KevinPotts
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Hi @KevinPotts
I'm not sure if you appreciate I'm talking about the empty test strip pots, rather than a sharps bin..? Forgive me if I've got that wrong.
As for all the craft options - I'm very jealous that you all have so much glitter in your lives! Clearly I must try harder!
we use them at our dolls house and miniatures club, members have made 1/48th gypsy caravans , others have made rockets, and of course wonderful for storing all the beads and things we get from stripped down jewellery we use to make other things. your only limited by your imaginationI know it's ridiculous, but the test strip pots for my meter are so well-made that I don't want to throw them away when they're empty! I know, I know, don't judge me - I hear how stupid that sounds!Is there anyone else out there who feels the same?
I can't think of anything particularly clever to do with them, other than storing tiny things and thought I'd throw down the gauntlet to see if there's anyone with imagination out there.
Consider the gauntlet... dropped...go!
Wow, I didn't think I'd get so many suggestions when I started this thread!
Hi @KevinPotts
As for all the craft options - I'm very jealous that you all have so much glitter in your lives! Clearly I must try harder!
I think this thread should have been called:
1001 Uses For Used Test Strip Pots
I like the idea of giving them to children as playthings or donating them to schools. I have a young great nephew at primary school, and a great-niece-in-law and great-nephew-in-law coming up to kindergarten age, all of whom have crafty grannies, so I'll see if they'll take them. A great pity I didn't see this suggestion sooner as I'vs just thrown a big batch out because I felt I'd got too many already saved for my future bead and glitter, etc, use.
Maybe here's another new use for our pots then - decorate and fill them with glitter, beads, gilding flakes, tiny feathers, shells, or other little treasures and then send them to @Pink_Minx to bright up her dull glitterless life?
Robbity
Who when in crafty mode generally ends up with everything and everywhere covered in glitter including herself and the dogs...And once it's on, it's blooming hard to get off again!
Me too! When I swapped from an elderly CareSens to a Freestyle Freedom Lite I thought at first that the miniscule pots were just a sample size, but in fact that's the regular size - so small that nobody over the age of 8 can get a finger in to extract a strip, so I have to tip out all the strips every time to use one. This makes them too small for most practical purposes other than collecting old strips.I have to say that I'm very jealous of some of you - your pots seem to be a good bit bigger than mine! I use AgaMatrix WaveSense Jazz test strips and the pots are too tiny for a lot of the suggestions. Can't believe I've got pot envy!
Me too! When I swapped from an elderly CareSens to a Freestyle Freedom Lite I thought at first that the miniscule pots were just a sample size, but in fact that's the regular size - so small that nobody over the age of 8 can get a finger in to extract a strip, so I have to tip out all the strips every time to use one. This makes them too small for most practical purposes other than collecting old strips.
Kate
Hi, I'm diabetic on insulin and use glucose tablets from time to time, even when swimming/boating/exercise I might need one.I know it's ridiculous, but the test strip pots for my meter are so well-made that I don't want to throw them away when they're empty! I know, I know, don't judge me - I hear how stupid that sounds!Is there anyone else out there who feels the same?
I can't think of anything particularly clever to do with them, other than storing tiny things and thought I'd throw down the gauntlet to see if there's anyone with imagination out there.
Consider the gauntlet... dropped...go!
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