101 Uses for a .. ideas from a Ladybird book

Resorted to ideas from a Ladybird book for this post.
THE LADYBIRD BOOK OF THINGS TO MAKE.
I remember clearly making the snowman from an old cocoa tin when I was small...covered in cotton wool.

 101 uses for a shoe

 101 uses for a cotten reel..the same book also has a snake made from a string of them, as seen on the cover.

101 uses for many things.

Michael found this web site..
http://www.viralnova.com/awesome-life-hacks/
some great uses for bread tags...as well as many other things.
My favourite is the phone holder made from a toilet roll and  board pins.

I tested out the loo roll method for holding rolls of paper..it works well and I will be employing this loo roll use in the future.

101 uses for a hardback book

Caught Michael turning up his trousers, and using a book to prevent himself from sewing his trousers closed.

101 uses for a large pumpkin

This seemed very apt for Halloween week.
As seen on the BBC news.....

Artist, DMITRI GALITZINE hollowed out the 500kg pumpkin and sailed across the solent, gaining a Guinness world record....

101 uses for a cushion

I found this old magic lantern slide at Blakemere today..the man seems to be securing a crocodile with a pile of cushions and a very odd looking butterfly?

101 uses for a pan scrubber and window cleaning pole

As Seen on TV.....collecting DNA from basking sharks with a pan scrubber on the end of a window cleaning pole.

101 uses for BLU TACK

The pack says it has 1000s of Uses...perhaps we should test out this claim?