Practical Ways to Use Worn Out Garden Gloves

Have your old garden gloves seen their day in the sun? Are they pretty much on their last stitch? Just when you think that you can't possibly use them for anything else, think twice before tossing them out. Garden gloves are made for protecting our fingers, so when they become worn out it's really comforting to know that you can still get excellent use out of them. You'll be pleasantly surprised at how well these ideas work and wished you knew about them earlier.

Protect sharp tools

You can use the fingers of any type of garden gloves to help protect sharp tools you have lying around in your shed or garage. Simply cut the fingers from the gloves and then slide them over sharp pliers, scissors, screwdrivers, or any other type of sharp tool you can think of. Some of the fingers of the gloves will fit perfectly over the tool, but if they don't, here's what you can do. Just secure the loose cuff with a rubber band, make sure the tool is clean and dry before you store them away to help prevent rusting.

Make puppets

You can cut the fingers off of worn out garden gloves and make them into fun little finger puppets. You can create them however you'd like. Use felt tip pens to draw faces or you can get really creative and use glue, sequins, buttons, or just about anything you can imagine. This is a time to get creative and just have fun.

Remove pet hair

Using your old worn out garden gloves transforms perfectly into a pet hair removal tool. It doesn't matter if the gloves have holes or tears, it will still work fine. Put the gloves on and give your furry friend a good petting. You'll be amazed of how much they love it as well as how much loose hair can be removed.

For removing pet hair from your furniture, a plastic pair of gloves works the best. Simply slide on the gloves and get busy rubbing down your furniture to remove all the pet hair. After you're finished, rinse off the gloves and hang to dry for next time.

So next time you wear out a pair of garden gloves, you won't think twice about tossing them out; hang on to them and they will come in very handy.

Sources: Don't throw it out book