Comments on: How can I reuse or recycle stale rolled oats?

By: NICO

NICO — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 10:52:41 +0000

Can you make them to a cork board???????????????

By: Lizzy

Lizzy — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:44:23 +0000

homemade creams and soaps and scrubs etc, also the idea for the bathwater sounds good too. you could make friends with a horse =D….

By: woohoo50

woohoo50 — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:04:50 +0000

To take Heather’s great suggestion one further, put oatmeal in a clean cotton sock … one where the dryer ate the other one … and swish in a lukewarm tub as THE BEST cure for poison oak or ivy, and probably other skin rashes as well. It’s a colloid and soothes the itching.
Pat dry after. Beats the chemical cures.

By: NigatsuBebe

NigatsuBebe — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:33:57 +0000

Make them into soaps and candles. I usually pick up glycerin soaps on sale at Bath & Body Works, melt them down, and mix them with botanicals. There may be something similar at craft stores that would work well with oatmeal as well. And the colour and texture of oats look great in pale blue or cream-coloured wax!

By: Chebs

Chebs — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:27:47 +0000

Andrew Walker you are cracking me up. My sides are sore from laughing at your suggestions.

By: Andrew Walker

Andrew Walker — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:52:52 +0000

You could play a really fun game with it where you throw a handful up into the air and then you have to guess how many oats have fell onto the floor. You then count them up and hope you have guessed the right amount. If you do you can give yourselve a prize of your own choosing. If you are wrong then you have to start again. It may not sound that good but trust me… IT IS.

By: Molly

Molly — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:52:53 +0000

Even though they’re too stale to make oatmeal with, you can still toast them up a bit and use them in place of bread crumbs for meatloaf or meatballs or anything else that needs a starchy filler.

By: Bobbie

Bobbie — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:51:43 +0000

I know you are going to say “she always says that”, but I have to say it anyway…feed it to your chickens, they will love it…he he.

By: nickelpin

nickelpin — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:12:57 +0000

Maybe these could be mixed with potting soil to create a looser potting medium…. ?

By: Nicole

Nicole — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:20:31 +0000

Could they be used to fee rabbits or other pre-school animals?

By: Heather Cawte

Heather Cawte — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:57:35 +0000

If you put some into a piece of muslin and tie it up like a bag, you can swish it around in any water you’re going to wash in, to help moisturise skin. It’s especially good for treating eczema.