Frugal folks like us are always looking for new uses for favorite old-time products. We asked our Facebook friends if they still used brown paper lunch bags, and WOW, they sure do! Here are some of the many ways this humble object can make your everyday life a little easier:
- Flour-coat chicken, stew meat, etcetera. Toss in herbs and spices, too
- Store mushrooms
- Make paper bag puppets & other kids’ art projects
- Tiny tissue trash bags when the kids are sick
- Packing small glassware for moving, storing or shipping
- Storing Christmas ornaments
- Student treat bags for during final exams
- Ripen avocados, pears, bananas, and all stone fruits
- Store flower bulbs over winter
- Toss kitty poop from the litter box
- Bring along on road trips; they come in handy
- Decorate for Christmas gift bags
- Wrap peelings that can’t go down the disposal
- Use to dry herbs
- Useful at craft fairs
- Use them for luminarias at Christmastime
Beautiful luminaries by our Facebook friend Lynn, in New Mexico - Making popcorn in microwave (1/4 cup for 1 min. 30 sec.)
- Keep soft pretzels fresh
- Homemade book covers
- Good-bye goodie bags for grandkids, after they get buckled into car seats
- Thank-you bags for volunteers
- Use to draw patterns for ornaments and paper dolls
- Use for making place card holders
- Draining fried chicken and French fries, they work better than paper towels
- Cool your fresh-baked cookies and fried doughnuts on them
- Sell fresh baked goods at the Farmers Market
- Roll them into rough and tumble balls; cats love to play with them
- And, as so many of our friends agree, sometimes a brown paper lunch bag is great for… packing a lunch.
Thanks to all who took the time to share their tips with us! You can rediscover more practical products from yesteryear at The Vermont Country Store and enjoy a stroll down Memory Lane on our Facebook page.
