Eggciting

Lean and Green tip for today... what to do with those sometimes unavoidable Styrofoam egg cartons. Like it or not, for now Styrofoam is here to stay. Sometimes because of where or how you purchase your eggs, cardboard cartons are just not an option. But..don't throw out that styrofoam one....besides being sent to school to be made into caterpillars, they are a lot of useful reusable options. 1. Bead sorting (yes, as a jewelry and wearable art artist it IS all about the beads for me....) 2. jewelry storage....keep those chains untangled and fits nice in a shallow drawer 3. reusable paint caddy (simply pour a little dollop of your favorite craft paint into the handy little cup shaped holder, for easy clean up just rinse out, dry off and reuse) 4. Lego sorter...or any other little toy items like Barbie shoes, crazy bones,etc. 5. M&M sorting....easy way to eat just your favorite color.... truthfully the ideas are endless and the carton lasts forever....so keep those unavoidable styrofoam containers out of the trash and into your craft room... (meat trays are great for painting as well). as far as the ready tip....hum..well...styrofoam IS an excellent insulator...from heat and cold...I'm sure we could find a need for it say if the power was out and we needed to keep cold foods cold longer...or maybe it could be placed under sleeping bags to protect from ground cold/moisture.... I think that in this case, imagination is almost unlimited, but let's keep that stryofoam out of the dumps...it's not great stuff. hey, I'll be you could fill them with your favorite juice, or tea and make cute little egg shapped ice cubes....hum...or fill each one with water and place a thin slice of lemon in each one for a refreshing pitcher of cold lemon water...yum..one of my favorites...