15 Uses For Old Coffee Grounds

Mix honey with coffee grounds to create a scrub that you can use for your face or body to keep your skin feeling smooth and to help it glow. Or try this DIY coffee eye serum. It can help with puffiness and dark circles, and it gives a youthful glow to the skin.

Put coffee grounds in a bowl, and place it in a room in your house or your refrigerator when there's a lingering odor you want to get rid of. You can even rub your hands with the grounds to get rid of any smell on your skin, or you can dump some in your trash can to minimize the smell of the garbage.

Mix coffee grounds with warm water, and rub the mixture over the scratches on your wooden furniture. Then wipe the mixture off after letting it sit for a while. The coffee stain will help to cover up the scratches. Get more directions here.

Use coffee grounds to clean things like your pots and pans when they are extremely dirty. Scrub the surface with the grounds, and make sure whatever you're cleaning won't get stained by the coffee.

Mix coffee grounds with carrot seeds before planting, and it'll make it easier to sow. It'll also repel root maggots, insects, and other pests.

You can take old coffee grounds and turn them into a natural dye for easter eggs, fabric, or paper. Get more instructions on how to make your own dye.

Some experts say that coffee grounds can actually reduce the appearance of cellulite. Although POPSUGAR Fitness calls it an "unproven home remedy," it may still be worth trying.

Mix coffee grounds into soil for your bait worms to live in. The worms will live longer when nourished by the powerful nutrients in coffee grounds.

Sniff coffee grounds to clear your nose after smelling perfume, so the smells won't merge together and confuse you.