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BANDANAS And Their Many Uses!
We were saved by bandanas one summer when we took as cross country trip with 7 kids in an old van in the middle of July with NO AIRCONDITIONING!
Each child had a different colored bandana (found at Walmart for 1 buck…or swap meets) to keep thing straight. I would soak each bandana with water…not too much so that it is dripping, but just enough that it was wet. The kids would then wipe their hot faces and neck and arms and legs with the bandana and then drape it around their necks to cool off.
It was so refreshing. Then when the bandana got dry, they’d hand it to me and I would wet it again. I would periodically drape a wet bandana around my husband’s neck as he drove and it sure helped keep him cool.
So…in making a list of the many uses for a bandana…the first use I must list is:
1. As a cooling agent (when wetted down and applied to skin!)
2. As a Bandage
3. To hold things. (tie up the opposite corners and make a pouch, like what hobos had on the end of their sticks.
4. As a “Towel” for wiping up things
5. As a napkin, to wipe off ketchup, jelly, ice cream, etc. from your face.
6. As a sling.
7. As cordage
8. As a potholder
9. As adishrag.
10. As sunblock for the neck.
11. To cover one’s head.
12. As a dusk mask.
13. For Sneezing into
14. For filtering water.
15. For signaling
16. For marking a trail
17. For a placemant.
18. As a pillow cover
19. Blindfold for sleeping
20. Clean your glasses, sunglasses
20. Hang flashlight from top of tent.
21. Mark your suitcase or backpack.
22. Tie foodbag to a tree.
23. Cover food to keep flies out.
24. Polish fruit.
25. personal washcloth.
26. Neckerchief
27. Sweat band
28. Dew rag
29. Emergency kindling.
30. Feminine hygiene
31. Tie a ponytail
32. Wrap a gift
33. Wrap fragile or rattling items in your backpack.
34. Earmuffs.
35. Dry washed dishes and silverware
