A Dab Will Do

I rinse out used bottles of eye drops and refill them with Elmer's washable school glue. This works great for appliqué and other projects where a little drop is needed. It does not take as much room in a travel kit as a full-size bottle of glue and won't dry out like a glue stick.

—Janet Tyner

Corona, California

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