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I've straightened out a wire hanger and used it to unplug my vacuum cleaner hose.I also cut them to certain lengths to extend plant hangers,hang up my parakeets cage,hang a bird feeder in a tree,you name it.Staighten the hanger,cut it shorter if needed and curve each end.

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I use wire hangers to make miniature Christmas trees every year for Christmas and then I either sell them or give them to assisted living homes for each resident to have a tree in their room. You put them with the hangy part in the center with one arm thing pointing upward and one downward I use 5 of them and create a triangular figure and tie them together. Then dress with string of lights garland and miniature ornaments. I usually glue gun them on the garland so as the tree can be stored easy and reused every year. They turn out very cute and some have been even beautiful. I have been payed as much as 80.00 a tree, with the investmet of maybe a dollar for the hangers and 3 maybe 4 dollars for the lights garland and ornaments. It takes me about 30 t0 40 minutes to complete a tree. I get the hangers at our local dry cleaners. They are usually very happy to just give the hangers away.

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I used to be a troop leader many years ago and they make great Christmas wreaths. Just make a circle of the large part and then take 3 inch by 2 inch strips of green tissue paper. Fold each strip in half and slide the fold over the wire and twist. Keep going until the wreath is full and then add glitter, sequins, etc. Add a big red bow to the hook end and hang where you like.

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like laurie, i've used wire hangers for hanging baskets, but also to make topiary shapes.

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Well you might be a red neck if...But years ago I seen my Daddy use an old coat hanger to temporarily tie up a muffler that had fallen of a car, also I have a plate hanger that my Grandmother made out of a wire coat hanger. I think people use to be more creative with what they had around the house.

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I have used them to unlock my bedroom doors, straighten it out and it works! Also. to anchor a wreath or plant in the ground at the Cemetary.

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My sister clipped near the neck part of the hanger so she could store her hair scrunchies, then she added an old belt and looped it through the top and let it hang so she could store her hair clips (claw type) then hung it on the wall in her bedroom. It looks real nice and she dosen't have to ramble through a draw for them anymore.

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I have used old clothes hangers bent into a "S" shape to hang pots and pans off of my overhead pot rack. It sure beats the heck out of running down to the kitchen wares store when adding a new pot or pan to your collection. They are also very good for roasting hot dogs over a grill or camp fire. Just make certain tape up the handle end with another multi-tasker such as duct tape to prevent heat transfer to your hands. I'll bet Alton Brown hasn't thought of this idea yet!

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Our a/c man bent the hook inward or removed it and then placed the triangular wire in each corner of the a/c vent where the filter goes. It prevents the filter from being sucked up and out of place. Especially if you use the cut to size filters.

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My friend taught me this one. Straighten a wire hanger out but keep the hook part as is. Begin to bend the wire a few inches beneath the hook. Bend it until it forms a flat line about two inches long and then repeat. This makes a great tie holder. Two ties will fit on every curved area holding almost 20 ties. Hope this helps

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We used to get netting and cut it into strips 4 to 5 inches long and let the children tie them on hangers (they had brought from home) until the hangers were full, then wrap a matching ribbon around the hook, starting where the hanger twists together, all the way to the end and back again and make a bow at that point. Then the children would take them home to their mohers for Mother's Day. Inexpensive and renews an old hanger, making it useful for sweaters.

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I took the coat hangers and cut the 2 wings off, making 2 "staples" and pushed them thruogh the bottom of the garden ferce to keep those pesky woodchucks and rabbits from crawling under the fence and into my garden.

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My favorite use for a wire hanger is to make a mobile paper towel hanger. I cut the bottom wire dead center, insert a roll of paper towels between the two cut ends and hang it up wherever I'm working. I have one in the garage, in the laundry room and in the shed. You might need to bump up each side angle a little, but a little tension on the paper towels keeps them from unrolling until you're ready to use them.

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We use wire hangers in lieu of brazing rod. Works great

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I straightened a hanger out and looped yarn all around to make a duster (long before ) there were swiffers - it gets under low spaces like the washer, dryer, refrigerator and lots more.

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Another use for old wire hangers at Christmas time is to put 4 of them together to form a christmas tree. Get some garland of your choice of colors, a short mini lite set to wrap around and a few small tree ornaments or something you've made yourself if your a crafter like me. These are fairly quick and simple to make for those on a budget.

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i have used coat hangers a whole slew of ways..........i keep one hanging in the bathroom to unclog drains,, too hold up tomatoe plants..to hold on a muffler,, to clean the dust that accumilates on a fan..bend the two ends up and it will hold deli9cates like panty-hose and bras for drying,,,i keep one in my truck, cause you never know who might approach u for one,,,i have a plant holder outside that i've filled with dirt and put a plate of bird-seed and water dish for birds,,this is hung by a coat hanger,,,,,i hunt and using a tree stand u can fix one end to ur belt-loop and the other end to a back-pack and haul it up the tree with you...in the shed u can loop it aroud a stud up in the top and hang items up out of the way,,,and for camping u can put marshmallows on the end for roasting,, i usally burn the end that the marshmallow is going on to get it clean first,,,,one last item..cut a hanger in half bend the ends to a hook and hang a roll of paper towels...this works foor truck drivers,,the pockets that are above ur head,,these will hang nicely from these,,,

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Has anyone else used a straightened coathanger as a marshmallow/weiner toaster?

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Our friend in Alaska staightens one out with the hook end on top and a right angle at the other end. He turns his boots upside down with the right angle in the toe...then hangs them up to dry.

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