Like it or not, all clothes come towards an end time. While many of them no more can compete against those in the trend, others just become faded and torn. What can be done about those clothes? Can they be reused for something else? Fortunately, yes, there are actually many ways to take advantage of them. We will discuss 10 of them in this post.
1. Sell your old clothes online
Hard to believe, but the most exciting fact about used clothes is that they always have buyers and locations where they can be sold. The best among all is eBay. It can never go wrong. In fact, eBay can help you make $5 to $20 dollar out of your used clothes. But there are certain tricks on how to really be attractive to the buyers. It is all on the clean pictures of the clothes. If their fabrics have defects it must be mentioned under the description. Honesty is the key! Craigslist can also be taken as best if you do not want to share your profit with anyone.
2. Donate the clothes to charity organizations for tax deduction
In United States, items like clothes donated to charity are tax deductible. So if you think selling clothes at eBay or Craigslist is a hassle you can try this donation idea. This is actually much easier. Some charity organizations like Salvation Army and Vietnam Veterans of America will pick up your donations directly from your home and hand you their receipt right away. But of course, you have to make sure to give them call for this job.
3. Revamp your clothes to wear them again
If you are good with sewing you can change some of your clothes into something different so you can wear them again. Usually, a long skirt can be turned into a pair of pants or mini skirt. Similarly, a pair of pants can be turned into shorts.
4. You can always wear the old clothes at home
Feel free to wear your old and even torn clothes at home especially if you have no guests around. This is completely natural and universally accepted law of home! No trend can ever break it.
5. Make purses and organizers out of them
Some clothes can be changed into organizers for other things like pencils, scissors, and so forth. For this, all you have to do is create pockets out of them.
6. Totally torn clothes can be used for making things for Barbie dolls
Not much sewing experience is needed to make dresses, bedspreads and pillows for Barbie dolls. But yes, you will need fabric. Instead of getting it from store, use the one that make up your torn skirt or blouse. This is actually a fun project. My sister is the one who gave me this idea when we were kids.
7. Save the little pieces of your torn clothes for arts and crafts projects
You will notice that many of your dresses and blouses have beads, ribbons, bows and flowers. Take them out and save them. They will become helpful in your arts and crafts projects. But this is not all. They can also be used for giving a stylish look to gift boxes. Moreover, the beads can come in handy for jewelry making.
8. Keep them for cleaning things around home
It is not practical to keep spending money on kitchen towels and wipes. Save it all by turning your clothes into napkins to clean things around home. They are washable and thus, require not to be disposed of.
9. Use them as cushions
Moving to a new house is a tiring task. So many things are need to be put inside the boxes. Some even need extra cushions. To make this job possible, instead of getting bubble wraps, you can use your old clothes.
10. Use the fabrics of these clothes on your artificial flowers
Clothes that have white fabric or nets can provide uniqueness to the flowers you have in the vase. So tear them up to stick a portion of them inside the flower vase. Apparently, they can also be turned into ribbons to tie the flowers so they do not fall of or stay disorganized.
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