Neat things to do with coffee filters :)

[raysnkaysmom]

I dont' drink coffee, but these are good reasons to buy some filters!
Thought I'd share

COFFEE FILTERS
> Coffee filters ..who knew! And you can buy 1,000 at the Dollar Tree for almost nothing.
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> 1. Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the microwave.
> Coffee filters make excellent covers.
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> 2. Clean windows and mirrors. Coffee filters are lint-free so they'll leave windows sparkling.
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> 3. Protect China
> . Separate your good dishes by putting a coffee filter between each dish.
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> 4. Filter broken cork from wine. If you break the cork when opening a wine bottle, filter the wine through a coffee filter.
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> 5. Protect a cast-iron skillet. Place a coffee filter in the skillet to absorb moisture and prevent rust.
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> 6. Apply shoe polish. Ball up a lint-free coffee filter.
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> 7. Recycle frying oil. After frying, strain oil through a sieve lined with a coffee filter.
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> 8. Weigh chopped foods. Place chopped ingredients in a coffee filter on a kitchen scale.
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> 9. Hold tacos. Coffee filters make convenient wrappers for messy foods.
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> 10. Stop the soil from leaking out of a plant pot. Line a plant pot with a coffee filter to prevent
> the soil from going through the drainage holes.
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> 11. Prevent a Popsicle from dripping. Poke one or two holes as needed in a coffee filter.
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> 12. Do you think we used expensive strips to wax eyebrows? Use strips of coffee filters.
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> 13. Put a few in a plate and put your fried bacon, French fries, chicken fingers, etc on them.
> Soaks out all the grease.
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> 14. Keep in the bathroom. They make great "razor nick fixers."
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> OH YEAH THEY ARE GREAT TO USE IN YOUR COFFEE MAKERS
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[KristaTX]

I do the thing with planter holes to keep the dirt from washing out when the water drains. It really works .

 

[Imzadi]

Someone on Project Runway made a dress out of coffee filters.

 

[RyeCrimsonMoon]

This is a cute idea! I don't drink enough coffee and they do tend to sit around collecting dust. The greasy foods one is a good idea, I go through paper towels too often when I fry stuff.

 

[Bren's Mom]

We make watercolor butterflies with them using washable markers...so easy and PRETTY!

Love some of the other ideas, though...I'm going to save that list...thanks!~

 

[java]

All I can think of is that the coffee fiter people are freaking out over the Keurig pod type things that are selling now and are afraid of their market disappearing and they came up with this list!

But really some are great ideas! I have to get some I guess particularly for the cast iron skillet! Right now I'm using parchment paper but I think coffee filters are cheaper??

 

[browneyes106]

We make watercolor butterflies with them using washable markers...so easy and PRETTY!

Love some of the other ideas, though...I'm going to save that list...thanks!~

One of my cousins is a teacher and she showed me the watercolor butterflies but she is drops of food coloring on the filters it came out pretty. I think washable markers method would be a bit cleaner.

 

[ReneeA]

I use them for snack holders for my kids. They are the perfect size, really inexpensive, and hold popcorn, chips, etc so much better than just putting stuff on a paper plate or paper towels.

 

[MM27]

One of my cousins is a teacher and she showed me the watercolor butterflies but she is drops of food coloring on the filters it came out pretty. I think washable markers method would be a bit cleaner.

I do this every year but I have the kids use Crayola markers. They color the filter however they want, then you scrunch it up in the middle, put a clothespin on it and using a spray bottle, squirt water on it. When they dry I attach a magnet to the back and some little google eyes and a pipecleaner for the antenae. The kids love them and they come out really cute.

 

[luvmy3]

And here I was just using them in my coffee maker . Who knew they were so useful in other ways. There are a few on that list that I'm definitley going to do, thanks OP.

 

[browneyes106]

I do this every year but I have the kids use Crayola markers. They color the filter however they want, then you scrunch it up in the middle, put a clothespin on it and using a spray bottle, squirt water on it. When they dry I attach a magnet to the back and some little google eyes and a pipecleaner for the antenae. The kids love them and they come out really cute.

My cousin did the same method too but the food coloring would stain a lot of stuff. I will tell her about method it's seems to be a little bit cleaner.

 

[marshallandcartersmo]

I use them for snack holders for my kids. They are the perfect size, really inexpensive, and hold popcorn, chips, etc so much better than just putting stuff on a paper plate or paper towels.

I like this one!