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Keep nail polish nice When applying nail polish, a foam pellet or a small chunk cut from a block of foam packaging placed between each finger or toe will help spread them apart and keep the polish unblemished until it can dry.
Make your own shipping pellets You'd like to use foam to ship some fragile things, but all you've got is sheets or blocks of foam, not pellets. No problem. Just break up what you have into pieces small enough to fit in a blender and pulse it on and off to shred the foam into perfect packing material.
Hold treats for freezing and serving To prepare a quantity of snow cones or ice-cream cones in advance, cut a foam block to size so it will fit flat in your freezer. Cut holes just large enough and close enough to hold cones so they won't touch, fall over, or poke through the bottom. Fill the cones and slip them into the waiting holes. Then pop the whole thing into the freezer ready for serving at a moment's notice.
Make a buoyant tray for the pool Styrofoam is nearly unsinkable. Use the scraps from a construction project to make a drink holder or tray that will float in your pool:
- To make a soda-can holder, cut two pieces to the size you want the finished holder to be, then cut holes the same size as a soda can in one piece. Glue the piece with holes on top of the other piece, using a glue gun with hot-melt glue.
- To make a tray with a rim, just glue small strips of foam that are at least 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) high around the edge of a larger tray-size section of the material.
Make a kickboard A sharp kitchen knife is all you need to cut a scrap of Styrofoam insulation into a kickboard for your swimming pool.
Help shrubs withstand winter Sometimes shrubs need a little help to survive winter's ravages. Leftover sheets of extruded tongue-and-groove Styrofoam insulation are perfect for the job. They're rigid, waterproof, and block wind and road salt. Here are two ways to use the material:
- To give moderate protection, cut two Styrofoam sheets and lash them together to form a pup tent over the plant. To hold the pieces in place, drive bamboo garden stakes through the bottom of each piece into the ground.
- For something more substantial, fit pieces together to box in the plants on four sides. Put a stake inside each corner and join the pieces with duct or packing tape.
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