Once you’ve made ice cream sandwiches at home, the store-bought versions seem so boring. The recipes can be quite simple too. There are basically three ingredients: a type of ice cream, a type of cookie and something special to give it panache.
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Crocheting an octopus hat is like making a scarf, beanie and toy animal all at once. Once you’re done, you can adopt it as a pet, give it a name, and wear it to an aquarium to camouflage yourself among the sea life. Or you can just wear it anywhere and look fabulous.
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A rusted, leaky or otherwise ‘broken’ baking tin is no good for cooking, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t useful anymore. Its shape is still perfect for other projects, especially if it has a pretty rim. Just by adding paint and drilling a few holes, you can make a variety of ‘new’ things out of it.
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In most thrift stores, there’s a section for old-fashioned metal tins designed to hold cookies or tea. They’re often unique, cheap and tempting to buy, but what can you do with them afterwards? Besides storing cookies, etc., the best way to reuse an old tin is to create something entirely new with it, like one of these 13 everyday objects.
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