{"id":64,"date":"2009-12-16T11:00:12","date_gmt":"2009-12-16T19:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.katherinemalmo.com\/blog\/?p=64"},"modified":"2009-12-28T14:05:49","modified_gmt":"2009-12-28T22:05:49","slug":"elephant-from-dryer-lint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katherinemalmo.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/16\/elephant-from-dryer-lint\/","title":{"rendered":"Dryer Lint and Earwax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a little <a title=\"Real Simple (dryer lint)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.realsimple.com\/home-organizing\/new-uses-for-old-things\/new-uses-kids-old-things-00000000019019\/page9.html#\" target=\"_blank\">excerpt <\/a>from Real Simple Magazine that I just couldn\u2019t help but post. They\u2019re recommending you collect your dryer lint and sculpt it into an elephant. Really? Seriously people. What\u2019s next a basset hound made from ear wax?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68\" title=\"modelingdough\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.katherinemalmo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/modelingdough1.jpg\" alt=\"modelingdough\" width=\"304\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katherinemalmo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/modelingdough1.jpg 304w, https:\/\/www.katherinemalmo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/modelingdough1-252x300.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/>Dryer Lint as Modeling Dough<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original purpose:<\/strong> Clogging up a dryer vent.<br \/>\n<strong>Aha! use:<\/strong> Making homemade modeling dough. Simply mix the lint with water and flour (and, if you prefer, food coloring), as directed below.<br \/>\n<strong>Reward:<\/strong> An ear-resistible sculpture of Dumbo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To make the modeling dough:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Place 3 cups (shredded) dryer lint into a pot.<\/li>\n<li>Pour in 2 cups water.<\/li>\n<li>Stir in 1 cup flour.<\/li>\n<li>Add\u00a0\u00bd\u00a0teaspoon vegetable oil.<\/li>\n<li>Stir continuously over low heat until the mixture binds together and is of a smooth consistency.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Pour onto a sheet of wax paper to cool<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a little excerpt from Real Simple Magazine that I just couldn\u2019t help but post. They\u2019re recommending you collect your dryer lint and sculpt it into an elephant. Really? Seriously people. What\u2019s next a basset hound made from ear wax? Dryer Lint as Modeling Dough Original purpose: Clogging up a dryer vent. Aha! use: Making [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katherinemalmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katherinemalmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katherinemalmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katherinemalmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katherinemalmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.katherinemalmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72,"href":"https:\/\/www.katherinemalmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64\/revisions\/72"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katherinemalmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katherinemalmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katherinemalmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}