We all get them dropped off one (or more) times every year. But what to do with them now that we just look up phone numbers on Google? Here are some creative uses for phone books our readers came up with for phone books – actual, paper phone books.
In the House
Emergency toilet paper (note: may not be the best for your pipes or septic system)
Stack them under the table cloth to elevate a nice center piece
Fold pages at angle from top outside corner to mid at center to make a door stop
Build book shelves on all exterior wall in your house six foot and down and line them with this paperback books they make the best bullet stops there is and it makes you look like an intellectual.when people stop by or at least beside the doors front an back it’ll give you something to duck behind when you have unwanted company…with guns….
Stack them to create a make-shift booster seat
Insulation
Washing windows
Hollow one or two out to make some hidey holes for valuables
Wrap Christmas decorations and other fragile items to protect them in storage or shipment
Wrap compost in it to carry to the bin, then just throw the whole thing in so you don’t have to worry about washing a dish or bucket out
Arts & Crafts
Floor cover for little artists
Tear out the pages and use them for papier mâché
Coat pages in petroleum jelly… Roll them up and dip them in wax…. Makes emergency candles that are also waterproof
As a teenager I would use them as scrap books. Cover them with all kinds of art
Save them and turn it into paper snowflakes. It’s what I do with my used non-returnable textbooks
Pattern paper
Origami practice
Outdoors, Fires, and Animals (Pets)
Firestarters
Target practice
You can pack them in a box or wrap them up together for a safe backstop for dry fire practice with a gun
Bullet penetration/expansion tests
Mix with ashes and lamp oil or kerosene to make fire logs
Tear out a page, stuff into toilet paper tube, great firestarter
Cage liners, especially shredded, for rabbits, birds, feral cats, etc. (better if mixed with hay)
Lay under tomatoes, under the straw for weed help
Tear them up and use them to smother weeds, putting mulch on top. Works better than the black stuff, and it degrades completely; best if they use soy ink
Use with this awesome tool to never run out of seed pots!
Shred for compost (except for the cover, which was probably treated with chemicals)
Worm bin
And the most shocking answer of all:
Using a phone book for its intended purpose is better than a smart phone. The phone book gives you more choices.
Start now to make sure you are staying prepared.
Via: thesurvivalmom
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