Ideas For Recycling Bath Towels

Everyone has them - bath towels that have ceaseddifferent shapes, sew two of the shapes together,
to be useful in the bathroom, but yet are not quitestuff that and have a throw toy for your dog. If you
ready for the garbage can. So, what can you do withdon't like to sew, simply cut a towel into strips and
your old bath towels? There are many options.tie the strips together for a pull or chew toy. Animals
The best option is to donate towels that are still inhave a very keen sense of smell and will love that
good condition. Sometimes you just want a differentthese toys smell like you and your family.
look in your bathroom. Maybe you painted theThere are also plenty of other household uses for old
bathroom a different color or are just tired of lookingbath towels. One of the more obvious uses is as
at the same bath towels you've had for years. Thisrags. Hand towels can be cut to be used around the
may especially occur in your guest room where thehouse or to clean the car. The best part is that if
towels don't get much use, so they seem to lastthey get too dirty and grimy, you can just throw
forever.them away without any guilt.
Bath towels, hand towels, and wash clothes that areIf you have a baby, don't spend money on
still in good condition can be donated to the localexpensive burp rags when you can use old hand
thrift store, homeless shelter, women's shelter, ortowels that are still in good condition. Larger bath
even a church that has a pantry. Just give them a calltowels can be made into hooded bath towels for
to make sure they accept such items.babies. If you don't have a changing pad in your
What if your towels are in okay condition, notdiaper bag, throw in an old bath towel. You can even
worthy of donating for humans, but you still want tocut out hand towels to make baby bibs with just a
donate them to a worthy cause? Call the local animallittle bit of sewing.
shelter or check with your vet's office to see if theyIf you are crafty enough, you can use old towels to
will accept them. Usually animal shelters andmake coasters, place mats, and pot holders. Just
veterinary offices can use the towels for cleaning upmake sure you use thicker towels when making pot
messes around the office, drying off wet animals,holders. You can also look online to find patterns to
lining pet cages, and providing warm bedding formake braided bath mats from old bath towels. Hand
animals kept there.towels can be used to make great aprons that are
Of course, you can use unwanted bath towels foreasily washable.
your own animal's bedding and washing if you haveJust remember that even if you are tired of your old
pets. You can also use old, ratty bath and handtowels, they can still serve many useful purposes.
towels to make dog toys. Simply cut the towels into