15 unexpected ways to use buckwheat
Inspiration / / January 07, 2021
Because of the coronavirus, people massively sweep buckwheat from the shelves in reserve - you can cook a lot of things from it tasty. But what if the epidemic ends faster than we expect, and we are left with a bunch of bags of uneaten cereal? Here's how to put it to good use.
1. Create a panel or painting
Sketch on a piece of heavy cardboard, plywood, or canvas on a stretcher. Then glue buckwheat and other cereals onto this base using PVA glue. It turns out very interesting works. Most importantly, do not forget to varnish so that the grains do not crumble.
If you do not have other cereals in stock, but one buckwheat paintings and other crafts are boring to decorate - paint it. This can be done in several ways: simply sprinkle on the table and wiggle with a brush with gouache, soak in an aqueous solution with the same gouache, or use food coloring.
2. Decorate the frame
With the help of buckwheat, especially painted in unusual colors, you can diversify your frames for photos, pictures and even mirrors. The principle is the same: stick the grains on PVA, wait until it dries, and cover with varnish.
3. Make a fridge magnet
You can decorate fridge magnets in the same way. Cover the blank with PVA glue, sprinkle with multi-colored buckwheat, add other cereals. Use the resulting pretty magnet to attach to the refrigerator to-do list.
4. Fill your pillow
In general, traditionally in the countries of the East - in Japan, China, India - the pillows were filled with buckwheat husks, that is, the husks from which the cereals are peeled. But since you cannot find it in stores, the pillow can be stuffed with ordinary buckwheat-kernel. True, it will turn out to be harsh - orthopedic.
To do this, carefully calcine the buckwheat in the oven at a temperature of 200 degrees, putting it on parchment on a baking sheet. Then wait until it cools down and then stuff the pillow. It is better if the pillowcase is made of thick cloth.
5. Fertilize indoor plants
Do not pour out the water that remains after washing the buckwheat. Let it sit for 1-2 days, then water houseplants - the liquid contains silicon, magnesium, phosphorus and iron, which are good for them.
6. Make a weighted blanket
Weighted blankets usePositive Effects of a Weighted Blanket on Insomnia to combat stress and relieve insomnia. They usually weigh from 7 to 14 kilograms. To do this, you need a duvet cover and a lot of buckwheat. Wash the groats, dry them, or better - ignite them. Then sew the duvet cover in large squares (for example, 10 by 10 centimeters), pouring a portion of buckwheat into each of them.
A trickier way is to fill 15 small flat bags with cereal, sew several pockets on the inside of the duvet cover and place the bags in them. Buckwheat bags can be changed if necessary.
7. Sew a heating pad
Buckwheat keeps warm for quite a long time - sew it into a knitted bag and heat it up in the microwave. If desired, you can drip lavender oil on a hot heating pad to make it easier to fall asleep. And you can also put it under numb arms or legs and warm up the joints.
8. Stuff toys
If there is no other filler at hand, then buckwheat is perfect. Sew the toy, put the previously calcined and cooled cereal inside the cloth bag and place it inside. True, it will not work to wash it - but you can change the filler.
If desired, add some herb to buckwheat - lavender, lemon balm, dill, thyme, rosemary, sage, so that the toy smells good. It can be used to develop fine motor skills of a child or to knead it yourself, as antistress.
9. Make a rattle
If you know how to handle a tree, make a rattle and add buckwheat there. Or take a plastic core from a chocolate egg, pour half of the cereal into it and place it in a toy. Just make sure that the child cannot reach the litter.
10. Use as fish bait
If you are a fisherman, you can use buckwheat to feed your fish. She is not very popular, and in vain. Roach, crucian carp and tench are good for buckwheat with garlic.
11. Scrub
Grind300 recipes for skin care cereals in a blender, receiving coarse flour. Then mix with a teaspoon of sugar and egg yolk. Apply to face, massage, leave on for five minutes. But keep in mind: doing this more than once a week is not recommended.
12. Decorate the bottle or jar
Apply PVA glue to a glass or plastic bottle, sprinkle with buckwheat and varnish. If desired, you can also add other cereals, twine or woolen thread, and even pasta. Then place flowers in this original jug.
Another option is to paint buckwheat in different colors, and then pour it in layers into a transparent bottle. You will get a nice decor element. It will come out especially effectively if you mix buckwheat with other cereals.
13. Sew the sox
Sox is a simple ball game, and also the name of this very ball. Your task is to toss it with your feet as long as possible until you drop it. Whoever holds out the most will win. Sox is knitted from cotton thread and filled with cereals. However, you can also use just knitted socks with buckwheat. Hence, by the way, the name - socks.
14. Decorate Easter eggs
To do this, you will again need cereals, PVA glue and varnish. Blow out the contents of raw eggs with a syringe, and then decorate the shell with buckwheat. And you no longer have to paint them every Easter - you take out ready-made models for the holiday, and then remove them until next year.
15. Make a napkin holder
Cut the sleeve from toilet paper in half, cover the parts with PVA glue, sprinkle with buckwheat and, if necessary, varnish. You can also decorate such a holder with various cords, beads and other elements. As a result, you will get an interesting accessory that you will not be ashamed to put on the table.
In the end, if all these creative ways seem like a waste of product to you, you can share buckwheat with your fellow retirees or donate it to charities. So you will do a good deed, help people, and at the same time free up shelf space.
What do you think to do with excess buckwheat?
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