We take ours to the PDSA Animal Hospital where they use them for bedding, cleaning etc.
I’m sure any animal shelter/ rescue would welcome them.

I can find many things that I look for here! Thank you very much!

yeah, bedding for my hog-house (hedgehog)

ok ..yes animal rescue centres of course.. but what about folding them so as to ut the tatty holey bits inside and forming a square glove witye th good surface outside. (sew up the sides of course!) Then you ahve a useful mitt to clean with dry to polish windows or the car..to dust with or wet to sue anywhee really.
Now! how to avoid this in future.
Instead of stacking your towels do what I do and roll them up in a swiss roll fashion and pile on the shelf. This way you can oull out one you fancy and leave the others tidy and therefore you wont keep using the same ones all the time.

Rosie:)

Not just mitts - you could make bath toys out of the non-ripped bits - or a bath pillow for yourself if you don’t want the kids to get all the benefits!

SaraR

Spread them around your bathtub/shower. When you get out of the bathtub/shower, the floor won’t get wet.

You could use them for stuffing as well.

bath mitts!

just cut and sow them into shape

excellent for cleaning squirming kids!

tear up into dusters or rags for use when decorating. They can be recycled into new fabrics too, put them in the textile bins at the recycling centre.

cut them up and compost them.

As well as animal shelters, vets, catteries and kennels can all use them (as well as old sheets).

I put mine in the bottom of the freezer when defrosting it as it saves having water pouring across the floor. Then squeeze the towels out and leave to dry until the next time.

you can make a head wrap http://perfectlittlestitches.com/downloads/HeadWrapProject.pdf

I cut the old towels into squares and use them for cleaning really dirty stuff.

i use the old towerls for when i mop floors. I use the towerls to wipe up the excess wetness on floors so they dry before the kids run around on wet floors.

sew them into narrow tubes. plait them and then sew into a round bath mat. I found this in a book of home design and they look fantastic especially mixing the colours

they make great biodegradable weed mats. Just place over weeds and cover with mulch.

I cut them into squares and zigzag them with the sewing machine and use them until they are frayed for washcloths, then I use them for cleaning cloths until they are worn out and then one last use for something like furniture polish or cleaning the oven.