It’s good for the budget and good for the planet.You don’t have to use a whole dryer sheet in each load of laundry. If you use dryer sheets, cut all the sheets in half when you first open the box. You can turn a box of 40 into a box 80 in about 2 minutes.
A few other good uses for dryer sheets (or half a dryer sheet):
Put them in your sweater boxes when you put away your sweaters each spring.
Need to freshen the Family Room? Put a dryer sheet under the sofa cushions.
Use them in the linen closet where you store blankets that may not be frequently used.
Reportedly, these can be used to repel mosquitoes too. I’ve never tried this, but in theory just rubbing one on your skin is enough to deter the little monsters. Hmmmm…
DIY says “A sheet will repel mosquitoes on your patio. Hang a dryer sheet outdoors during the mosquito season.
Don’t tangle your thread. A sewing needle run through a dryer sheet prior to sewing, can help prevent the thread from tangling.
Smelly shoes? Placing a dryer sheet in your shoes or sneakers overnight, will help to deodorize them and as a bonus they will smell much better in the AM.
Slip a dryer sheet inside your work out bag and help “disguise” some of the odor that follows you home from the gym.
A dryer sheet will help clean up a work bench. Like a tack cloth, it will attract sawdust and wood shavings.
