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Uses for Used ink Pens

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Date: 08/10/2004 Topic: Brainstorms > Recycling  
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Do you know any uses for used pens that are out of ink? Especially the disposable kind.
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By melody_yesterday (654) Profile Blog! Contact
I was trying to be clever about hiding some travel cash once & rolled the bill tightly & slipped it down in the empty barrel of the pen - instead of a money belt ! save some of the parts as replacement parts for other pens.
same with some lids like from toothpaste in case it gets lost for instance --- make a picture frame from some of the cooler looking pens

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By ThriftyFun (3107) Profile Blog! Contact
I use them in my arts and crafts when I'm tracing an image from tracing paper onto the final piece. It's better than a pencil when you want to reuse the tracing over and over as you don't cover over the original lines. But you do still need to use a pencil on the back or nothing will transfer!

By chickybiker

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By gizmo81795 (22) Contact
How about removing the inner workings, and use them to make crafty flower stems for a bouquet of home made flowers. Can be painted varying shades of green or leave them the original colors.

Posted on 02/21/2001 | Report Spam or Abuse

Cut the outside casing in pieces and when you get an assortment of colours they can be threaded on string or cotton or fishing line , can make necklaces, bracelets, anklets ! kids can have heaps of fun ! Just a thought ! - Sherrie

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My eighth grade students (boys especially!) like to use the barrel of the
pen as a paper-wad shooter! Maybe not what you had in mind, but it is a use for them!
Candis - Exceptional Children's Teacher

Posted on 02/19/2001 | Report Spam or Abuse

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