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    5 Insanely Clever DIYs That Are Actually Easy

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    1. Fill an empty wine bottle with water to keep your plants happily watered when you're out of town.

    Or when you're distracted with the latest season of Orange Is the New Black. The tutorial is incredibly simple. Rinse out your bottle well and make sure there's no residual wine or soap that could make your plants sick.

    2. Cut up sponges from the dollar store and tie them together for fun water fights all summer long.

    3. Make your own quick and cheap window shade using a couple yards of fabric and some scrap wood.

    If your shade has a pattern on it, make sure the print is straight when you start tracing it around the pattern. And as always, measure twice before you cut! This step-by-step will show you how to make this happen.

    4. Customize a baking dish for yourself or for a friend using etching cream.

    5. Patch up worn-down fabric on your favorite shoes using scraps of leather or other accent fabric.

    Want more easy DIY ideas? Check out 5 more awesome ones here.