Simple Mistakes We All Make: Misusing Common Best-Selling Products

7. Two-liter bottle.

Best places to shop: grocery stores and Costco. Average product price is $1.48. This is a wonderful pastime for both children and adults who enjoy gardening. Most of us are making some attempt to be environmentally friendly. Repurpose and upcycle everything you can to reduce the amount of plastic that ends up in landfills. For example, you can create a terrarium out of an empty, clean two-liter bottle.

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Two-Liter Terrarium @patrakeevadaria/Pinterest Cut off the top of the bottle, about six inches from the bottom. Save the top for later. Then, add dirt and seeds and reinstall the top. Place in the sun. The plastic bottle will act as a greenhouse, allowing your plants to grow slowly but steadily.

8. Old iPad.

Best Places to Buy: Apple, Best Buy. Average product price ranges from $329 to $1,200. Most of us have an old iPad or iPhone laying around. It seems strange to throw these items away, doesn't it? After all, they have critical information on them. Because of this sensitive data, you can transform your obsolete technology into a DIY photo album.

Old iPad as Photo Album @ohohohmar10/Pinterest Rather than transferring your images from one device to another, which takes up storage space on the latter, keep them on the previous device. Keep it charged and useful. Even though it is not a working iPad or iPhone, you can use it to view old images.