Aluminum Foil - Really hot grill bars equal dramatic grill marks on your meat. To concentrate the heat and keep it from escaping, lay a sheet of foil over the grill for 10 minutes. Peel the foil off just before cooking, scrunch it into a ball (it cools fast), and use it later to scrape any residue or ash from the bars.
Another use: Fashion a funnel of foil to neatly transfer salad dressings or condiments from tacky plastic bottles to pretty carafes or back again. Place it in the bottle and pour away.
Antacid Tablets - To soothe a bug bite, dissolve two tablets in a glass of water, then dab the solution on the itchy spot.
Wagon - Play cocktail waitress at a backyard bash. Fill the cart with ice and beverages and make the rounds once an hour—or whenever people appear to be parched.
Baby Powder - Prevent sweat stains on white shirts: Sprinkle powder on the underarms and the collar, then iron. The powder acts as a barrier.
Colander - Make ice cubes last longer at your next cocktail party: Put them in a colander set into a bowl. As they melt, the water will drain through the holes instead of sitting and turning the ice to slush.
Mini Cooler - Stash side dishes (like corn on the cob) in the insulated case to keep them hot if the steaks are still on the grill.
Pizza Slicer - Work magic on more than your favorite pie: To chop a salad easily, fill a bowl with lettuce and toppings, then run the slicer through it.
Rubbing Alcohol - Ears clogged with pool or sea water? With an eyedropper, insert a few drops of rubbing alcohol into each ear canal to evaporate it. Rubbing alcohol comes to the rescue, too, when you've gone overboard with self-tanner: Fix too-dark splotches by blotting them with the stuff.
Shower Curtain Liner - Do dew diligence and layer a liner underneath a picnic blanket to avoid soggy bottoms and grass or mud stains.
Tackle Box - Make fishing for sewing supplies easier. Stash thread, scissors, needles, pins, and other notions in the box's compartments.
Tea Bag - Here's another smart way to soothe itchy mosquito bites: Place a cold, used tea bag on the sting and let it sit for five minutes. Tea will help ease sunburn, too: Brew a pot and pour it into a bath of lukewarm water. Soak until you feel relief.
Microwave - Disinfecting and Deodorizing Sponges - Don't throw out the kitchen sponge that smells like last night's salmon. Soak it in water spiked with white vinegar or lemon juice, then heat it on high for 1 minute. (Use an oven mitt to remove it.) This will also disinfect any sponges you used to wipe up the juices from a raw chicken.
Empty Soda Can - A soil substitute. Fill the bottom of a large planter with your empties to take up extra space before adding soil.
Baking Soda - Need a deodorant in a pinch? Dust baking soda under your arms to absorb body odor.
Banana Peel - Grow healthier roses by planting a banana peel at the base of a rosebush, an inch down into the soil. The potassium feeds the plant and helps fend off diseases.
Bedsheet - Beat the heat by creating instant summer shade tent: Just tie the corners of a sheet to closely set trees in your yard. You can also use a sheet to shield your car's seats from dirty cleats post–Little League games, pet hair on a road trip, or drive-through detritus.
Bucket - Let guest go hands-free at an outdoor party. Flip a bucket upside down and top it with a tray for an impromptu cocktail-holding side table at the perfect height for lawn chairs.
Bundt Pan - Use the pan to make a clever ice ring for a punch bowl. Freeze water in the pan, then pop out the ring to chill the beverage instead of cubes.
Coffee Filter - Protect hands from a drippy Popsicle or ice cream bar by pushing the stick through the middle of a filter.
Salad Spinner - Distribute salad dressing evenly with a gentle twist. Or undo a vinaigrette overdose with the same technique: Toss the soggy mixture back in for a quick spin and much of the excess liquid will fly right off.
Toothpaste - To prevent goggles from fogging, smear some paste onto the lenses, then wipe off before hitting the pool.
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