When most of us think of flour, we think about it as a cooking tool but that’s not all that it can be used for. Below, you’ll find a few unique but practical uses for flour. The cool thing about this though is the fact that you probably already have flour in your home so if you see a use for flour that you think is cool, you can get started immediately. Now, if you’re ready to learn a few practical uses for flour, go ahead and scroll down to get started.

Paper Mache

The first practical use for flour that we have on our list is paper mache. All you need is a little bit of salt, flour, and water. Yep, that’s it! This is how most people make paper mache once they realize that glue and water isn’t the best route to go. Just think of it as a cheap hobby and you’re sure to have a blast with paper mache and this use of flour.

Decorations

Believe it or not, some people use flour as a decoration. Find a glass vase (or mason jar even) that you can fill up with flour. You can even add some dye to it in order to give it a different color. Just make sure that you use something that you don’t need for anything else as flour, over time, will settle and it’ll be a real pain to clean out of the vase or jar.

Play Dough

Do you have kids? Then you’d be surprised to know that you can make play dough out of flour. You can even make it whatever color you’d like with the use of dye. Just make sure that you’re kids aren’t eating the play dough. Even though it probably won’t kill them, it’ll make them extremely sick and it’s definitely not something that you want to be eating.

Flour Mask

Another use for flour is that of a flour mask. Flour can be mixed with rice, chickpeas, and numerous other food items to create an exfoliating mask that is great for your skin. Best of all, it’s a lot cheaper than going to a salon. You can find all of the ingredients that you need to make different kinds of masks by doing a quick search on your favorite search engine.

Ant Repellent

Finally, the last use we have for you when it comes to practical uses for flour is an ant repellent. Yes, you can sprinkle flour throughout your yard and around sidewalks in order to keep ants away from your house. This means that you won’t have to buy a bottle of $15 bug killer or hire an exterminator if ants are the only pest that you are having trouble with.

But like we said, these are only just some of the amazing uses of flour. We’re sure that you’ll find other things that you can do with flour that might save you time, money, or just give you a new hobby to mess around with on the weekends. Feel free to contact us if you have some uses for flour that we may have missed or that you think we don’t know about!