Women’s Club Learned How To Braid Simple Basket Out Of Old Newspaper


June 24th, 2008

by Cecile Cinco

Last June 14, 2008, I was asked to be the resource person during our regular monthly UCG-Manila Women’s Club Knowledge Channeling the next day. I asked if they were interested with making backdrops out of styrofoam. They were, but the next day when I was preparing my stuff, I found out our styro-cutter was malfunctioning so I had to think of another. I asked our President to bring some used newspaper. Solved.

Below are pictures I took (except for the first one, so I can be in the picture). I can say it was a successful crash training.

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How To “Weave” Or “Braid” A “Basket” Container


May 22nd, 2008


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by Cecile Cinco

I have 30 pictures of the process of weaving or braiding this container you see pictured. It can be a container of anything that fits, actually. Put your pens in or a water jug.

The series of pictures are detailed. Since a picture paints a thousand words, I believe you can follow it. I’ve used rice sack strips in this case but in the past I’ve always used old newspaper or better yet, glossy magazine, which is a great way to recycle those glossy paper than to burn them.

The problem is, I’ve loaded the pictures in one of my Facebook folders which are only accessible by “friends” so anyone who is my “friend” can learn how to do it.

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For Ladies Only: Mrs. McGyver’s Half Slip


March 24th, 2008


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What if, for one reason or another, you needed a half slip now and for one reason or another you can’t buy one nor borrow?

Well, as long as you get access to an old t-shirt and pair of scissors, that would not be a problem at all.

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How To Recycle Your Cooking Oil That Is No Longer Fit For Food Plus Complete Olympic Stats From 1920-2008


February 13th, 2008

by Cecile Cinco

Do you cook? Sometimes, if not always, you will get yourself into cooking deep fried fries or chicken, or whatever. I mean, you would use some amount of oil more than usual. Deep fries tend to use a lot of cooking oil right away and you would want to use that oil after it has been used for cooking. Sometimes, another fried dinner will get back that same oil to the pan.

What if you can no longer use it for cooking because it has turned brownish and when you were not careful enough, it could be that it’s no longer brownish, but blackish instead…and you have a gallon of it!

With the dropping dollar, you might be into some frugal mania festival. Being almost always in the needy and scout (resourceful) state, I’ve learned to use that black oil.

Turn it into light!

Rather, make it fuel to give you light. You can use it when you get power outage or if you just want to save some money. It’s surely environmental safe and it does not make your nose blackish, unlike candles.

What you need:

  • steeping container like tin can or jar
  • strip of cotton cloth
  • empty bottle with tin cap
  • used oil

What to do:

1. Steep oil for about 5 days in a tin can or jar.

2. Transfer to another container. If it fits the bottle with tin cap, then pour it there. Be careful, don’t include any steeped “trash” that sank at the bottom of the first container.

3. Make a wick out of a strip of cotton cloth (could be the hem of an old shirt). Make sure when


you make a twine that the total length will be more than the height of the bottle.

4. Hammer a hole with a nail through the cap of the bottle. One in the middle (wick hole) and four around (breathing holes).

5. Insert the wick cloth through the hole from inside towards the top of the cap.

6. Get the rest of the wick inside the bottle to get it wet with the oil. Make sure to wet the top wick also–very wet with oil.

7. Close the cap.

8. Lit the wick.

You now have an emergency light that is not chemically dangerous and does not cost electric power and made use of your trash oil.

recycled oil to turn into emergency lamp


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How To Make Cheaper And Edible Clay


January 16th, 2008

by Cecile Cinco

If you are a parent who’s got little kids, or you’re a teacher to grade school kids, or you’re a nanny, or you’re just plain crafty, you might want to dabble into edible clay.

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How To Recycle Your Old Newspaper To Make Your Own Charcoal


January 15th, 2008


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Oftentimes, the trash that we have the most is used paper. It can be in the form of newspaper, old notebooks, newsprint magazines (separate the glossy paper), manila paper, etc…

What can you do with that lot?

The following instructions will teach you how to make your own charcoal, to make use of your old newspaper and other trashy paper stuff. It is best to do this during summer when the heat of the sun is strongest…and store away in preparation for a rainy day…or when you run out of LPG. Continue reading »

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