming really popular this year and these are really fun to play. Aug 29, 2012 Best Halloween Ideas. Today I am sharing 150 Halloween free printables I found. There are creepy crawlies and cute monsters. You can frame these printables and use them to throw a spooky party. There are cute printables that you can use for trick or treat creativity. And also a few to enjoy with the kids in activities they will love.
If your new shoes feel too tight, here’s a way to stretch them. Stuff each shoe with wet newspaper as tightly as you can. Let the shoes dry, and then remove the newspaper.
Chips are not just a tasty snack. Fat, oil, and the chemicals in potato (or other) chips make them a perfect fire-starting material.
Use your vacuum cleaner to find tiny items you’ve lost, such as earrings. Just cover the end of a vacuum cleaner with a stocking or pantyhose, and start your search. Check from time to time to see if the object you are looking for is already there.
8. Time-marked water bottle
Here’s a great way to keep track of your daily water intake. Draw lines on your water bottle with a marker pen, and then write the time beside the marked level. The marking will serve as a visual reminder for you to drink water, and it will help you achieve your daily water intake requirement.
Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl, and let it sit overnight. Then wash it with soapy water, and flush clean.
Run hot water down the drain for a minute, and then sprinkle 1 cup of baking soda down the drain. Slowly pour 1 cup of vinegar down the drain. Flush one more time with hot or boiling water.
To clean your shower head or bathroom faucets, fill a plastic bag with white vinegar and secure it to the shower head with a rubber band. Allow it to soak in the vinegar overnight, and remove the bag. It will be as good as new!
To keep your buttons in place, simply paint a bit of clear nail polish over the threads.
If you forgot to put on deodorant and you don’t want to smell like you’ve been at the gym, cut a fresh lemon or orange into two halves and just rub it onto your skin. The body odor will disappear.
14. Amplify your phone’s speakers
Put your phone into a drinking glass or a bowl to boost the volume of its speakers.
When you go to the beach and take your cooler with you, sprinkle salt on the ice so that it stays frozen for much longer.
Life Hacks For Guys
If you left home and forgot to brush your teeth or you ran out of toothpaste, chewing an apple can help with bad breath.
Do you want your house to smell good for hours? Make an orange or a lemon candle, and its light and aroma will last a long time. Learn how to do it here.
You’ve probably heard numerous ways to open a stubborn jar lid. One of the most well-known and effective methods is to remove the lid using duct tape. But here’s what you can do if you don’t have duct tape on hand. Try running hot water over the lid for a minute or two, wipe down, and then open. You can also soak the lid in hot water to get a similar effect.
Best Household Hacks
This old trick never fails. To keep your pot from boiling over, put a wooden spoon over the top of it. If it starts to boil up too high, the spoon will pop the bubbles and keep it from overflowing quickly.
20. Open a SIM card tray when an ejector tool isn’t around
Cool Life Hacks For Guys 2017
Insert the small paperclip you bent earlier into the small pin hole opening in the SIM tray.