Okay, lower those eyebrows. I am not talking about getting Aunt Mildred a Sawzall here; I am thinking of a hugely practical and unexpected gift. We have given many men in our lives a nice new set of screwdrivers as a gift and the response is almost always along the lines of “This is so great! I have lost a few in my old set over the years.” However even better than that, my wonderful friend Charlotte shared an idea that made it impossible not to include this on the list. This year she is getting all of her friends this nifty little hammer.
It is basically everything you need for “around the house” jobs packed into one (easier to store, harder to loose) package. They make these in plain steel, but I like the silk screened version. It’s cute and the girly-ness will deter use (and loss) by the man of the house. You can pick this up on Amazon for $5.50; which certainly makes it a reasonable gift to give Auntie dear or a few friends. Trust Charlotte. She knows what she is doing. If you know her, you know that she is the woman Martha Stewart wishes she was.
Now, to receive a 6 in 1 hammer/screwdriver set for your junk drawer, leave a comment telling us what is the most “creative” thing you’ve used as a tool by Sunday, Dec. 19th. (Come on, we’ve all used a butter knife to try and get a screw out. It’s a safe place, you can share.)
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For sure a strand of hair as floss. When you are in a bind with a piece of apple stuck in your teeth, nothing else matters (including hygiene I guess). It was a long time ago, don’t worry.
Well, I’ve used a shoe as a hammer, and a coin as a screwdriver for starters. I’m sure there are lots more. I can almost never find a tool when I need one!
I’ve used plenty of bizarre toys or whatever I could find at the moment. Recently I needed to remove a door from its hinges quickly- because we were moving furniture- couldn’t find a hammer at the time and ended up using a child’s mallet and a ruler I think to wedge underneath the screws in the hinge. I’d love this gift!
The hammer is really cute. I’ve tried to use a shoe as a hammmer. It doesn’t really work well though.
My favorite is a fingernail. Those are always with you and can be used for so many things. I’ve even used my thumbnail as a screwdriver.
Love the hammer tool. We had one in our junk drawer growing up and it was well used. But it wasn’t as cute as this one!
Counter top as a bottle opener.
Used Hazen’s pocket knife as a screw driver. If you angle it just right . . . he wasn’t very happy about that one.
I’ve used an x-acto knife for just about anything. I keep one in my purse at all times, and you never know when it might come in handy. It’s great for screws and, of course, cutting things, and you can get the pointy end in the smallest holes and cracks. It’s a little dangerous, though, and I’ve got the scars to prove it. Maybe that cute hammer would fit in my purse too?
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I used a toddler size knife to get the toilet seat off…no it did not go back into the utensil drawer.:)I could not find a LARGE flat head screwdriver, so that wide, blunt end on the kiddie knife was perfect!
I will use the end of my extractor (zit picker :)) as a mini screwdriver.
Just last weekend Asher locked the bathroom door. Fortunately he wasn’t in there, but we couldn’t unlock the door for anything because there were two different door knobs on the door. Our tools had been missing since September so it was time to get creative. We used fingernails to undo the screws… A shish ka bob skewer to push the knob out the other side… an old door hook to try and release the spring bolt… I finally found the tool box, and my Alan Wrenches released the spring bolt and the door was opened. The only causalty was a bent skewer and a smashed finger knuckle. It was an eventful morning:)