• Sharpen your scissors by cutting through six to eight layers of foil.

• Shine rusty chrome by scrubbing with a little water on a wadded-up piece of aluminum foil.

• Keep birds out of your fruit trees by hanging twisted strips of aluminum foil on them with fishing line.

• Keep the soot off the bottom of your fireplace or charcoal grill by lining it with aluminum foil before starting a fire. Dispose of the foil after the fire cools.

• Eliminate electromagnetic interference if your TV and DVD player are stacked on top of each other by placing a sheet of aluminum foil between them.

• Iron more effectively by putting a piece of aluminum foil under the ironing board cover. The foil will reflect the heat from the iron so both sides get ironed at once.

• Move furniture with ease by putting small pieces of foil under the legs, dull side down.

• Clean starch buildup from your iron by running a hot iron over a piece of aluminum foil.