Month: August 2016

Perfect lunch every time with this quirky carrier

Delicious, nutritious and mess-free wraps The idea of a wrap for lunch is enticing as the possibilities for fillings is endless and they taste delicious. It always ends up messy though – they leak in the wrapping and get squashed in your bag. Lunch boxes that fit a wrap are too big so they’re not much help. You need a cylindrical container to keep a wrap in great condition and mess-free right up to the last bite. The following idea is both economical AND environmentally friendly as it repurposes a common household product and turns it into the perfect...

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WheelieBench: Portable space saving work bench

Perfect portable work top for the home and garden. Take WheelieBench with you as you work around the home, inside or out WheelieBench is the perfect work space for gardening Create your own work bench, easily and economically! The new, portable WheelieBench simply and cleverly converts your 240-litre Sulo wheelie bin into a work bench. Special grooves locate your strong yet lightweight WheelieBench in place and ready for use. Forget working on the floor – the WheelieBench gives you a stable, safer and much more convenient option. Customise it as required and use indoors or outdoors for sawing, drilling, hobby work...

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Tidy Your Bench With Repurposed Crocs

Tired of a messy bench-top? There’s a simple solution that doesn’t involve expensive tool holders. Repurpose old “crocs” with a screw into your bench to create a holster for storing tools. You can even use a kid’s croc as a smartphone holder in your car! Tidy your bench-top with repurposed crocs Work benches quickly become messy with tools and it usually happens at the worst time – when you most need the space! Rather than spending a small fortune on special tool tidies, try this idea… repurpose old “crocs” to create tool holsters. They make tools like cordless drills and screwdrivers conveniently accessible and best...

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Boiled Egg Mashing Made Easy

Use an old fork and a high edge bowl to mash boiled eggs, ensuring the fork has been bent as shown in the photo. The end result is perfectly mashed boiled egg without the usual mess. Boiled egg mashing made easy It seems like a simple task… just boil eggs and mash them up to make curried or yummy creamy egg for sandwiches or salads. But eggs being what they are, nicely smooth and rounded, they forever roll about in the bowl when you try to mash them. If you use a smaller bowl and the fork you usually...

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DIY Star Wars Lightsaber

Use simple electrical tape to create the effect, and use different colours for different sabers to create a realistic battle scene in photographs. With the camera flash turned on the effect is electrifying. Without the flash, the lightsaber looks quite different. Create your own realistic lightsaber Use this cool idea to impress your friends at the next costume party or Star Wars convention. The resulting photos of you with your lightsaber will dazzle and baffle everyone… how did they do it? It looks so awesome all lit up in the photos and yet at a glance it’s so simple. This...

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