| Do you have a lot of old kitchen appliances that | | | | 3. Turn your old slow cooker into an instant "treat |
| you want to get rid of? What about defective | | | | box." Fill it up with sweets or any other treats |
| kitchen appliances that you want to throw away? | | | | such as candies, lollipops and mints. Wrap the slow |
| Before you fill up those trash bins, do consider | | | | cooker with brand new décor paper or |
| recycling your old kitchen appliances and even use | | | | Japanese paper and perhaps place a fancy sticker |
| them as decorations in your home. Want to know | | | | which you printed out from your own computer |
| more? Below are some examples, ideas and fun | | | | that says "treat box." You can then place your |
| ways for you to consider. | | | | new "treat box" in your living room. Your house |
| 1. If you own an old plastic water container, you | | | | guests will truly be surprised to see something as |
| may want to convert it into an instant and unique | | | | unique as this. |
| aquarium! Clean the container very well and then | | | | 4. You can convert your defective rice cooker |
| fill it up with water fit for your pet gold fish and | | | | into a mini home for growing plants. Put soil in the |
| then buy plastic seaweeds and perhaps a plastic | | | | aluminum container and then transfer a budding |
| Aquaman figurine from the pet store. A plastic | | | | plant. You can then tend for the plant and let it |
| water container aquarium can truly be a great | | | | grow. This is just good for the plant's first few |
| conversation piece for your future home | | | | weeks, though. You need to transfer it again to a |
| gatherings. Plus, just imagine the smile on your | | | | bigger pot especially when the roots start to |
| child's face when he sees his pet fish inside the | | | | grow. |
| water dispenser! Naturally, you need to tell your | | | | 5. If you own an old microwave oven and if your |
| child that he should not get drinking water from | | | | child has a diorama that he made for a school |
| that container anymore. Better yet, seal the | | | | project, you can store that diorama inside the |
| dispenser with translucent tape. | | | | oven. It will be a fun way to preserve your child's |
| 2. The pitcher-like part of your old blender can | | | | work and at the same time let others see it. Who |
| make a good table centerpiece or a vase. What | | | | knows - your child might even bring it to school |
| you need to do is clean it very well, let it dry and | | | | on the next show-and-tell! |
| then whip out your collection of poster paints. You | | | | As you can see, what's really important about |
| can spruce up your old blender by painting it with | | | | recycling old kitchen appliances and then turning |
| abstract colors and designs. If you think stripes | | | | them into fancy decors is the fact that you can |
| can complement the area where you intend to | | | | exercise your creativity and imagination to their |
| place your old blender, then come up with nice, | | | | fullest. Don't hesitate to show your artistic side - it |
| clean stripes. Use your imagination! You can also | | | | is only then that people see how unique your |
| ask your child to help you out by asking him to | | | | ideas can be. |
| paint the handle. | | | | |