I was at a friend's house one day and
they mentioned a frugal tip in regards to household sponges. While
most people buy sponges at the store, but my friend had made her own
sponges out of packaging foam. This light foam is sometimes used to
cushion products when shipping in boxes. Instead of throwing the
packaging foam away or recycling it, she cut it into sponge size
shapes to use as sponges.
I was skeptical when I saw it because I
thought the material would not be nearly as good as “real”
sponges from the store, but she offered to give me some to try out so
I figured it was worth a try.
At home, I tried them out and
surprisingly, they work pretty well! The material is different that
regular sponges but they perform in a similar way. They don't hold as
much water, but they are a lot more durable than expected. I found
they work very well at cleaning dishes with soap and water.
I'm still on my first batch of free
sponges and I plan to make more of them whenever I have packaging
foam material around. I you have any of this material around and are
looking for a free alternative to buying sponges, I recommend giving
this method a try.
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