Use Old Newspapers for Wrapping Gifts, Lining Drawers, Ripening Tomatoes and More

Old newspapers can take a lot of space. You can take them to the recycler or you can use them for many other purposes. After you read a newspaper they can be used for many useful things.

You can use a newspaper for building a fire in the fireplace or wood stove. A newspaper works great to catch the flames and make them spread.

When you have tomatoes that are not ripe enough for your taste you can wrap the tomatoes in old newspaper and let them sit at room temperature. Wrap the tomatoes individually for best results and let them sit until they are the desired ripeness. This is great if you can tomatoes and you need to make some of the tomatoes riper.

Newspaper can make great wrapping paper. A child's present looks good wrapped up in a sheet of old comics make sure you put the child's favorite comic strip at the top. A wedding shower gift can be wrapped up in a sheet of newspaper from the wedding announcement section especially if the special person's announcement is in that section.

Newspapers can make drawer liners. You can line your drawers with old newspapers. Just cut the newspaper to fit the bottom of the drawer and place the newspaper in the bottom of the drawer.

Newspaper works great to wash windows. You can use a commercial window wash and use some crumpled newspaper as you would a towel when you are washing windows. Or you can use a mixture of vinegar and water to wash the windows with.

Newspaper is great to pack away precious items. It is especially helpful when you are moving. You can wrap all your dishes and glasses in newspaper and put them into boxes for moving to a new place.

Shoes can be dried with newspaper. Just take a piece of crumpled newspaper and put it into wet shoes. Let the newspaper sit in the shoes overnight to dry the shoes out as you sleep.